Best response to a telemarketer.
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Caller ID- i dont even pick up and when they hear the answering machine they dont even leave a message. Although every once in awhile ill get one that doesnt seem to understand an answering machine (god i know, so old school (rolls eyes)) and will say " hello? hello?" 20x. 0 -
I let either my 6 year old or 4 year old answer the phone.. They normally just hang up on my kids and then I block the number from calling again.0
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Thank you but, NO thank you.
They can't work out if it's yes or no and it's too polite to argue with.0 -
I was thinking about this and you know... why are we so hard on telemarketers? Scam artists I don't mind messing with but telemarketers? They're just doing their job. A really ****ty job. They're trying to earn a pay cheque and here we are giving them grief for it.
A good friend of mine had to work as a telemarketer for a few months back when the job market was ****ty. She couldn't get a job anywhere else. She hated it. Every minute of it. Every day people were screaming at her and being jerks to her, all while she was just trying to make ends meet.
Anyway. Scam artists deserve a good old rub but telemarketers are just regular people who are paid to sell a product. Like a door to door salesman but LESS intrusive because you can just hang up. I wouldn't slam the door in a door salesman's face.
Just my two cents. :P0 -
I was thinking about this and you know... why are we so hard on telemarketers? Scam artists I don't mind messing with but telemarketers? They're just doing their job. A really ****ty job. They're trying to earn a pay cheque and here we are giving them grief for it.
A good friend of mine had to work as a telemarketer for a few months back when the job market was ****ty. She couldn't get a job anywhere else. She hated it. Every minute of it. Every day people were screaming at her and being jerks to her, all while she was just trying to make ends meet.
Anyway. Scam artists deserve a good old rub but telemarketers are just regular people who are paid to sell a product. Like a door to door salesman but LESS intrusive because you can just hang up. I wouldn't slam the door in a door salesman's face.
Just my two cents. :P
thats fine and dandy except they get paid whether they get a sale or not (unless its commission) and they seem to have the worlds WORST timing. Thats part of the reason people get mad plus they dont understand NO.0 -
thats fine and dandy except they get paid whether they get a sale or not (unless its commission) and they seem to have the worlds WORST timing. Thats part of the reason people get mad plus they dont understand NO.
That's because they're expected to push and they get in trouble if they don't.
I don't see the point of yelling at them, tricking them or pranking them. Why not just hang the phone up?0 -
I switched my home phone over to my fax line. Now they get the annoying loud beep of my fax.
The real people I want to talk with call my cell phone.
It's so satisfying to hear the phone ring, see "out of area" on the caller ID and then hear my fax machine pick up! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I can't hear anything that comes out from a telephone. I could feel a boom when I shot a .30-06 rifle and I couldn't hear it without using the hear protection form. Yeah, you are right I am a profounded deaf. 0
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I can't hear anything that comes out from a telephone. I could feel a boom when I shot a .30-06 rifle and I couldn't hear it without using the hear protection form. Yeah, you are right I am a profounded deaf.
That's quite deaf I'd say. I have shot a 30-06 and that sucker is LOUD!0 -
"No, Sally is not available. She stole all our petty cash and flew off to New Zealand to find Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules on their legendary journeys. Bye."0
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My brother has something similar to Aspergers and he gets rid of them without even trying! He just starts talking about his latest obsession (periodic table, math equations, family history, farmville 2... etc.) and will NOT let them talk about anything else. He does this in real life too, when you try to change the subject he just keeps talking about it until you stop responding.
I'm starting to think he might be on to something...0 -
I've gone by my middle name since the day I was born...my parents were pressured into giving me the "family" first name. So whenever I get a telemarketer, they always ask for my first name. I just tell them that there is no one here that goes by that name.0
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If you really want the calls to stop the best way is simply to ask them directly to put you on the companies do not call list. Make sure you write down the name of the company calling and the date and time.
they can be sued for up to $1,500 for each violation after your request per the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
It legally requires these companies to maintain do-not-call lists of anyone who requests to be taken off the call list.
They typically will not call back after being reminded that and if they do you can stick it to them.
A lot of these calls are now originating outside the country, and thus they cannot be prosecuted. Do you ever get those recorded calls from "Rachel at Card Services?" Yeah, those... Not from the US.
