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till what time can tele-marketers call you?

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tmc

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man, and the guy was so persistent. it was for a long distance service and he kept on going even after i said i am not interested. they had higher rate than what i have now, on top of that. he said i can use it as backup (and no charge if i don't use their service, so i got nothing to lose :-(). finally i said goodbye and disconnected. thats the first time i did that. :-(.
 
next time they keep talking just say something like 'oh baby im masturbating to the thought of you right now... oooohh yes'

 
I thought the law was 9pm, but maybe it changed?

In any case, I try to politely decline the offers, but if they person begins to argue, they get the click of me hanging up.
 
it's not as common here. but when it does i say: i'm not interested, good bye." and disconnect. rude maybe, but only to those annyoing persistant ppl.
 
Oh, my calls always go something like this:
"Good day, sir, is this My Name?"
"Why, yes, it is."
"Can I offer you.."
"EAT SH[/i]IT AND DIE!"
*click*
 
What would be fun, too is:

"Good day, sir, is this My Name?"
"He.. I'm.. He's.. I'm sorry.. He passed away last Friday."
"Oh, I'm so.. So sorry..."
"No, it's okay.. *go on telling how great of a guy he was, get a little teary, oh, he'll be missed*"

And they'll hang (up on) themselves. 😀
 
Originally posted by: Dritnul
do not call list FTW
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i am already on it, to make sure i checked as well,

<email>
Your phone number with the last four digits **** was registered in the
National Do Not Call Registry on 8/17/2003. Most telemarketers will be
required to stop calling you 31 days from your registration date. Your
registration will (or did) expire on 8/18/2008.
</email>

does this affect ppl who call you from india? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Spacehead
The Do Not Call List will get rid of most of them, but not all. At least that's been my experience.
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Ditto. We get 2 or 3 calls a day even after putting ourselves on the Do Not Call list. We actually got a late one like the OP yesterday 😛 What I do now is just pick up the phone and listen to them go "hello? hello? hellllllooo?" a few times and then hang up. Mean, I know, but it annoys me.
 
I picked up the phone yesterday and there was a call for my dad. He wasn't in so I asked who was calling. The person on the other end completely ignored my question and the following conversation ensued.

"When is a good time to call sir?"
"What is this regarding?"
"Your phone service"
"You need not call back."
"Uhhhhhh, ok"

Click
 
"Does your company charge for long distance?"
"Why would I want to pay for long-distance? I hacked into the telephone system and all my outgoing calls are free. I've been doing it for 15 years and no one has ever caught me."


Leave them perplexed on the other end 😛
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
"Does your company charge for long distance?"
"Why would I want to pay for long-distance? I hacked into the telephone system and all my outgoing calls are free. I've been doing it for 15 years and no one has ever caught me."


Leave them perplexed on the other end 😛
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Pen registers installed by FBI wake up. 😉
 
Originally posted by: tmc
Originally posted by: Dritnul
do not call list FTW
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i am already on it, to make sure i checked as well,

<email>
Your phone number with the last four digits **** was registered in the
National Do Not Call Registry on 8/17/2003. Most telemarketers will be
required to stop calling you 31 days from your registration date. Your
registration will (or did) expire on 8/18/2008.
</email>

does this affect ppl who call you from india? 🙂
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Yes, you should have taken their information and filed a complaint.

33. Are telemarketing calls from overseas covered?

Yes. Any telemarketers calling U.S. consumers are covered, regardless of where they are calling from. If a company within the U.S. solicits sales through an overseas professional telemarketer, that U.S. company may be liable for any violations by the telemarketer. The FTC can initiate enforcement actions against such companies.
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from here
 
yea the only ppl who can basically call DNCL'ed ppl are the non-profit organizations

....and if they can't and i missed it somewhere then imma have a fun convo with the next one


normally they call me round 11am waking me up but i have voiced CID so when it says "toll free" i just go back to sleep
 
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