Topic ID 2514
Today I had a guy who knocked at the door to advertise karate & fitness lessons. I felt rather unnerved because he was trying to look behind me into the house & kept me stood at the door talking despite me telling him we were uninterested. He said he had leaflets on times & prices so to get rid of him I said he could leave them with me but he then announced his mate had them all & he would drop some off later. Mmmm I just have a funny feeling about this. Did anyone else speak to them & obtain literature? It would make me feel reassured that they were genuine.
Reply ID 35909
What's the name of the club? And where is their dojo (training area) based?
Reply ID 35911
My daughter belongs to Go Kan Ryu Karate (a brilliant club). As far as I know they are the only club to recruit on the doorstep. They are enthusiastic but I wouldn't say pushy and to be honest what you have described does sound a bit suspicious. It doesn't sound like them. However I will see if I can find out if they are recruiting in Hertford at the mo and let you know.
Reply ID 35916
gemipicorn - I joined Go Kan Ryu 4 years ago and their training, especially for kids is excellent. However, just like any business, they regularly contact people via the doorstep, using sales people who are agents for them, selling on a commission-only basis. It is important that Willow finds out the 'seller's' info. I joined them on 'word-of-mouth' and have been very impressed with the training. However, I was asked to sell the service to households, which I declined. Go Kan Ryu is well run with a massive following across the world. Willow/anyone - ask for ID next time.
Reply ID 35922
quote:Couldn't agree more!
Originally posted by James007
gemipicorn - I joined Go Kan Ryu 4 years ago and their training, especially for kids is excellent. However, just like any business, they regularly contact people via the doorstep, using sales people who are agents for them, selling on a commission-only basis. It is important that Willow finds out the 'seller's' info. I joined them on 'word-of-mouth' and have been very impressed with the training. However, I was asked to sell the service to households, which I declined. Go Kan Ryu is well run with a massive following across the world. Willow/anyone - ask for ID next time.
Reply ID 35924
Does door-to-door selling of martial arts or self defence classes really work? I cannot imagine how any such class could generate business through cold calling.
Reply ID 35925
quote:Thats how we joined and we have never looked back, my daughter loves it and we have made some really good friends through the club! Strange really as I have never responded to doorstep selling/cold calling before as I wont have anything to do with it and I haven't responded to anything since (nor do I intend to). However it was something she had said she was interested in before we were approached and we did think it would be good for her so that is the reason we went ahead.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Does door-to-door selling of martial arts or self defence classes really work? I cannot imagine how any such class could generate business through cold calling.
Reply ID 35926
quote:Interesting. Perhaps I should not be so dismissive.
Originally posted by gemipicornquote:Thats how we joined and we have never looked back, my daughter loves it and we have made some really good friends through the club! Strange really as I have never responded to doorstep selling/cold calling before as I wont have anything to do with it and I haven't responded to anything since (nor do I intend to). However it was something she had said she was interested in before we were approached and we did think it would be good for her so that is the reason we went ahead.
Originally posted by Ewoowar
Does door-to-door selling of martial arts or self defence classes really work? I cannot imagine how any such class could generate business through cold calling.
Reply ID 35929
The Karate club that currently uses Mill Mead School came round recruiting door to door a year or so back. They seemed very nice and genuine.
Reply ID 35934
If he'd turned up at my door, I'd have given him the chop.....
Reply ID 35939
quote:the one that meets in Millmead is the one Gemipicorn belongs to Go Kan Ryu though they don't go to that particular class.
Originally posted by nora batty
The Karate club that currently uses Mill Mead School came round recruiting door to door a year or so back. They seemed very nice and genuine.
Reply ID 35952
quote:This is true. We go to one in WGC. The Go Kan Ryu guys usually wear GKR polo shirts & jackets, but as stated before it is always a good idea to ask for ID. All I can really add Willow is that if this guy genuinely was from GKR I am sorry you felt unnerved because a nicer bunch of folk you could not wish to meet. [:)]
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the one that meets in Millmead is the one Gemipicorn belongs to Go Kan Ryu though they don't go to that particular class.
