Telemarketers!!!!!!

scotts

scotts

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Well after moving we did not get on any call lists for about a year or so. Then we started getting some calls off and on. Now I get about 3 to 5 calls a day. Yes I have recently signed up for the do not call list, but the most outrageous call we have been getting are calls when you pick up the phone that have a recorded message saying "Please wait for the next available customer service representative"
Who in the hell thought this up? Does anyone actually wait for the next available customer service rep? The person who thought this up must be a relative of the same person that thought it would ba a good idea to put shake roofs out here in CA. Let's see we get 300 days of sunshine a year and let's put wood shingles on top of the houses. Let's think this through, the wood will dry up in an area that is prone to wild fires. So it becomes kindling on top of the houses. "Please wait for the next service representative"
Scott
 
lovethesea

lovethesea

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AND, even when you get on the no call list, there are some that can go under the radar legally. :mad:
I asked one of them to stop calling me. He said "oh I doubt we will".. :mad: :mad:
 
skirrby

skirrby

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we are one the do not call list.. it helped but we still get oddball calls.. some from machines... some that will ring forever then when you pick up they just hang up... and some that are quiet and beep every few secs when you pick up...but when its a true telemarketer i like to mess with them and annoy thme as much as they do me.
 
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thomas712

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Pepsi You might as well face facts, the world will be one telemarketing family, and it is happening rapidly.Pepsi
They will call you on the phone,Pepsi find you on the computer, Pepsi hit you with subliminal messages by sight or soundPepsi , catch you on the TV. Every day you are bombarded with these types of thingsPepsi . Want to avoid themPepsi..................... Go back in time.Pepsi
Thomas

Do what I do, get a boat horn.
 
lovethesea

lovethesea

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Originally posted by Thomas712
Thomas

Do what I do, get a boat horn.


good thinking!! Now if that idiot would just call me back

(now I have to get a boat horn)
 
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daniel411

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Originally posted by Thomas712
Pepsi You might as well face facts, the world will be one telemarketing family, and it is happening rapidly.Pepsi
They will call you on the phone,Pepsi find you on the computer, Pepsi hit you with subliminal messages by sight or soundPepsi , catch you on the TV. Every day you are bombarded with these types of thingsPepsi . Want to avoid themPepsi..................... Go back in time.Pepsi
Thomas

Do what I do, get a boat horn.

LOL. I had probally 4-5 telemarketers a day, got rid of the land line, just use cell. Have only had one in a few years.
 
kc36330

kc36330

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if you'll wait for the person to get to the phone then ask them to hold while you grab something, then check back in about an hour they wont be there and you won't get another call from them.
kc
 
nicky1.8t

nicky1.8t

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i cant stand them i stop them in mid speach . and ask will this cost me any amount of money in my life time when they say yes i say good by and click
 
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thomas712

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Diet huh, well you can come nibble on my ears, sortof a Lobe fat diet if you wish.
 
bonermeister

bonermeister

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I don't have a home phone for this exact reason. I use cell phone only.
My brother-in-law to be is hilarious though. He loves telemarketers. Whenever they call he messes with them big time. The last time one called and I was at his house, the marketer asked him, "Where do you normally buy your groceries?" And he said, "The Adult bookstore." And she said, "No sir, where do you normally buy your groceries?" And he said, "Oh... Uh... The Adult bookstore." Then she hung up. LOL
 
lovethesea

lovethesea

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Originally posted by Thomas712
Diet huh, well you can come nibble on my ears, sortof a Lobe fat diet if you wish.


Hey, it would be on Atkins right? :yes:
 
lovethesea

lovethesea

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Originally posted by Bonermeister
I don't have a home phone for this exact reason. I use cell phone only.


I just don't think I can do that yet. Heck, I can't even find it when its ringing right in my purse or pocket!!! :rolleyes:
 
tobruk

tobruk

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Dont sign up for any sweepstakes or anything you dont need need. When ya do telemarketing firms pay big $ (depending on how good they are) for the leads. The best leads Ive ever seen were phsycic friend leads for vacation sales. If they call back after you tell them your not interested tell them its a wrong number. If you want them to pay for your time, ask them to hold for a minute and go about your business. If your in a real spiteful mood make em rebuttal all day let them start to close then walk away from the phone. As pissed as people get the close ratio is usually pretty close to 1/10 for the experienced ones.
 
saltymom

saltymom

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Ive told some of them to "hang on for a minute"...then laid the phone down on top of my police scanner, turned up full blast, for about 30 minutes..noones ever on the line when I get back! LOL
I finally changed my # and have caller id. If the id shows unavailiable, or private..or unknown caller..I just dont answer it..cuz its not EVER someone I want to talk to.
Also works on my loud mouth rumor spreading gossiping sister in law from Alaska. Her number shows up out of area..so I dont answer that one either! LOL
 
kittykitty

kittykitty

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They show up as "unavailable" on our caller ID, so I just don't answer when they call. I'm on the do not call list, but I still am getting this same person calling me EVERY NIGHT between like 7:00 to 10:00. They call, and I pick it up and hang up immediately, and then they call back like 3 or 4 times. It's really very frustrating. :mad:
 
flydan

flydan

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Hey,
I usually do one of two things. I either tell them I just lost my job and can't even afford food let alone what ever they are selling, or I tell them to hold on for a second and set the phone down and go back to doing what ever I was in the middle of. (That way they aren't bothering anyone else for a few minutes.)
Dan'l
 
black99l

black99l

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we get a lot of call from telemarketers at work (we're a small family business). So when the new people call to solicate our business i tell them they need to speak to maggie. But of course maggie is our german shepard.
The first time i did this i didn't tell the owner (father-in-law). he answered the phone and the lady asked for maggie, i could hear him laughing from my office.:hilarious :D
Now i am waiting for another call from them and i'll tell them she is outside pooping or something:D
 
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