Had a knock at the door there and I answered it, it was 2 people - I thought it looked like a schoolboy and his mum ? and they launched into a narrative about how there had been changes to the BT exchange, were we on a BT line, how much were we paying for our broadband as we shouldn't be paying anything as TalkTalk do free broadband. The bloke asked if he could come in and carry out a test on my line, "just a simple 0800 number" - I said no that I didn't want them to come into my house and he asked if I had a cordless phone he could just do it on the doorstep - I said no (I am sure I've heard of scams where they can put in phone numbers that end up costing you a fortune) but if he had a leaflet or any literature he could leave that - he said they didn't have any leaflets as they only had enough leaflets to give one to people who signed up today (so how do they know how many people are going to sign up and so how many leaflets to have?). They weren't wearing ID badges and didn't show me an ID card.
Does this sound ropey or am I a cynical old bag who's missed out on the chance of free broadband ?
And as a side issue, do people need a licence to come and try and sell you stuff round the doors? If not, it's a bit odd that they need one to try and sell you stuff in the street/shopping mall but can come and harrass you in your own home without one.
