Why don't telemarketers take NO for an answer the FIRST or even SECOND time?

[fragarific]

their job... anyone answered this question with a right answer yet?

 

[Fanatical Meat]

My GAWD!!! Death to all of these boneheads. Leave me the hell alone. I must get these at least 8 times a week. I'm sitting down, eating, or relaxing, and these mofos call disrupting me.

I got TWO today. First one at 9AM this morning. Wakes me up out of a nice sleep. How many college kids do you know that will get up early if they don't have to?

Telemarketer: Hello, is Brandon there?
Me: Yeeessssss
Telemarketer: Ohh, I'm sorry did I wake you up?
Me: YES!!!
Telemarketer: Ohh, I'll try back later then.
Me: CLICK!!!!!

What the hell are you doing calling at 9AM motherBIATCH!!

And just now, I'm sitting here watching my daily fill of Headline News.

Telemarketer: Is Brandon there?
Me: Yes, I'm Brandon
Telemarketer: I'm calling on behalf of Discover credit card...
Me interrupting: I'm not interested, I already have a credit card and don't need another right now
Telemarketer: Right, we'd like to send you out one of our packages...
Me interrupting: I said I'm not interested...CLICK!!!!

Damn them all to hell!!!!!:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

Rule of three, basic sales principle. Overcome three objections and you are ready to close.
Admittedly your examples are of horrible sales people who appeared to do nothing to sell value or overcome objectives and their elevator pitches don’t appear to be fleshed out at all but I am sure it’s an industry where the good ones are immediately poached to do something more important.

edit: damn bots, this one does appear to have a decent elevator pitch

 

[Greenman]

You needed to exhume this one from nineteen years ago?

Telemarketers are parasites.

 

[rh71]

2001 - when telemarketers were real people instead of bots who won't even respond to you properly and serve only to randomly ring your phone because they can.

My very first job in HS was telemarketing for a home heating oil company. Cold calling people during dinner hours - entertaining times. But it was a competitive market where people change companies every year for their price so it wasn't all bad. Reco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fanatical Meat]

You needed to exhume this one from nineteen years ago?

Telemarketers are parasites.

stupid bot post got me to comment, that post was pulled

 

[ArizonaSteve]

Have a call blocker here. Every time one of these spoofed numbers comes in I smack the big red button. It's oddly satisfying (yes I know this post is 19 years old... but hey, may as well continue the conversation in these days of constant telemarketing calls).

 

[jmagg]

I had the Microsoft scam guy going for almost an hour. After no less than 5x "its frozen up, i need to reboot". At last he got me to put in the full url that he needed, and said hit enter.

"I'm hitting enter, nothing is happening, must have froze up again" He quit. They're very patient.

 

[MtnMan]

My GAWD!!! Death to all of these boneheads. Leave me the hell alone. I must get these at least 8 times a week. I'm sitting down, eating, or relaxing, and these mofos call disrupting me.

I got TWO today. First one at 9AM this morning. Wakes me up out of a nice sleep. How many college kids do you know that will get up early if they don't have to?

Telemarketer: Hello, is Brandon there?
Me: Yeeessssss
Telemarketer: Ohh, I'm sorry did I wake you up?
Me: YES!!!
Telemarketer: Ohh, I'll try back later then.
Me: CLICK!!!!!

What the hell are you doing calling at 9AM motherBIATCH!!

And just now, I'm sitting here watching my daily fill of Headline News.

Telemarketer: Is Brandon there?
Me: Yes, I'm Brandon
Telemarketer: I'm calling on behalf of Discover credit card...
Me interrupting: I'm not interested, I already have a credit card and don't need another right now
Telemarketer: Right, we'd like to send you out one of our packages...
Me interrupting: I said I'm not interested...CLICK!!!!

Damn them all to hell!!!!!:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|

Never say the word "yes" to a telemarketer. They can edit audio to prove you agreed to something by saying "yes"

Actually never say a damn thing to them in the first place. Don't recognize the number pickup/hangup, or just swipe decline.

And after hundreds of times, the will still call.

 

[MtnMan]

You needed to exhume this one from nineteen years ago?

Telemarketers are parasites.

I bet you talked to Trump fundraiser telemarketers