I just put the phone down and pick it up after a minute or two.
Check out this site:
Telemarketing-laws.com
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Check out this site:
Telemarketing-laws.com
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heh, its easy to spot a telemarketer when they mispronounce your name so horribly that it doesent sound ANYTHING like it
<< Telemarketer: Is Brandon there?
Me: Yes, I'm Brandon >>
NFS4,
See, right there is your fundamental error. I always pull "secretary" on them:
Telemarketer: Is Russ/Mr. Stringham/the manager/the owner there?
Me: Who's calling please?
Telemarketer: This is joe blow at ABC crap sales.
Me: I'm sorry, he's not in right now, may I take a message?
Telemarketer: Do you know when he'll be in?
Me: I have no idea, I'm just the janitor, or:
Hell if I know, the jerk never tells me anything. < voice growing increasingly loud > As a matter of fact, I've had it. I quit. If you DO get ahold of him, tell him that his store is wide open and nobody is here.
Click.
Russ, NCNE
If I get tele-survey calls I pretend I'm pyschic and answer questions before they ask them
If I get tele-marketers then I coach them on how bad they are at selling:
i.e.
Them: "Hi, is Paul there."
Me: "Yes."
Them: "Hi, I'm calling from X brand and was wondering if you're interested in our product X"
Me: "No I am not. That's a crappy sales pitch. Of course I'm not interested. It's your job to make me interested in your product. So make me interested"
This is a critical junction in the conversation...a lot of the times they'll hang up as I gain control of the situation.
-GL
If I get tele-marketers then I coach them on how bad they are at selling:
i.e.
Them: "Hi, is Paul there."
Me: "Yes."
Them: "Hi, I'm calling from X brand and was wondering if you're interested in our product X"
Me: "No I am not. That's a crappy sales pitch. Of course I'm not interested. It's your job to make me interested in your product. So make me interested"
This is a critical junction in the conversation...a lot of the times they'll hang up as I gain control of the situation.
-GL
you have to do the following:
tell them to remove you from their call list & warn them if they call you
again that you'll consider it harassment. keep a written journal of who called
(dates/times). if they call again you can get a cash penalty from them ($500 or so). works for me every time - nobody has ever called again.
tell them to remove you from their call list & warn them if they call you
again that you'll consider it harassment. keep a written journal of who called
(dates/times). if they call again you can get a cash penalty from them ($500 or so). works for me every time - nobody has ever called again.
found this online a while ago and saved it. read through it; I guarantee you'll be on the floor crying from laughter when you're done. God bless the person who wrote this...
One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating as they were to me. The call was from AT&T and it went something like this: (swallowing) Me: Hello
AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes This is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Byron please?
Me: May I ask who is calling?
AT&T: This is AT&T.
Me: OK, hold on.
At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that,
surely, this person would have hung up the phone. I ate my salad. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.
Me: Hello ?
AT&T: Is this Mr. Byron?
Me: May I ask who is calling please?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?
Me: Yes, is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: The phone company?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.
AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.
Me: I already have a phone.
AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.
Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but thanks for calling.
When you are not interested in something, I don't think you can express yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not interested", but this lady was persistent.
AT&T: Mr. Byron we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10 cents a minute but she at no time used the word rate. I could clearly see that it was time to whip out the trusty old calculator and do a little ciphering.
Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?
AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes sir that's right! 24 hours a day!
Me: 7 days a week?
AT&T: That's right.
Me: 365 days a year?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!
AT&T: We think so!
Me: That's quite a sum of money!
AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it adds up.
Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check,can I get a cash advance?
AT&T: Excuse me?
Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.
AT&T: What are you talking about?
Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1,008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making payment.
AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a minute.
Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me 10 cents a minute. Are you sure this is AT&T?
AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......
Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a minute? Is this some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me.
AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for.....
Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please!
AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.
Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?
AT&T: What?!"
Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!
AT&T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold on.
So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a few minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:
Supervisor: Mr. Byron?
Me: Yeth?
Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding our 10 cents a minute program.
Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?
Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is. I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort.
Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I could sign up for the plan.
Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was helping you.
Me: Thank you.
I was on hold once again and managed a few more mouthfuls. I needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at the other end of the phone.
AT&T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are interested in signing up for our plan?
Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you can never have enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little brother...
AT & T: (click).
---
lol.
<edit>: formatting. copy and paste just don't work like it used to.
One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating as they were to me. The call was from AT&T and it went something like this: (swallowing) Me: Hello
AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes This is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Byron please?
Me: May I ask who is calling?
AT&T: This is AT&T.
Me: OK, hold on.
At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that,
surely, this person would have hung up the phone. I ate my salad. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.
Me: Hello ?
AT&T: Is this Mr. Byron?
Me: May I ask who is calling please?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?
Me: Yes, is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: The phone company?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.
AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.
Me: I already have a phone.
AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.
Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but thanks for calling.
When you are not interested in something, I don't think you can express yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not interested", but this lady was persistent.
AT&T: Mr. Byron we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10 cents a minute but she at no time used the word rate. I could clearly see that it was time to whip out the trusty old calculator and do a little ciphering.
Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?
AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes sir that's right! 24 hours a day!
Me: 7 days a week?
AT&T: That's right.
Me: 365 days a year?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!
AT&T: We think so!
Me: That's quite a sum of money!
AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it adds up.
Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check,can I get a cash advance?
AT&T: Excuse me?
Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.
AT&T: What are you talking about?
Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1,008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making payment.
AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a minute.
Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me 10 cents a minute. Are you sure this is AT&T?
AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......
Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a minute? Is this some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me.
AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for.....
Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please!
AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.
Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?
AT&T: What?!"
Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!
AT&T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold on.
