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dealing with telemarketers
« on: Oct 20th, 2007, 2:48pm » |
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Just found a terrific new way to deal with telemarketers! I think this will put a stop to some of the calls we get. http://www.glumbert.com/media/telemarketer Enjoy. Jerry
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #1 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:02pm » |
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ROLFLMMFAO!!!! That's better than handing the phone to my 5 y/o! She usually talks them to death in 2 minutes. -Dennis-
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #2 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:09pm » |
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I was going to say we just put our number on the DO NOT CALL Registry and have not had a telemarketer call here in aprox 2 1/2 years. I love it. However, after listening to the link I about died laughing. I can not believe that someone had the guts to do that. That defiently tops the cake. What a hoot!
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #3 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:21pm » |
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I love winding telemarketers up - I can't write down some of the things I've done here because I'm protecting my anonymity but that was brilliant. Thanks Jerry
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #4 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:22pm » |
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on Oct 20th, 2007, 3:09pm, Karla wrote: I can not believe that someone had the guts to do that. |
| My buddy Jimmy does this for a living....check this out! http://media.putfile.com/Telemarketer-69
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #5 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:29pm » |
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NO!!! What did you post before that Jonny?!
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #6 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:36pm » |
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on Oct 20th, 2007, 3:29pm, LeLimey wrote:NO!!! What did you post before that Jonny?! |
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It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #7 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:44pm » |
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Well that's all the guy on the sound file kept saying isn't it?!
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #8 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 3:52pm » |
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That is a funny one. I have stolen part of that line and use it regularly cause i take appointments all day. When I ask where the appointment will be, they say "at the office". So I always say "Lets say, for example, I want to mail you a letter................."
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #9 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:01pm » |
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I do something similar. Act kinda crazy and ask em: "Hey, you know what solvent I can use to get human blood out of carpet?....and if they think a normal sized womans body will fit in a 55 gallon drum" Most of the time I hang up on them tho.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #10 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:23pm » |
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that is so funny!!
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #11 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:24pm » |
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The do not call list is wonderful. Now if I can get pollsters and politicans on that list, life will be wonderful.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #12 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:26pm » |
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One of the less insidious things I do is talk dirty to them. I repeatedly ask them about their underwear because - and here is the rub - they can't do a damn thing about anything you say! I work for Capital One and when we complained about how abusive some people were on the phone we were told that since we were generating the call we were powerless as we could just hang up. If you call someone else and you're obscene you can be done but if you call THEM and THEY are obscene then its your call to hang up. Since finding that out I haven't had nearly enough sales calls. I find them a real tension breaker!!
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #13 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:29pm » |
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You should see the look on the Mormon proselytizers faces when I say “what do you mean by born again, didn’t you believe the first time around”. And did they write the bible wrong the first time and had to correct it for the Mormons? I never get an answer! Rolo..
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« Reply #14 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 6:54pm » |
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Tabby went to work at a telemarketer selling insurance for Dell computers. She lasted 2 days. She couldn't handle the abuse she recieved over the phone........
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #15 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 7:10pm » |
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Angie will listen to them for a little bit, not me!!! I answer a phone all day long at work and the last thing I need when I get to my "happy place called home" is the phone ringing and when you pick it up there is no one there!, so I just hang up and walk away, Repeat as needed.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #16 on: Oct 20th, 2007, 7:33pm » |
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I hang up as quickly as I can find out it's a telemarketer, I figure the quicker the less personal the hang up is.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #17 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 5:08am » |
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I used to be a telemarketer but that doesn't mean that I'd like getting calls myself. My advice: be polite, keep your tone nice and end it quickly, I personally liked "I'm so sorry, I have to go, have a nice day". I try to do the same; after all, they're people too - and back in here, telemarketers are usually young and desperate and doing that job because nothing else is available. I've found out that most of them actually don't listen what you say, so although I've said my name (as many Finns do when they answer the phone) and they ask for me, I've got away with "oh, she's not home right now and I should be going, bye!" many, many times. Once I nearly threw my phone to the wall, because I got TWO telemarketers calling me before 8.30 am and I was getting hit in the between... The last telemarketer called me last week when I was doing grocery shopping. When I picked up, the lady started telling me how I had entered a competition lately and naturally my hopes went up - had I win something??? - for nothing. The interesting thing was that I had not entered my phone number with that competition... They're sneaky. Sanna
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« Reply #18 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 5:58am » |
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They are both classic examples of letting them ignorant bastards have it. Did anyone notice they like to call during dinner. Dave
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« Reply #19 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 6:10am » |
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on Oct 21st, 2007, 5:08am, sandie99 wrote:be polite, keep your tone nice and end it quickly |
| LMAO....I always say "Im on the no call list you cocksucker dont ever call me again" Now im getting spam text messages on my fucking cell phone and it costs me money for each one. Someone has to die!
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« Reply #20 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 6:22am » |
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I get spam text messages only when I'm abroad, so rarely.
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #21 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 6:29am » |
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My personal favourite is junk mail. I take all the junk mail from one company and put it in the reply paid envelope for another one and so on. Then I send them all back and giggle quietly wondering how they like getting junk main (that they have to pay the postage on!!) themselves
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #22 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 7:55am » |
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on Oct 21st, 2007, 6:29am, LeLimey wrote:My personal favourite is junk mail. I take all the junk mail from one company and put it in the reply paid envelope for another one and so on. Then I send them all back and giggle quietly wondering how they like getting junk main (that they have to pay the postage on!!) themselves |
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Re: dealing with telemarketers
« Reply #23 on: Oct 21st, 2007, 8:17am » |
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on Oct 20th, 2007, 6:29pm, rolo65 wrote:You should see the look on the Mormon proselytizers faces when I say “what do you mean by born again, didn’t you believe the first time around”. And did they write the bible wrong the first time and had to correct it for the Mormons? I never get an answer! Rolo.. |
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on Oct 21st, 2007, 6:29am, LeLimey wrote:My personal favourite is junk mail. I take all the junk mail from one company and put it in the reply paid envelope for another one and so on. Then I send them all back and giggle quietly wondering how they like getting junk main (that they have to pay the postage on!!) themselves |
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