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Illness left salesman unable to say no

Mar 14 2010 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun

THIS is the man who can’t say no to salesmen after suffering from a stroke.

David Stopher lay undiscovered for two days before he was found and taken to hospital.

David Stopher

But he has been left with an inability to ignore pitches from company sales reps. He had 10 different contracts for mobile phones including six with the same company running at the same time.

Relatives say he has handed out money to persistent callers and given donations to charities.

His savings have been eaten into since the change in behaviour caused by brain dam age.

Now, backed by his brothers John and Tony, he is getting some of the money back.

John said: “Some of David’s behavioural patterns have changed since the stroke.

“He can be easily persuaded to take on commitments he does not need.

“He cannot say no to persistent callers for goods, services, and charitable donations.

“We discovered David had, at one time or another, 10 mobile phone contracts.

“Six of them, running concurrently, were with the same company.

“He was paying the monthly contract on all of these phones but used only one.

“We feel there was an element of mis-selling which has cost David approximately £2,700.

Mobile operator 3 - whose third-party agents sold the six deals - eventually agreed to cancel the contracts and stop salesmen from calling.

Now the family have won back some of the money David paid.

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