Or they're scams. There are some that you try to say "do not call list" and they hang up before you can get it out (I guess they reason you didn't say it/they didn't hear it)… they keep calling back. Anyway, after that happened a few times I called back the number on my caller ID to complain to a supervisor … and it was spoofed to a real card company. Sadly not much you can do legally, there, since you don't even know who's calling. That's when I pull out these tactics.0 -
(because I sound 5 on the phone)
They always lead with "Hi there is your mommy or daddy home?"
and I say
"(sigh)... mmmmmmmm... (pause) mommy left on (whatever day was six days ago)... but it's ok we have cereal!!!" *hangs up*0 -
My dad... one called and asked for Mrs. Brandy (knowing it was a telemarketer) my Dad said she could not come to the phone right now because he had her locked up in the basement. Hahaha, the caller hung up immediately!0
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My uncle once asked a telemarketer for their phone number so he could call her back after he finished his dinner. She was so shocked that she just hung up.0
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Ok, So this really isn't a telemarketer, but similar. My roommate years ago, had never known what a Jehovah Witness was. So she answered the door and let them give her the info then she gave them her name. So, every week they would come back asking for her. Finally, she and I and our other roommate had had enough and so I answered the door. When they said her name, I made my eyes well up with tears and started sobbing. They asked what was wrong and I told them she had just died in car accident four days ago. They apologized profusely and left. A friend of mine still lives there and no Jehovah witnesses have ever stopped by the house again.0
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I put my two year old on the phone to talk to them. Last time I put them on speaker phone, and they sat there in silence for about 5 minutes before hanging up.0
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Oh man, these sound great. Too bad I'm on the "Do Not Call" list in my state. I don't get telemarketing calls.0
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" Thanks for interrupting....I had a pretty good *kitten* going. Do you know how difficult it will be to get that going again? "0
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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.0
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Create your own disclaimer. Tell them you're recording the call and if they would kindly give their first and last name and contact phone number in the event that legal action is necessary. Usually ends the call.0
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I just hand the phone to my 3 year old and tell her it's Santa0
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Best ever telemarketer joke:
The phone rang as I was sitting down to my evening meal. As I answered it, I was greeted with, "Is this Karl Brummer"?
Not sounding anything like my name, I asked who was calling.
The telemarketer said he was with The Rubber Band Powered Freezer Company or something like that.
Then I asked him if he knew Karl personally and why was he calling this number.
I then said off to the side, "Get some pictures of the body at various angles and the blood smears."
I then turned back to the phone and advised the caller that he had entered a murder scene and must stay on the line because we had already traced this call and he would be receiving a summons to testify in this murder case.
I questioned the caller at great length as to his name, address, phone number at home, at work, who he worked for, how he knew the dead guy and could he prove where he had been about one hour before he made this call.
The telemarketer was getting very concerned and his answers were given in a shaky voice.
I then told him we had located his position and the police were entering the building to take him into custody.
At that point, I heard the phone fall and the scurrying of his running away.
My wife asked me as I returned to our table why I had tears streaming down my face and so help me, I couldn't tell her for about fifteen minutes. My food was cold, but it was the best meal in a long, long time.
You are my hero!0 -
Telemarketer: "May I speak to (insert boyfriend at the time name)?"
Me.: He's not here right now may I take a message?
Telemarketer: "Is this is wife"
Me: No.
Telemarketer: "...Oh, ok" and hangs up0 -
"Hold on just a second, I'll be right back."
Then hold the phone to your rear and fart really loud. :laugh: Then come back on the line and say, "You were saying..."0 -
Great responses:
"My husband/cousin/whatever sells that very product, so we are already covered, thanks."
"Your product/service is against our religion."
"Let me put my brother on the phone."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dy9lUJJGqI 0 -
I always feel sorry for them. I know people doing these jobs not because they want to but because there is no work out there.... So I try to be polite.0
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Ask them where they live, are they good looking, do they deliver pizza, tell them you work for the company they are selling for, tell them you have just called a port-a-potty or something ridiculous company, make up a foreign language and start speaking to them, start asking them for money like one of those TV preachers, and the list goes on....my favorite is to turn the tables and start selling them some fake product you invented and interrupt them all the time...but only do all that if you have a lot of cell minutes...If they are calling your cell...let them know..they will disappear..
Or you can regularly list your number here and you will rarely get telemarketer calls: https://www.donotcall.gov/0 -
I always feel sorry for them. I know people doing these jobs not because they want to but because there is no work out there.... So I try to be polite.
Most of the time my first response is a polite, "No, thank you, I'm not interested." 9 times out of 10, though, they won't accept that answer. I usually have to resort to "mean" tactics.0
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