The Best Buys around here also have some of these salespeople for things like security camera service, or maybe cell phone service; I never listen, I just mumble “I dunno” and put on my stupid old duffer face and keep moving. It’s a very useful look.
More reason to just shop online.
No, I get far more interruptions, pop-ups, etc. online than in stores. And in store, I can just walk by them without responding – online I am forced to take some action, click something, etc. to keep going. More interruption than in a store.
Not my experience with the AT&T cellular people. I tell them AT&T doesn’t work in my neighborhood. Then they say, when is the last time you tried because we’ve improved our network. Then I say I’m not willing to take that chance.
If they’re at my local Walmart, they’re not obvious. They do pop up at my local Safeway occasionally, with free samples, but it’s easy enough to say, “No thank you,” and they leave you alone.
But airports! Holy hannah, right after you get through security at Calgary (YYC) the credit card people are on you. Same for Vancouver (YVR) and Toronto (YYZ). “Sir, would you like a credit card that only charges 15% interest for the next three years? We’ve got one!”
“No thanks” doesn’t work with these people. Hell, I was once chased halfway down pier C at Calgary by somebody trying to get me to sign up for a credit card that I neither wanted nor needed.
What is this “pop-up” of which you speak? Clearly your computer is not configured with proper ad blocking. Or is infected.
I shop online all the time. And experience zero distracting pop-ups or ads while doing so. Or maybe you’re hanging out at disreputable stores?
At Costco, the phone companies (I think there have been a few different ones over the years?) usually offer you a deal you can’t get elsewhere. I’ve never been randomly tempted to switch by their calling out, but I have when already deciding to switch thought “may as well do it at Costco for the deal”.
That’s why you don’t give them a reason for your no. That just gives them something to address.
To handle that, I’ve got ad and script blockers installed. But there’s no blocker against those annoying salespeople, other than saying "“I’m not interested”. If they continue their spiel after that, I just ignore and pass them.
That’s what I do when walking past the cell phone salesperson at Costco; just keep walking without interacting in any way. I don’t even bother saying, “Not interested.”
Edited to add, if you like, pretend to be fascinated by something elsewhere in the store. (At Costco, that’s easy, as there’s a lot to look at.)
IMO, that’s not a ‘no’.
True. I’m heading to Costco in about an hour. I’ll just ignore them.