NO COLD CALLING
ZONES
Unfortunately
when the doorbell rings not all callers are who they say they are. It is
all too common for vulnerable members of the community, typically older
people, to be deceived, even intimidated and threatened, by callers
pretending to be genuine contractors.
These
cowboy traders often fleece people for extortionate amounts of money for
work that is either shoddy or unnecessary in the first place.
The Trading Standards Institute (TSI) recently launched an initiative to help
residents set up ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ in their
neighbourhoods.
In September 2006 we launched our first No Cold Calling Zone in Charlton Kings,
Cheltenham - see
press release.
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