Contact us
Trading Standards Service
Shetland Islands Council
Grantfield

Lerwick
Shetland

ZE1 0NT

trading.standards@shetland.gov.uk

Tel 01595 744887

Fax 01595 744804

Get Real! Say No! to Frauds

Older and more vulnerable residents are particularly at risk from the high-pressure sales tactics used by some unscrupulous doorstep sellers.

The message remains the same - say NO to uninvited sales people.

No uninvited sales people! for a safer Shetland

Join the campaign by displaying the sticker in your door or window.

If you don't have a campaign pack, contact us and we'll send one out to you.

Don't be pressurised into buying things you neither want nor need from people who turn up uninvited on your doorstep.

To report uninvited salespeople call the Safer Shetland Action Line 01595 694 544

Download our advice sheet on Doorstep Selling - Your Rights.

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The Think Twice booklet, with information for older consumers, is available in large print and in braille. Contact us if you would like a copy sent out.

 

Learn more about the Office of Fair Trading's Your doorstep, your decision campaign on doorstep selling. You can download the leaflet, or contact us and we'll send a copy out to you.

 

If you feel intimidated or threatened by a doorstep seller, dial 999 and tell the police. If you have any other concerns about a doorstep seller, please call the Safer Shetland Action Line immediately on 01595 694544.

Your doorstep, your decision