Telemarketers!!!!!!
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daniel411
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Charity telemarketers are worse than regular telemarketers! While others may sell you something worth only a quarter of what they ask you to pay. The telemarketing firms often will donate less than 10% after their "administration fees" of what you give them.
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daniel411
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Originally posted by rbmount
The best thing for telemarketers.......Tom Mabe.
huh? :notsure:
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shelley&john
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I actually had one tell me I had "permission" to hang up the phone! When I asked his name he gave a name and told me he was with the FBI. I then asked for his supervisor's name and He said " Joe Johnson, special agent in charge, FBI". I asked for a phone number and he rattled off an 800# that turned out to be an ad for a --- talk line. I think I laughed for a week about that one.
Shelley
Shelley
007
Active Member
Andy Rooney's tips for telemarketers .... Three Little Words That
> >Work
> >!!
> >
> >
> > (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."
> >
> > Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off
> > (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each
> > telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room
> > sales would grind to a halt.
> >
> > Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep"
> > tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset,
which
> > has efficiently completed its task.
> >
> > (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one
> > on the other end?
> >
> > This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone
calls
> > and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.
> >
> > This technique is used to determine the best time of day for
> > a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.
> >
> > What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one
> >there,
> > is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7
> > times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that
> >dialed
> > the call and it kicks your number out of their system.
> >
> > Since doing this, my phone calls have decreased dramatically.
> > (never heard of this before)
> >
> > (3) Another Good Idea:
> > When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill,
return
> > these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw
> > their own junk mail away.
> >
> > When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for
everything
> > from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not
> >throw
> > away the return envelope.
> >
> > Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right?
> > It costs them more than the regular 37cents postage "IF" and
> > when they receive them back.
> >
> > It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was
> > around 50 cents before! the last increase and it is according to
> > the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other
> > junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return
> > envelopes, make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.
> >
> > You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to
> > just to keep them guessing!
> >
> > Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin
> > getting their own junk back in the mail.
> >
> > Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and
> > best of all they're paying for it...Twice!
> >
> > Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that
> > e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they
> > need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!
> >
> > If enough people follow these tips, it will work----
> > I have been doing this for years, and I get very little
> > junk mail anymore.
> >Work
> >!!
> >
> >
> > (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."
> >
> > Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off
> > (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each
> > telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room
> > sales would grind to a halt.
> >
> > Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep"
> > tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset,
which
> > has efficiently completed its task.
> >
> > (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one
> > on the other end?
> >
> > This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone
calls
> > and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.
> >
> > This technique is used to determine the best time of day for
> > a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.
> >
> > What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one
> >there,
> > is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7
> > times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that
> >dialed
> > the call and it kicks your number out of their system.
> >
> > Since doing this, my phone calls have decreased dramatically.
> > (never heard of this before)
> >
> > (3) Another Good Idea:
> > When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill,
return
> > these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw
> > their own junk mail away.
> >
> > When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for
everything
> > from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not
> >throw
> > away the return envelope.
> >
> > Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right?
> > It costs them more than the regular 37cents postage "IF" and
> > when they receive them back.
> >
> > It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was
> > around 50 cents before! the last increase and it is according to
> > the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other
> > junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return
> > envelopes, make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.
> >
> > You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to
> > just to keep them guessing!
> >
> > Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin
> > getting their own junk back in the mail.
> >
> > Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and
> > best of all they're paying for it...Twice!
> >
> > Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that
> > e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they
> > need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!
> >
> > If enough people follow these tips, it will work----
> > I have been doing this for years, and I get very little
> > junk mail anymore.
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lockemup
Guest
I like to keep them on the phone for a long time and pretend to be interrested. Sometimes if I am not busy when they call, I get them to go into a real long dissertation, then I ask them to repeat what they said because I didn't quite understand them. Then I put the phone down and walk away. I have even acted like I was dismembering a body by saying things like "put the arm in the bag, watch out for that, there will be a lot of blood when you cut there..." Then listen real closely to the other end of the phone. I've also done much worse while they are on the phone, but that would be for an x-rated board... Nothing like faking like you are reaching nirvana with a telemarketer trying to sell you something...
"sir are you ok?"
"no,no it's ok, you were saying..."
ooohh, ooohh ya baby right there! keep going, Ya! !
gotta keep life interesting!
"sir are you ok?"
"no,no it's ok, you were saying..."
ooohh, ooohh ya baby right there! keep going, Ya! !
gotta keep life interesting!
michelle13
Member
I am on the do not call list and I have only had one call in the last year. I promptly reported them to our attorney general for violating the list. I haven't had any more calls. I used to work for a telemarketing company and would get cussed out all the time. I think people need to remember that the telemarketing callers are just trying to make a living. It's the company that called them, not the salesperson. I'm in no way saying that you should listen to them, but maybe just saying no thanks, goodbye, and hanging up would be better than being rude.
fishman830
Active Member
i'd sure not wanna be a tele marketer!
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lockemup
Guest
I hate getting text messages on my cell phone. Nextel charges ME every time a telemarketing company sends me a text message. I think I will start refusing to pay for it.
kc36330
Member
it's illegal (or at least was when I was installing cell towers a few yrs back) for anyone to solicit you on your cell phone due to the fact that you pay for air time. it's an FCC violation (each state has their own regulations on it), you just need to report the caller/text sender.
hth
kc
hth
kc
scotts
Active Member
M13, I agree with you. The people that are doing the calling are just doing a job for probably minimum wage. It is the company policy of doing the calling that sucks.
Lock, A number of years ago there was a charity concert, for I believe the sheriff's dept. Not sure what it was but it was for something related to the sheriff's dept. I knew that my wife would want to see the person at the concert so I bought one ticket. For the next 2 years I received phone calls from every type of agency related to law enforcement. Deputy volunteers, Sheriff vounteers..... You name it if it was realted in any way to law enforcement I got a call from them. All I did was buy a ticket for my wife for a concert that I knew she would want to see.
BTW Carole, Thanks for your kind words.
Scott
Lock, A number of years ago there was a charity concert, for I believe the sheriff's dept. Not sure what it was but it was for something related to the sheriff's dept. I knew that my wife would want to see the person at the concert so I bought one ticket. For the next 2 years I received phone calls from every type of agency related to law enforcement. Deputy volunteers, Sheriff vounteers..... You name it if it was realted in any way to law enforcement I got a call from them. All I did was buy a ticket for my wife for a concert that I knew she would want to see.
BTW Carole, Thanks for your kind words.
Scott
cindyski
Active Member
privacy director, do not call list and caller ID have helped me out alot! i do still get some calls though, if i dont recognize the name, or sometimes the name will actually appear like the newspaper here, then i just dont answer.
i do like the idea about sending the junk mail back to these people. i get more junk mail than phone calls now. i am going to start doing that.
some of these companies spend so much $$ on their junk mail that if they quit doing it, they could actually reduce the price of their product.
i'm gonna go through todays mail, 95% is junk! this will be fun!!
i do like the idea about sending the junk mail back to these people. i get more junk mail than phone calls now. i am going to start doing that.
some of these companies spend so much $$ on their junk mail that if they quit doing it, they could actually reduce the price of their product.
i'm gonna go through todays mail, 95% is junk! this will be fun!!
rbmount
Active Member
Tom Mabe go to http://www.tommabe.com he has the funniest stuff you'll ever hear
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thomas712
Guest
I can't believe you are advertizing for that guy. Please remove your link. Yes that was serious
Now does anyone want to join my Amway pyrimid Now that was a joke
Now does anyone want to join my Amway pyrimid Now that was a joke
