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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:11 PM Original message |
How to deal with Telemarketers! And it's HILARIOUS too! |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tom Mabe already does this sort of thing |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I never heard of Tom. I've been doing it for 30 years. But thanks for the link... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Most of them are poor folks, desperate for work |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Most are students |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wasting a hard working person's time and keeping them from getting a commission |
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mindwalker_i (836 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't pay for a phone so people can use it to cram more ads into my life |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. And two wrongs = right ? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. So you pick up that phone you pay for and call the number you see on an infomercial? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. I imagine in many cases a person's sense of... |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. We get very few calls now |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't be too cruel...working stiffs. |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I don't like to screw with those just doing a job |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. For folks selling something a simple "no thanks" works wonders. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Apparently you have a lot of time on your hands, or you just like copying |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nice... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I had to resort to telling telemarketers that my husband was killed in a car crash |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. After my stepfather died (for real)... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
13. Have mercy on working people, please |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. What a complete waste of time. Just f'ing hang up and be done with it. nt |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jaysuz, just screen your calls using your answering machine or caller ID. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. just start giggling uncontrollably and tell them 'I eat tin foil... heh heh heh heh' |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. But you see, I pay for that phone for MY convenience not theirs!... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. Are you 14 years old? Just hang up already. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
20. I don't answer the phone unless I can ID the caller |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Here are some stories from both sides of the phone |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
23. Oh, indeed! Fuck over the lowest rung That'll show 'em. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. I'm nice to everyone, even debt collectors. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. When one initiates the call to a home shopping network or to |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. Yes that part turned me against this idea |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. Grow up. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. That's a great idea. Last year, for about 6 weeks, we were plagued |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. Just get rid of the land line. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. OK I can see messing with someone who calls you... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
32. Do you honestly think that people take telemarketing jobs because they enjoy the work? |
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qanda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
34. The best way to avoid unnecessary calls is to set up a google voice number |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
35. Don't pick on these minimum wage workers ... find another way? |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
36. Which takes longer, the calls or making the story up? |
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