Best response to a telemarketer.
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my one aunt was fond of handing the phone to her toddler and letting him talk til the person hung up. Also fun is quietly setting the phone down and walking away....0
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I'm not sure how he does it, although I have listened while he did, he can get into a personal conversation with a telemarketer. He kept one lady on the phone for 20 minutes. She lived in Georgia, had so many children, one daughter his age, did not like her job, etc... He keeps us in stitches.0
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My best one:
Me: Hello?
Tel: May I speak with the owner of the house?
Me: He's been murdered...........I'm detective Stadanko, who is this calling?
Tel: Oh, I'm sorry................I'm just calling for soliciting purposes.
Me: DON'T HANG UP..............I need to know who you are and where you work!
Tel: Like I said, I was just calling to solicit a service..................
Me: (slightly covering the mic) We got a trace on the line?
Okay, whoever this is, we are on our way over to interrogate you. DO NOT LEAVE FROM WHERE YOU ARE.
Tel: But, but.
HANG UP PHONE
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No, but I swear Antonio Banderas tried to sell me an internet/phone/tv bundle one time.0
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I say hi and let them give their canned speech. Then, I say, I'm sorry but I wasn't paying attention can you tell me again. The I wait and say it again and again until finally they hang up.0
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Me: Hello
Them: Sales Pitch.
Me: Oh, thank you for calling; however I have no need of these services at this time.
Them: Trying to overcome objections.
Me: I understand you are under a lot of pressure to sell, and appreciate that. You have a good day. Goodbye.
WORKS EVERY TIME.
I actually feel some sympathy for people who need to do this work. I just tell them that I never buy anything over the phone, so their time is wasted on me. Plus, I try to be sympathetic with their job. It works....mostly.0 -
OP - Oh that's good.0
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If they ask for me, I say that I'm 'my' brother and that i was killed in a fatal car accident, but my bereaved widow is here if they would like to talk to her...
and if they try to sell me phone/cell phone deals I wait for the canned speech and ask if the phone has blue tooth and if I could use it for america and if it's free can I have more than one. I wait for responses then ask if i can use my existing headphones on it. I keep doing this until they hang up. never ever hang up on them first.0 -
Person: Is this the Krusty Crab?
You: No this is Patrick!
*hangs up*0 -
Well a friend of mine told her 3 year old it was Mickey Mouse and put her on....0
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"No I'm sorry they are not available"
"Is there a friend or family member available?"
"No afraid not, I'm just the burglar!"
I had to just put the phone down, was in a funny mood so just fell about laughing!0 -
I don't have time to read everyone's responses (sorry) but the best thing I ever did was tell a telemarketer to "hold on a sec...."
I then:
1. Grabbed my laundry, put it in the washer, checked to see if they were still there, "I'm sorry, just another minute.... I'll be right back"
2. Folded a few towels, put them away in the hallway closet, went back to phone, they were still there, so I....
3. Checked my email, and Facebook... went back to phone....
they finally hung up ..... and NEVER called again.
I'm pretty sure they were on the phone a good 10 minutes waiting for me to, "come right back"...
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I answer and say hello since I don't always recognize the number, once they are about 4-5 words into the conversation (long enough to say it's a telemarketing type call) and then I immediately say I am not interested and *click*.
They do not deserve my time when they forcibly have wasted it in the past0 -
I say hi and let them give their canned speech. Then, I say, I'm sorry but I wasn't paying attention can you tell me again. The I wait and say it again and again until finally they hang up.
That's something comedian Jim Florentine would do... has anyone heard this?
http://youtu.be/BvaIqLsPCOU
BTW, Jim told me himself that after this call the guy got fired from his job. LOL0 -
I was always a fan of either screaming into the phone or using a whistle.0
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I had to sell a phone over the phone, dumbest idea ever....so 1 time this guy answered, and he said he had that exact phone already, lol.0
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"What are you wearing?"
Sometimes it can back fire :S0
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