I can't believe the telemarketing call I just got! I'm on the "Do Not

[FloridaPat]

Call List". I got a call from these same people last week trying to get me to refinance my mortgage. I told them then I was on the list and didn't want calls. They just called back! When I pointed out they called last week and I did not want calls, I was told to "Shut up"!!!!

I can't believe these people. They should be in jail with the repubs. Yes, I filed a complaint.

[Downtown Hound]

1. They actually told you to shut up?

That's pretty incredible. Are you sure it wasn't Bill O'Reilly calling you?

[FloridaPat]

13. Woman's voice. I will not print what my reply was.

[merh]

2. Did they have an accent?

The call I got last week from a telemarketer was similiar, the woman had an asian voice and when I told her that I was on the no-call list and to please strike my name from whatever list she has and never call again, she just hung up!

I laughed out of anger and just thought "outsourcing"!

[Bozita]

24. Does the law include calls originating from other countries?

This could be a telemarketing exec's wet dream.

[merh]

25. I would think if they are calling for an American company, then

that company is bound by the No Call List. But you know, it probably will be a way for them to get around the list. :freak:

[blm]

3. I love telling them that we refuse to make any financial move until Bush

is out of office.

I say we don't trust him and the little money we had to spare in the past has disappeared thanks to Bush's legislation that got rid of overtime pay.

[KarenS]

7. ohhhhh what a great line =)

I will most certainly use it!! Thanks.

[blm]

14. You'll start to look forward to the calls.

;)

[Anakin Skywalker]

8. Good Going!

That's what I would say too. I never fail to inject a statement of displeasure with Shrub whenever someone badgers me on anything relating to the economy.

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[blm]

12. HAHAH. You won't SEE any articles about it. Newsrooms now don't have to

pay overtime. That's why it was rarely mentioned as an issue .

My spouse works in a newsroom, and overtime pay is now GONE.

In a newsroom, there are some departments who are often stuck working overtime thanks to daily deadlines.

People forget that newspapers are mostly corporate-owned, and they are not about to to complain about legislation that puts more money into the corporate coffers, even if it takes away from those workers trying to raise families on 30-50,000 a year.

Now do you understand why the media barely covered it as an issue last year?

[kohodog]

4. In CT they can get a huge fine for calling, unless

they're within 6 degrees of separation from a bank you do business with!

Tell them you'rer on the "List" and will report them. See what they say. Here they hang up immediately. But with Jeb in charge it might not make much difference. (I an thinking you're in Florida because of you're name).

[KarenS]

5. We are on the DoNotCall List and have PrivacyPlus,,,,,

when someone does call ~ I get a name, the organization & address and tell them I am reporting them !!!!

I do not like solicitors in any shape or form!!

BUT to be told "ShutUp",,,,, unbelievable!!
I hope that complaint works!!

[FloridaPat]

16. I did that last week! That's the wierd part. They won't take no for an

answer

[benddem]

6. report them

you can get a settlement from them. I would especially since you were told to "shut up"

[Cadence]

10. Since they called back after you told them

you were on the do not call list I believe you can take them to small claims court and sue them for $500- $1000. I think that was one of the provisions of the list.

[ottozen]

11. IN JAIL?

How do you know their not already there?

[Les BOOGIE]

15. Try to get their toll free # by playing along or star 69, then you can

(from home or a phone booth) call them repeatedly and waste their time

It really sends them into orbit

"You better quit that....." BZZZZZZZ (press any key)

Someday I want to use two side by side payphones & put them on the line with each other

I try to call ten times for every one time they call me

[Warpy]

17. That's when you fuck with their heads.

"I'm sorry, my husband handles this stuff. Let me get him."

Then put the phone down and walk away for half an hour or so.

The next time, give them the same line, then say: "George? Phone. George??? GEORGE??? OH MY GOD! HE'S DEAD!"

I guarantee this asshole will not call back.

Most telemarketers are poor folks who have been offshored out of decent jobs and have had to take the thankless job of interrupting people during their dinner hour to sell them stuff they don't want. A polite "No, thank you," will do it for 99.9% of them. However, for the assholes who don't take no for an answer and call back repeatedly, I suggest the above.

Or there's the air horn. Or there's a cap pistol. Persistent ones don't deserve civility. Get rid of them any way you can, including involving the phone company and nailing them for harassment.

[ablbodyed]

19. And then there's the loud >>>>>

wait for it.....













































































































fart. Putting the phone right up to your a.. and letting go....
GUARANTEED they'll NEVER call again.

[mermaid]

20. Exactly!

Most telemarketers ARE poor folks who have been offshored out of decent jobs. I ended up doing market research surveys that way.

Do us ALL a favor.

We don't really want to be making these calls and bothering people...we want REAL WORK.

Here is what you do...

Act REAL INTERESTED in whatever is being sold...or surveyed for. find an excuse to put the phone person on hold...and keep them there till they give up and hang up on you.

You give the telemarketer a well-earned five to ten minute break, and you cost the business he works for money in lost productivity and time.

You do not understand the environment most telemarketer/survey people work in...

We are on an automatic dialer. As soon as we finish one call (BEEP) another one comes thru on our line, we don't even get a chance to BREATHE or get a sip of water in between calls! It's a fucking sweat shop! They might as well shove a broom up our asses so that we could sweep the floor as we walk along, that is how hard they work us!

sincerely, don't get mad at the guy or gal on the phone...he or she is a poor struggling bastard put there by Bush's rotten economic policies. take it our on the business that is generating the calls, and give your brother or sister a well-deserved five to ten minute break!

The marketer will thank you.

Of course, for those that are rude, as this one was, a good idea...this works if you have a cordless phone...carry the phone into the bathroom, and FLUSH THE TOILET!!!

First, tell them, "I am not going to do anything financially until Bush gets out of office. This is the economy as a result of bush..." and THEN....FLUSH THE TOILET!!!

[ultraist]

18. Beware of identity thiefs calling

We've gotten a couple of strange calls asking us for our SS# as well as emails asking for SS# and pin. One was from Sunbank and noted that if we did not update our info our account would be cancelled, we don't have a Sunbank account!

They are out there trollling, no doubt and thanks to outsourcing, our info is all over the place.

[FloridaPat]

21. There is a lot of that going on.Pass the word loudly to everyone you

know - don't respond to any email that asks for any password. I've gotten them from Ebay, Paypal, banks, even my mortgage company. They have all been fakes. They want the id and password and will take you for a very big ride.

I got one from a bank I don't have an account at. I hit the button and filled in fake info. It thanked me for validating my account.

[Lex]

22. An MCI telemarketer called my mother a "dummy" on the phone once.

This was about 4 years ago. My mother was trying to explain she didn't want MCI and she was happy the way she had her long-distance set up.

And the guy said, "Fine, you dummy" and hung up on my mom.

WTF?

[cidliz2004]

23. I want to keep a whistle next to the phone

so that when unwanted telemarketers call, I will pick it up and blow it as loudly as I can into the receiver