Dumb telemarketers!!

[Dacalo]

So I am eating and the phone rings:

Me: Hello?

T: Hi, did you notice that Comcast has been raising their prices?

Me: Yea, they increased the broadband cost

T: See? They did! (excited) Our satellite service is much better and we won't increase the cost until Jan 2005!

Me: Well, I am not interested in satellite internet.

T: What? Satellite internet? I never heard of that.

Me: Aren't you talking about internet service?

T: No, you know broadband, cable, whatever.

Me: Are you talking about TV service?

T: Yes

Me: .... (click).

 

[spanky]

sucka'

 

[Anubis]

Tell them whoever they are looking for is dead. they stop calling for at least 6 months

 

[Hammer]

tell them you will buy their product but only if they first come over and <edit> your <edit>. that will usually get them off the phone.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: Hammer
tell them you will buy their product but only if they first come over and <edit> your <edit>. that will usually get them off the phone.

feed your cat?

 

[dquan97]

Originally posted by: PipBoy

Originally posted by: Hammer
tell them you will buy their product but only if they first come over and <edit> your <edit>. that will usually get them off the phone.

feed your cat?

c'mon...it's walk your dog

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: Hammer
tell them you will buy their product but only if they first come over and <edit> your <edit>. that will usually get them off the phone.

dammit hammer, dont give out that advice! someone is actually gunna say it, itll be a female telemarketer, she'll say 'yes', and the next thing you know, ATOT is gonna have a 'YAGT: i told a female telemarketer to [expletive deleted] my [expletive deleted], and she said YES. what do i do now?!?!' topic.

 

[Gage8]

next time they call pretend to cry saying:

my house just burned down last night. I can't believe you are just concerned about selling me something when I am going through such a tramatic personal experience.

That will through them off and they will usually hang up before they realize they called you at your home phone number

cheers

 

[roncarter]

they should be put in jail

 

[dullard]

I was bored at home yesterday night and a telemarketer called. She was selling the local newspaper. Since I had a lot of free time, I started to have fun. I quickly realised she worked at a place that won't allow her to hang up until she gets a yes or no answer. So I turned the TV on to CNN Headline news and started reading off the headlines to her. I would read one and ask if it is in today's newspaper. After ~40 minutes I got bored and asked her to take my name and number and put them on their do not call list. It was a lot of fun. Why can't I get more telemarketers when I'm bored instead of when I'm busy?

 

[Gage8]

who wants to talk to them that long though?

 

[xirtam]

I do. Telemarketers are great. I always take the time to talk with them.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Gage8
who wants to talk to them that long though?

Like I said I was bored and had nothing to do. It was either sit and watch TV or sit and watch TV with a telemarketer. I found the second option to be funnier.

 

[Gage8]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Gage8
who wants to talk to them that long though?

Like I said I was bored and had nothing to do. It was either sit and watch TV or sit and watch TV with a telemarketer. I found the second option to be funnier.

that's true...i usually sit in front of the tv and take an hour to flip through 600 channels only to find out nothing is on.

Harassing a telemarketer would probably be more entertaining...

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

I haven't had any calls since the Do Not Call law went into effect.