Dealing With Telemarketers

[Spindulik]

Actually those "3 tone" devices that are sold on TV work. The tele-marketer makes a call and whenever they hear the standard 3-tone "out of service" sound, your number is canceld from their list.

A simple handheld tape player will do the trick too. The only problem is, EVERYONE who calls you will have to deal with that 3-tone sound until you are confident that you are completely erased from the tele-marketer's system.

[Snee]

Originally posted by bigboab@8 October 2003 - 00:46
It does not show up in the preview.

Edit. The only thing i can think of is that I press Return after the initial Quote. ry it and I will let you know.

bigboab, do you use the quote function, if so there is no need for the quote button when you compose your post.

Unless you copy and paste into the message window the quote tags are redundant.

[ZLOsiris]

ahhh i do have gr8 fun with these people ... theres alot calling about magizine subscriptions and newspapers .... i start asking them if they got any porn or naked women ...then i start telling them i masterbate alot and like looking a women ... ask them if there any underwhere ads and so forth ..... man u can have gr8 fun with these people use ur imagination .... i wish i woulda recorded some of my conversations. Funny thing alot them will answer these ? o man i cant contain myself jus thinking bout it ... i hope 1 calls soon

[Snee]

Originally posted by (Aardwark.com)
One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does most of you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating as they were to me.
The call was from AT&T and it went something like this:

Me: Hello
AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Byron please?
Me: May I ask who is calling?
AT&T: This is AT&T.
Me: OK, hold on. At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that, surely, this person would have hung up the phone. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, they were still waiting.
Me: Hello?
AT&T: Is this Mr. Byron?
Me: May I ask who is calling please?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?
Me: Yes, is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: The phone company?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.
AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.
Me: I already have a phone.
AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.
Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but thanks for calling. When you are not interested in something, I don't think you can express yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not interested", but this lady was persistent.
AT&T: Mr. Byron we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10 cents a minute but she at no time used the word rate. I could clearly see that it was time to whip out the trusty old calculator and do a little ciphering.
Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?
AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes sir that's right! 24 hours a day!
Me: 7 days a week?
AT&T: That's right.
Me: 365 days a year?
AT&T: Yes sir.
Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's amazing!
AT&T: We think so!
Me: That's quite a sum of money!
AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it adds up.
Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check, can I get a cash advance? AT&T: Excuse me?
Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.
AT&T: What are you talking about?
Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making payment. AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a minute.
Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me 10 cents a minute. Are you sure this is AT&T?
AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......
Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a minute? Is this some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me. AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for..... Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor please?
AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.
Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?
AT&T: What?
Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!
AT&T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold on. So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a few minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:
Supervisor: Mr. Byron?
Me: Yeah? Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding our 10 cents a minute program.
Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?
Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is. I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to produce a snort.
Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get back to me so that I could sign up for the plan.
Supervisor: Ok, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the person who was helping you.
Me: Thank you. I was on hold once again and was getting really hungry. I needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was an aggravated but polite voice at the other end of the phone.
AT&T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are interested in signing up for our plan?
Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you can never have enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really like to have a little brother...
AT&T: (click)

Source

[hooked]

you can also just listen to them, maybe they have something intersting to tell.

[Spindulik]

You should call them back and sell them something or just ask for a donation, anything. Whatever answer they give you, will be the answer you give them, the next time they call you.


Telemarketer:
"I'm sorry, this is a business and we do not accept phone solicitation"

You:
"I'm sorry, this is a private residence and we do not accept phone solicitation"

[noname12]

@ snny

[LeGoMyFnLeg]

just a quick search for "disconnect tone" turned up this download link and page.

http://privatecitizen.com/sit-tone.wav (save as)

http://privatecitizen.com/sit.html

[ZLOsiris]

that is soooo funny sny ...but thats what iam talking about i look forward to those calls jus to have fun with them and the more persistant they the more the fun .... give me more i tell u lmao

[nikita69]

go to sofware download site, search for PC answering system or alike, find the best one, look for it on P2P and dl. set it up the google for sound bites and answering machine response. there are tons of those on the net.