Police have given advice on how to handle pushy door-to-door salesmen, after several people were targeted in the past week.
"Do not feel pressured to admit anybody into your home, as you are under no obligation to do so,'' a post on the Dunedin Police Facebook page said.
"If people do initially invite a person in and then lose comfort with that situation [and] ask the person to leave ... and if the person is reluctant or slow to leave, you are entitled to warn the person off your property.
"If people feel unsafe, unable, or simply lack the confidence to ask a person to leave, then do not hesitate to call police.''
The post went on to say it was not for police to advise on whether people bought items from salesmen and people should contact the Citizens Advice Bureau for direction.
A police media spokeswoman said Dunedin police had had one official complaint from a Mosgiel resident.
Further comment from Dunedin police was only possible next week as the officer managing the complaint was "unavailable'', the spokeswoman said.
A woman was told by a salesman that the company's vacuum cleaner got rid of "cancer particles'', another told dirty jokes and left at 1am, while one salesman stayed at a home for three hours in the evening in the hopes of selling a $4500 vacuum cleaner, other media reported.
Two women affected answered online surveys before being told they had won a prize -a $6 plate with price tags - and had it personally delivered, before being pressured to buy a vacuum cleaner.
