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Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: chris7b
CALLER ID FTW

Only pick up numbers you recognize
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QFT.

MotionMan
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I'm a student and that costs extra.
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What does it cost a month for you: About a six-pack's worth? It is worth it.

MotionMan
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Except caller ID is worthless for screening anymore. 90% of the crap calls come up "unknown number", "restricted", or "800 service". The problem with avoiding those calls is that sometimes legit businesses that I deal with come up with the exact same things.
 
I usually tell them "Oh he died last week" then laugh as they act all apologetic, failing that (which does happen on occasion) I switch to Hebrew or German
 
Originally posted by: hx009
Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: Parasitic
Originally posted by: MotionMan
Originally posted by: chris7b
CALLER ID FTW

Only pick up numbers you recognize
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QFT.

MotionMan
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I'm a student and that costs extra.
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What does it cost a month for you: About a six-pack's worth? It is worth it.

MotionMan
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Except caller ID is worthless for screening anymore. 90% of the crap calls come up "unknown number", "restricted", or "800 service". The problem with avoiding those calls is that sometimes legit businesses that I deal with come up with the exact same things.
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No legit business blocks CallerID. In any event, that is illegal in my state, so if they pull that crap on me, I will report them. However, I have NEVER had that happen to me. EVERY SINGLE one of the telemarketing calls I have received in the last, oh, 3 years, Caller ID showed their name or number.

If your state does not have or enforce such a law, move. 😉

MotionMan
 
Buy one of those compressed air horns and blast it right into the phone,
I don't pay bellsouth $23 a month so someone can waste my time pitching me..
 
Originally posted by: BUTCH1
Buy one of those compressed air horns and blast it right into the phone,
I don't pay bellsouth $23 a month so someone can waste my time pitching me..
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Good idea. How much do those air horns run?
 
Originally posted by: Parasitic
So when I get calls like this I just either hang up midway or pretend like I don't speak English.
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One time I was studying with a friend, and a telemarketer called, so my friend started speaking Spanish. About a minute later she got a call from a telemarketer speaking Spanish. That was pretty sweet.
 
I effing HATE telemarketers.

The last two people to have my phone number were obviously in huge credit debt. I get calls at 7am all the way to 10pm for "Robin" and "Bradley" from collection agency, devvt absolvers, mortgage companies, banks, etc... Everytime I tell them that they dont have this phone number anymore and to stop calling, but they dont believe me and keep calling back. It's borderline harassment.
 
Just put the phone down and do what you were doing. It would be interesting to see how long theyll talk before realizing.
 
Has anyone received telemarketer calls on their cell phone?

I kept getting missed calls from a wierd number on the celly. Finally answered it and it was one of those automated messages about being pre-approved for a home loan. I thought it was wierd and then my GF started to get calls from the same number.
 
One of my ex-girlfriends did telemarketing for a couple weeks. One time a guy started trying to have phone sex with her and kept her on the phone for over 30 minutes. The place she worked had a no hangup policy so she just had to stay on the line until he hung up.

Originally posted by: MotionMan
No legit business blocks CallerID. In any event, that is illegal in my state, so if they pull that crap on me, I will report them. However, I have NEVER had that happen to me. EVERY SINGLE one of the telemarketing calls I have received in the last, oh, 3 years, Caller ID showed their name or number.

If your state does not have or enforce such a law, move. 😉

MotionMan
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I did a lot of interviewing this year and a lot of the companies I was interviewing with didn't show up on my caller ID - these are companies with names like Boeing and GE. Although this was on my cell phone, so maybe landlines are different.

Originally posted by: Matt2
Has anyone received telemarketer calls on their cell phone?

I kept getting missed calls from a wierd number on the celly. Finally answered it and it was one of those automated messages about being pre-approved for a home loan. I thought it was wierd and then my GF started to get calls from the same number.
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I have gotten a handful for student loan consolidation, drives me crazy.

 
Originally posted by: Zorba
One of my ex-girlfriends did telemarketing for a couple weeks. One time a guy started trying to have phone sex with her and kept her on the phone for over 30 minutes. The place she worked had a no hangup policy so she just had to stay on the line until he hung up.
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oh d@mn, that would be a good one. Especially with those chicks from India and you start talking dirty to them their heads will probably esplodes!
 
I personally screen my calls. If the number on caller ID is someone I recognize, or have saved as "Dad, Sister, Bob, Troy, Ralph, Harvey", etc., I will answer the call. If it's private or a strange area code or 888/ 800 prefix, I'll let it ring into voice mail. Almost none of the the private, 800 or strange, ever leave a voice mail.

My care meter is set to zero for those types of calls. The way I look at it, is if it's really something important or life threatening, they will find a way to get my attention....prolly by voice mail.

It keeps my life manageable. 🙂
 
I don't think the do not call list is in effect anymore... Recently we've been receiving many more calls.

Something my dad used to do years ago was tell them that the entire family died in a car crash or something... that got us crossed off their call list.
 
If you string them along and waste their time you're acting just like them. Do the mature thing- just hang up.
 
Originally posted by: angminas
If you string them along and waste their time you're acting just like them. Do the mature thing- just hang up.
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If you waste their time then you're saving someone elses time!
 
"... and if you act now, you can receive our service for a year! Can I sign you up?"

"You fscking prick, the doctor said I only have two weeks to live!" *CLICK!*
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"You know what? I told myself that if I got ONE MORE damned telemarketer call tonight I was going to blow my head off. Thanks a lot asshole." *Rack the slide of a shotgun near the mouthpiece of the phone* "Goodbye." *CLICK!*
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