ACCC to crack down on door-to-door salespeople  Updated August
17, 2012 15:13:02  The Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission (ACCC) is cracking down on door-to-door salespeople,
saying many of them prey on elderly and vulnerable targets.  The
ACCC has released a new report showing 1.3 million door-to-door
sales were made last year.  The competition watchdog says
Australian households are door knocked an average of eight times
a year.  The ACCC is concerned with a large number of cases that
have seen "appalling behaviour" towards people whom it says are
vulnerable.  "The disturbing thing was the number of times we
found that people weren't following the rules set out in the ACL
(Australian Consumer Law) for unsolicited selling, like when you
call and identify yourself," ACCC chairman Rod Sims said.
Audio: Door-to-door salespeople crackdown (AM)  "Secondly,
people were misleading consumers about exactly why they were
knocking on their door.  "Most disturbingly, we found that the
door-to-door sellers we