Poll: Should we ban door to door sales?

  • 30/08/2018
Poll: Should we ban door to door sales?

A woman, known only as "Betty", was recently sold a $3290 vacuum cleaner by a door-to-door salesman. She made four payments of $31 before wanting out of the contract.

"Betty" complained to the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman scheme, who were able to help her end the contract.

Sue Chetwin, Consumer New Zealand CEO, says scams like these are reasonably common, and advises people to make it a general rule not to buy from door-to-door salesmen.

Should we ban door to door sales?

Vote in The AM Show poll below.