Telemarketers?

pezenfuego

pezenfuego

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Have any good stories?
I like the Seinfeld episode where he tells the telemarketer that he is busy and asks for their phone number, if you don't know what I'm talking about...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hllDWSbuDsQ
Anyway, since I can rarely understand them anyway, I just wait until they are done talking and ask them to repeat themselves. I just do that over and over and ask a bunch of questions until they have to hang up on me. Maybe that's immature, but I'm 15 what can I say?
How do you handle those situations?
Any good stories?
Sometimes if I get them and a friend is around, I'll pretend I'm talking to my grandma and I say mean things and start yelling.
Anyone have experience being a telemarketer? What stories do you have?
Think, discuss, make me laugh.
 
pezenfuego

pezenfuego

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3004690
I don't have time in my life for these people...I just hang up!!!
Oh that's lame...well I guess I DO have a lot of time on my hands...I have enough time to spend 6 hours a day on this forum
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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While they can be annoying, remember that they are just trying to do their job. It is a paycheck. I am sure that they don't get overly enthused about bothering people at home. I just tell them that I am not interested.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by sepulatian
http:///forum/post/3004699
While they can be annoying, remember that they are just trying to do their job. It is a paycheck. I am sure that they don't get overly enthused about bothering people at home. I just tell them that I am not interested.
Thank you,
My son is a telemarketer.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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I have zero sympathy or respect for telemarketing companies.
I am on the do not call list for a reason yet these scumbags constantly come up with a loophole to ignore the law. And it isn't just businesses, The Lupus foundation, the american Cancer society and a few other charities will never get another red dime from me because of what I consider to be harassing telemarketing calls and refusing my demand to be removed from their calling list. In the case of the Cancer society is cost them 500 a year plus however much the wife would spend on luminaries at the annual cancer walk.
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3004735
Well tell him not to call every time I sit down to eat

LOL, It is a living, and he is ADHD and he never shuts up
It is the perfect job for him.
I don't want him to come home again to live, so I won't tell him anything to do concerning that job. I don't like telemarketers either, but I can't say that to him.
I can't be the only Mom with a grown kid that has a job people hate them for. So I just let it go.
 
kmart189

kmart189

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Originally Posted by reefraff
http:///forum/post/3004741
I have zero sympathy or respect for telemarketing companies.
I am on the do not call list for a reason yet these scumbags constantly come up with a loophole to ignore the law. And it isn't just businesses, The Lupus foundation, the american Cancer society and a few other charities will never get another red dime from me because of what I consider to be harassing telemarketing calls and refusing my demand to be removed from their calling list. In the case of the Cancer society is cost them 500 a year plus however much the wife would spend on luminaries at the annual cancer walk.
Well I was an Insurance agent, but quit bc its commission only. And If you enter your info into a site like netquotes for insurance quotes expect to be contacted. If you are looking for a product which you need why not listen that person may be able to help you out, but listen to them if you are shopping Rant Over. I agree sometimes though you have to mess around one time Sears called my house (which is brick) trying to sell siding Caller: are you the homeowner Me: No im cleaning the place out and robbing it for everything they've got im doin pretty good Caller: hung up lol
 
flower

flower

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Originally Posted by kmart189
http:///forum/post/3004804
Well I was an Insurance agent, but quit bc its commission only. And If you enter your info into a site like netquotes for insurance quotes expect to be contacted. If you are looking for a product which you need why not listen that person may be able to help you out, but listen to them if you are shopping Rant Over. I agree sometimes though you have to mess around one time Sears called my house (which is brick) trying to sell siding Caller: are you the homeowner Me: No im cleaning the place out and robbing it for everything they've got im doin pretty good Caller: hung up lol

 
ruaround

ruaround

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years i used to pass the calls off to one of my roommates... then it was my daughter i would hand the phone to... now i say hold on a sec and and blast a stereo or just set the phone down for a few minutes and then hang up...
 
spinylobster

spinylobster

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Marketer- Sir, you have just won a wireless home security system worth 1500 dollars.
Me- Wow, that is terrific... How does it work?
Markerter- Well, it protects your home from robberies, fire, etc.
Me- No. no. no. How does it work? You said its wireless right.
Marketer- Yes sir... Its worth 1500 dollars, and wireless.
Me- yes, you told me that. But how does it work?
Marketer- I dont understand sir?
Me- How do you power it?
Marketer- Well, I guess you plug it in.
Me- So its not wireless!
Marketer- No! Sir, it is wireless, and worth 1500 dollars.
Me- Im sorry, I already have a security system can I just have the 1500 dollars.
Marketer- No sir, it dosen't work that way.
Me- Oh, well. Click!
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Alright, I will tell one story. My ex husband was in a band called Homicide. I was their "manager". The guitar player used to call at a very predictable time. So, the one day the phone rings. I answer with "Homicide". It is the Fraternal Order of Police. They hesitated for a few moments. Thinking it was the guitar player, I say again, "Hello.. Homicide."... I had to give them a donation after that...
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by kmart189
http:///forum/post/3004804
Well I was an Insurance agent, but quit bc its commission only. And If you enter your info into a site like netquotes for insurance quotes expect to be contacted. If you are looking for a product which you need why not listen that person may be able to help you out, but listen to them if you are shopping Rant Over. I agree sometimes though you have to mess around one time Sears called my house (which is brick) trying to sell siding Caller: are you the homeowner Me: No im cleaning the place out and robbing it for everything they've got im doin pretty good Caller: hung up lol
If I ask for information I would expect those I asked to call me back. I don't ask all these people to cold call me.
 
cleve_seahorse

cleve_seahorse

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2 years ago my son ecided to be a smartypants and answer the phone in spanish ...mind you he doesn't speak spanish...it was hola ...then si senore for a few minutes before he hung up.We got a good laugh out of it , then 20 minutes later the phone rang...it was a telemarketer speaking spanish !!!!!
Now , even 2 years later we only get spanish telemarketers
 
pezenfuego

pezenfuego

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Originally Posted by Cleve_seahorse
http:///forum/post/3005669
2 years ago my son ecided to be a smartypants and answer the phone in spanish ...mind you he doesn't speak spanish...it was hola ...then si senore for a few minutes before he hung up.We got a good laugh out of it , then 20 minutes later the phone rang...it was a telemarketer speaking spanish !!!!!
Now , even 2 years later we only get spanish telemarketers


That is awesome!
 
pezenfuego

pezenfuego

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Originally Posted by kowaleski
http:///forum/post/3005767
I either tell them that the person just died or just keep saying Hello really loud like I can't hear them
Ha. That's awesome. Tell them some BS and pretend to be a crime scene investigator.
 
coral keeper

coral keeper

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Originally Posted by Cleve_seahorse
http:///forum/post/3005669
2 years ago my son ecided to be a smartypants and answer the phone in spanish ...mind you he doesn't speak spanish...it was hola ...then si senore for a few minutes before he hung up.We got a good laugh out of it , then 20 minutes later the phone rang...it was a telemarketer speaking spanish !!!!!
Now , even 2 years later we only get spanish telemarketers

 
wattsupdoc

wattsupdoc

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It gets worse. I get fax's now from them. I find them all the time on my machine. I can handle the calls, even though it gets annoying.m Usually I have my phone set to only answer known numbers. That stops them cold occasionally I'll get one though. I usually start by just totally disregarding their conversation and saying..."I like fat girls, really really fat girls. Are you a fat girl(even if I know its a guy). If they so NO which usually they do)I say well you wanna get fat? Again, they'll say no, then the conversation turns to me trying to convince them to get fat. It usually evolves from there. You'd be surprised how many times they'll just stay on.
 
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