Ha, Ha, Ha.....I just frustrated a telemarketer!!

[Carl]

We very rarely get calls from a real person. All we get is the call and then an immediate hang up. Sometimes we get a recording. As I understand it, those have actually been outlawed. How could report them, though? The number is always unknown.

 

[Nutsy]

Ditto Beauty. Just the other day I had a guy call me about Mortgages. I told him we had no Mortgage so I was not interested. But rather than hang up, he tried pushing something else onto me. Then what really threw me was what he said when he did hang up. He said it's Auriel isn't it & of course I said yeah. So he says I've really enjoyed talking to you.

What I'd like to know is............How did he know my name & also got the pronounciation correct. I don't know this bloke from a bar of soap.

That I'm afraid really bothered me. Of course I've no idea what company he was representing, because as I realise it's a Telemarketer I turn off.

 

[preshi]

I gnore any phone calls that come in as Unkown on Caller ID... DH on ther other hand gets hilarious, the other night he answered the phoen " International Fish Market" I almost fell over laughing. If I accidently answer the phone I usually hang up before they can hassle me. We don't get too many calls that aren't for a a legit reason.

 

[C.Ann]

I too allow my Caller ID to take care of it..

If you don't want me to know WHO you are, then why on earth would I want to speak with you?????????

 

[mom2boys]

Depending on what they are selling - I will tell them we don't have/use that product

Lawnservice - for my condo? (we have an acre)

Newfangled Rain Gutters - I'll have to check with the landlord (we own)

Security System - why do I need a secutiry system we hardly ever lock our doors - to which DH can be heard hollering in the background "that's the truth".

Basement Waterproofing - telemarketer used the standard "people in your area have been having trouble with wet basements" DH asked what area is that? TM stutter & stammered. DH said ok what state in I in. TM admitted she had no idea because the computer dialed the # - DH then informed her that our area had been under drought conditions for 3 yrs & wells were drying up all over the region (true at the time)

DH had one poor TM on the phone for 2 hrs one night. She was clearly new & it was clearly against company policy for her to hang up until DH explicitly stated he didn't want the free Hilton Head vacation. Time share pitch - but you wouldn't be staying at the resort she was hawking

 

[CdnDisneyNut]

I just got sent this as an e mail

lol


20 responses to telemarketers
>
>1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy
>and you could sure use some money.
>
>2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you
>asked,
>because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My
>arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died . . "
>
>3. If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their
>name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is
>located, how long it has been in business, how many people work there, how
>they got into this line of work if they are married, how many kids they
>have, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their
>company for as long as necessary.
>
>4. This works great if you are male. Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and
>I'm with XYZ Company. " You: Wait for a second and with a real husky voice
>ask, "What are you wearing?"
>
>5. Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you
>been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she
>tries to figure out where she could know you from.
>
>6. Say "No" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep
>a
>rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you
>can do it until they hang up.
>
>7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends
>Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends,
>would you be my friend?"
>
>8. If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood? Can you get
>out goat blood? How about human blood?"
>
>9. After the Telemarketer gives his or her spiel, ask him or her to marry
>you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you can't just give your
>credit card number to a complete stranger.
>
>10. Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company, and they
>can't
>sell to employees.
>
>11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the
>receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and then hang up.
>
>12. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask him/her if
>he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her
>back.
>When the Telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their
>home
>numbers say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?"
>The Telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me either!" Hang up.
>
>13. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.
>
>14. Tell them it is dinner time, but ask if they would please hold. Put
>them
>on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your
>food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.
>
>15. Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and ask if they
>could bring you some beer.
>
>16. Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.
>
>17. Tell the Telemarketer, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I should probably
>tell you, I'm not wearing any clothes."
>
>18. Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come
>on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your momma?"
>
>19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . .
>louder . . . louder . . .
>
>20. Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write every word
>down.
>
>NOTICE: The above have all been tested and approved for use on
>telemarketers. No animals were harmed in the testing

 

[oddball27]

Originally posted by Beauty
I understand that they are just trying to make a living but some of them are sooo pushy that it drives me crazy! If I say no thank you, then I mean no thank you and then they should respect my wishes and hang up. 99 percent of the time though they keep on and on and on and on so I give the phone to J.C. who is 12.

Okay call the parenting police on me again but he is hillarious.....lets see a few of his tricks are.....

the telemarketer will say "are you parents home?" and he will say "nope I locked them outside." Silence....... J.C. "wait, they aren't there anymore, OH NO THEY LEFT ME!!!!." Then in the same sentence he'll change from frantic to questionable and say "I like chicken, do you? do you like jello? what about pizza? do you like pizza? I do." By this time there is no one left....LOL

Humm another one is the Pyle Corp around here which is magazines and they call at least four times a month and he will answer the phone and say "hello is this the Pyle Corp?" of course they will say Yes and he will say in awe.... "DO you know GOMER? I love Gomer, I watch him all the time, hes old though and my mom said he might be dead but its neat to talk to someone that is his cousin......or are you his brother? Are you Gomer's brother????" they aren't able to get a word in!

Or he might answer and serenade them with one of his silly songs.

Sorry, I registered for the Do Not Call List both online and via the telephone so if you call my house be prepared to talk to my crazy child!

Oh and yes I find him amusing and I even promote this kind of behavior

LoL!!!! Those are hilarious!!

When I used to talk to my ex~boyfriend, telemarketers would ALWAYS interrupt us!! So one day we sat down and thought of the most hilarious things to say to them!!!! Like, he would say in a girl voice, "this is the maid, the Lady and the Lord are out for the evening, may I please take your message sir/madam??

or "yo yo yo, what up man!!" then they would normally hang up, LoL!!

We had tons of em, but I've since forgotten most of them since we don't get those lovely cals anymore, LoL!!

 

[RitaZ.]

If you don't want me to know WHO you are, then why on earth would I want to speak with you?????????

I have tried saying, "Thank you, we are not interested". Then the person says, "I understand that, but..."

Now I just say that we're not interested and hang up. I love the caller i.d. feature!

 

[Snowysmom]

My teen aged son used to tell telemarketers that I was out milking the goats. Now with caller ID we just don't answer the phone unless we recognize the number.

 

[gctong]

One telephone company telemarket really threw me once. I'm Cantonese Chinese and we answer the phone with "wei" and not "hello." I do it so they assume I don't speak English and will get off the phone. Well, one time I did that and the telemarketer immediately switched over to mandarin chinese and proceeded to sell me something. (I DON'T speak that dialect). I was so floored that they "outsmarted me" that I said in perfect English, "I don't speak mandarin" and handed the phone to my SO to take care of (he speaks mandarin!)

Now, we let the answering machine pick it up and screen our calls!