I hate telemarketers!!!

[Random Variable]

Everyday I get at least two or three unsolicited phone calls from MCI. What the heck is wrong with these people? How many times do I have to tell them that I'm not interested before they'll stop calling me? :disgust::|:disgust:

 

[IscareCuzICare]

We've been attacked by crazy bank people, crazy newpaper people, and even once by a Mercedez dealer that offered us a free test drive on a SLK or something...
Easiest way to get rid of 'em is to just hang up, after a couple of tries, they seem to get the point.

 

[sohcrates]

I like to tell newspaper people that i can't read...that usually helps keep them from calling

 

[Wah]

if you keep getting calls from the same place, tell them to remove you from their list. I hate telemarketers... I get calls everyday.

 

[Ornery]

"How many times do I have to tell them that I'm not interested before they'll stop calling me?"

Once! Tell them to put you on their 'Don't Call List'. If they call aagin, they risk being fined about $500.00. It's the law!

 

[vi edit]

Easy solution: get rid of you phone service and use a cell phone.

 

[IscareCuzICare]

<< Easy solution: get rid of you phone service and use a cell phone. >>


A friend of mine did it... he's been single ever since he did that.

 

[JumpOnDeals]

Yeah, Ornery is right.

Steve

 

[DanFungus]

say; "Put me on teh do not call list."
If you write down date/time of when they called, if they call you back, after you tell them that, within 1 year, then you can sue them for up to $500. At least, that's what they said on t.v. a couple years ago

 

[Mungla]

Since all of the bigtime telemarketers, such as MCI, use T1 lines to place their calls, their callerid shows up as "Unknown Caller." Our teleco has a service that if an unknown caller calls our number, they get a recording and must press #1 to continue and they also must say their name/company before the teleco's system calls our number. When someone on our end answers, it'll ask us "Do you wish to accept a call from XXX?" If not, you just hang up. It's been over a year since we began testing that service, and well, we haven't had a single telemarketer call that line since.

 

[Random Variable]

<< Since all of the bigtime telemarketers, such as MCI, use T1 lines to place their calls, their callerid shows up as "Unknown Caller." >>


Yeah, it never says "MCI" on the caller ID. If it did, I wouldn't even bother to pick up the phone.


<< Once! Tell them to put you on their 'Don't Call List'. If they call aagin, they risk being fined about $500.00. It's the law! >>


Thank you for the advice. I have to stop this insanity. I have recieved at least 100 calls from MCI in past few months.

 

[polypterus]

Caller ID! I love it... couldn't live without it... and don't answer the phone 90% of the time because of it.

dc

 

[rickn]

I'm on some state of florida list now. Telemarketing calls have all but ceased. They can recieve huge fines if they solicit people on those lists

 

[Piano Man]

Dude, just write to the Direct Marketing Association.