Originally posted by nora batty
The Karate club that currently uses Mill Mead School came round recruiting door to door a year or so back. They seemed very nice and genuine.
Reply ID 35954
Hi. The guy was very friendly but as he was trying to look in my house I felt uncomfortable. I didn't ask for ID as I was not interested in what he was promoting. Thanks everyone :)
Reply ID 35955
quote:gemipicorn - off topic but next time you take you kiddy to WGC for grading and you see Sensei Jason (the bald buddha one), get your child to give him a 'cute' haito strike from me. He hasn't bought a beer in ages when we go up to watch Spurs play, the bleedin' cheapskate. He needs a lesson in respect! [:D]
Originally posted by gemipicornquote:This is true. We go to one in WGC. The Go Kan Ryu guys usually wear GKR polo shirts & jackets, but as stated before it is always a good idea to ask for ID. All I can really add Willow is that if this guy genuinely was from GKR I am sorry you felt unnerved because a nicer bunch of folk you could not wish to meet. [:)]
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the one that meets in Millmead is the one Gemipicorn belongs to Go Kan Ryu though they don't go to that particular class.
Originally posted by nora batty
The Karate club that currently uses Mill Mead School came round recruiting door to door a year or so back. They seemed very nice and genuine.
Reply ID 35958
quote:[:D][:D][:D][:D] Yeah I know who S Jason is (although I dont think he knows us)but my daughter graded to Blue fairly recently so we wont be up there again for grading for a while. Mind you we may well be at the next development camp which should be soon so I will get her to practice especially for that [;)] PS to anyone else readying this....refer to my earlier post GKR people are great, really they are!! [:D]
Originally posted by James007quote:gemipicorn - off topic but next time you take you kiddy to WGC for grading and you see Sensei Jason (the bald buddha one), get your child to give him a 'cute' haito strike from me. He hasn't bought a beer in ages when we go up to watch Spurs play, the bleedin' cheapskate. He needs a lesson in respect! [:D]
Originally posted by gemipicornquote:This is true. We go to one in WGC. The Go Kan Ryu guys usually wear GKR polo shirts & jackets, but as stated before it is always a good idea to ask for ID. All I can really add Willow is that if this guy genuinely was from GKR I am sorry you felt unnerved because a nicer bunch of folk you could not wish to meet. [:)]
Originally posted by Marilynquote:the one that meets in Millmead is the one Gemipicorn belongs to Go Kan Ryu though they don't go to that particular class.
Originally posted by nora batty
The Karate club that currently uses Mill Mead School came round recruiting door to door a year or so back. They seemed very nice and genuine.
Reply ID 35963
Good on you. Glad to read that your girl is learning Karate through GKR.
Reply ID 36036
We just had a GKR guy around trying to recruit us so, I explained that it was a bit late for us [;)] [:D]. But in any case I guess that answers the original question Willow.
Reply ID 36040
Thanks gemipicorn - as I'm home a lot on my own it's good to feel reassured.
Reply ID 36042
They visited us this week too - I'm not interested in karate but the bloke seemed nice enough and stopped to chat for a while.
Reply ID 36113
Ah, interesting. Mrs. N was unusually in last Monday and a 20-ish guy came round. She said she thought he looked surprised when someone answered and asked if she would like to join a Karate club, she said no and he asked if there was anyone else in the house who would be interested. They stuck up a bit of a conversation about the ratrun posters in the street and he said he had similar problems where he lived in Harlow. We were a bit panicked as we were going away the next day but looking at this thread it looks like we were probably being over-cynical old gits! [;)]
Reply ID 36150
Glad this put your mind at rest newcomer. [:)] I still think it is worth restating though that if you suspicious of anyone cold calling it is best to ask for ID, even if you are not interesed in what they are selling as it will confirm that they are genuine and not just checking out your place. The question of ID is completely seperate to your interest in their goods or services, so if they are genuine callers there should be no problem.