So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a few minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:
Supervisor: Mr. Byron?
Me: Yeth?
Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding our 10 cents a minute program.
Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?
Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is. I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort.
Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I could sign up for the plan.
Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was helping you.
Me: Thank you.
I was on hold once again and managed a few more mouthfuls. I needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at the other end of the phone.
AT&T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are interested in signing up for our plan?
Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you can never have enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little brother...
AT & T: (click).
---
lol.
<edit>: formatting. copy and paste just don't work like it used to
.Man, I know what your talking about. Discover called me at freakin 9:30 in the morning on my only day that I can sleep in. And they tick me off because you have to tell them 3 times that your not interested before they hang up.:|
we have telemarketers calling our house allllll daaaayyyy long.... our caller id picks up if it detects "unavailable" (99% of the time, it's telemarketers).. so it picks up after a ring and then we just leave it.
Ohhhhhhhh. I know telemarketers suck. I get atleast 2 calls per day that I know are telemarketers. It usually shows up as Private Caller on the id.
They never call me anymore but one of the last wanted to send me some info which I readily agreed to. I got two big envelopes for about $1.50 each and a followup call a week later. He wanted to know what I had thought about the material. I told him I had no idea. I told him that since he had no concern about calling me on an unlisted number I simply wanted to extract a penalty in the form of postage and materials. He hung up on me. Very rude!
The big problem seems to be the random dialers which don't seem to be in use much of late.
The big problem seems to be the random dialers which don't seem to be in use much of late.
NFS4, yeah that really pisses me off too :| Especially when they call at dinner time I find the best thing to do is to fight fire with fire......... try too sell them something
telemarketer: Hello is Mr. Aquaman there?
Me: Can I ask who's calling?
telemarketer: This is Dingalberry from XYZ Crap inc and I'd like to tell you about our great product.
Me: Well, before you start I'd like to tell you about a great product myself. Have you ever had that not so fresh feeling?
etc.
Cheers,
Aquaman
I find the best thing to do is to fight fire with fire......... try too sell them something telemarketer: Hello is Mr. Aquaman there?
Me: Can I ask who's calling?
telemarketer: This is Dingalberry from XYZ Crap inc and I'd like to tell you about our great product.
Me: Well, before you start I'd like to tell you about a great product myself. Have you ever had that not so fresh feeling?
etc.
Cheers,
Aquaman
Damn it, I kept forgetting to pull the seinfield.... but I did...
1. Claim that "I" was dead
2. Move away
3. In lawsuit with the company
4. In car accident
5. Under 18
6. On vacation
7. Deported
8. In jail for credit fraud
9. In the army
Thats all my excuses so far
1. Claim that "I" was dead
2. Move away
3. In lawsuit with the company
4. In car accident
5. Under 18
6. On vacation
7. Deported
8. In jail for credit fraud
9. In the army
Thats all my excuses so far
<< should have done the wasssssssssssup stuff >>
that's what I do anyway, cuz only my friends have got my number.
and whenever something like the bank calls, they usually don't mind because I'm a customer and places like banks HATE to lose valued customers. hehe... anyone tried conference call? or speakerphone with a bunch of friends? and we all start making fun of them or whatnot?
i was a telemarketer for UCLA Annual Fund...
the reasn why telemarketers are so persisitent is because they want to keep u on the line and try and find out what would make you interested.
ugh.
the reasn why telemarketers are so persisitent is because they want to keep u on the line and try and find out what would make you interested.
ugh.
I like the, 'I'm so depressed' gag....
you start off
I am so glad you called. I am so depressed that I was planning to kill myself just as you called. You have saved my life.
Talk to me please... No one else will talk to me, they think I am crazy.
& you continue this as long as you want....
then you say....
You don't really care about me either ! & play your tape of a gunshot, recorded from TV & let the phone drop...
Of course some times the cops end up at your place to check on you...
-------------------------------------------------------------
& then there is the;
' I am under house arrest, can you help me get this thing off my leg' one
you start off
I am so glad you called. I am so depressed that I was planning to kill myself just as you called. You have saved my life.
Talk to me please... No one else will talk to me, they think I am crazy.
& you continue this as long as you want....
then you say....
You don't really care about me either ! & play your tape of a gunshot, recorded from TV & let the phone drop...
Of course some times the cops end up at your place to check on you...
-------------------------------------------------------------
& then there is the;
' I am under house arrest, can you help me get this thing off my leg' one
Be nice to telemarketers. I thought i was going to be hired as a sales intern and it turned out im stuck as a telemarketer. Suckss @ss
I've been doing the "Wasssaaappp?!?" thing lately... works very well. Don't say anything but that.
Me: Hello?
Tele-Marketer: Is this Mr. Thorn?
Me: Wassssaaapp?!?
Tele-Marketer: Is this Mr. Thorn?
Me: Wassssaaapp?!?
Tele-Marketer: Sir?
Me: Wassssaaaaapppp?!?!
Tele-Marketer: That's very funny sir.
Me: WAASSSSAAAAAPPP!?!
Tele-Marketer: Fine sir, have a nice day.
Me: Wassssaaappp?!?
Tele-Marketer: *click*
Me: Hello?
Tele-Marketer: Is this Mr. Thorn?
Me: Wassssaaapp?!?
Tele-Marketer: Is this Mr. Thorn?
Me: Wassssaaapp?!?
Tele-Marketer: Sir?
Me: Wassssaaaaapppp?!?!
Tele-Marketer: That's very funny sir.
Me: WAASSSSAAAAAPPP!?!
Tele-Marketer: Fine sir, have a nice day.
Me: Wassssaaappp?!?
Tele-Marketer: *click*
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