Grrr!! Who do salesmen that say "I'm not trying to sell you anything" think they are kidding?

Any salesman or person trying to arrange a sales appointment with me who tells me that he that he is "not trying to sell me anything" has as much chance of having a meaningful conversation with me as Labour have of winning the next election.

If they are on the phone, they usually say something like "Good morning, Michael, How are you today?" Well, that gets up my nose straight away because everyone who knows me calls me Mick and I was alright until he called!!! Then he proceeds to tell me that he's not trying to sell me anything!

WHAT?? Does he think I'm an idiot? Does he seriously expect me to believe, that when he wants an appointment with me so that he can tell me about his wonderful product or service, that he is not going to try to sell it to me?

Slightly more annoying are the people who knock on my door, usually while I am cooking dinner or helping to get the kids to bed, who is not trying to sell me cladding, double glazing or solar power.

I think I might get a baseball bat and put it by the front door so that I can pick it up and explain to them that I'm not going to hit them with it. I wonder if they would believe me any more than I believe them?