They are extremely pushy and this year you may have already encountered them four or five times.

A recent report commissioned by the ACCC has found most of us are being doorknocked up to eight times a year.

The report also found the tactics being used to get you to sign on the dotted line can be downright cunning.

• Target backlash
• Phones or electronic wallets?
• Foreign food import fears

It was the high number of complaints that caused the ACCC to investigate door-to-door sales.

These companies are the worst offenders and these are the best ways to get rid of them.