tele marketers anoying or what?

[amcfreek]

ok good one here telemarketers call me up new credit card , low premium , magor brandd through my bank,
so i was game till they wanted to record my voice it got a little out of hand so i said no
well they called me back thier manager trying to make a sell
he did everything to get me to buy i was atitude at this point no put it in writeing and mail it to me i didnt want to hear anny more shirt!
of course they dont give up that ezily so i was to the point of where is youre no call policy?
i have yet to get thier no call policy in my mail box ever
well i finally got one
now want to hear the good one here , yes they can call youre house and get the number right but when it get time to send it in youre mail,, they got it wrong!!!
same phone number they called and they cant eaven get it right time to call my lawyer.. or take em to small claims court and sue em for evertime they called under the fcc s no spam telemarketers act yadayadayada im off my ranting soap box!

[Sowulo]

I just don't talk to them...don't tell them no thanks....nothing....nada....just hang up without a word.... :mad:

[JungleMan1]

I usually freak them out. :D

[EvilCabbage]

Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.

[Sowulo]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL :D

[AlienDyne]

I use to let them tell the story of their life, what they offer, the prize, blah.. blah.. yada.. yada..yadayada.. and when they finish, I just tell them I'm not interested!

[Garak]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.</strong><hr></blockquote>

it will be shorter again when i get my avater uploaded.....

[EvilCabbage]

I wasnt talking about you, actually :D :D

[quote]Originally posted by Garak:
<strong>

it will be shorter again when i get my avater uploaded.....</strong><hr></blockquote>

[Mayhem]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.</strong><hr></blockquote>

AMEN and HALLELUJAH!!!!!!

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Indeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed :D

[Spaceman Spiff]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>Yeah.. telemarketers piss me off... they are in the same boat as people that have longer signatures, than their posts.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Like me... :eek:

[JungleMan1]

[quote]Originally posted by EvilCabbage:
<strong>I wasnt talking about you, actually :D :D

</strong><hr></blockquote>

*ahem* I know who u were talking about ;)

But I HAVE to keep the Bracius quotes and the link..arr :D :D :D :D

[ßracius]

ok, didn't even read any of the subjects. I will admit that. All I read is the title and I say "YES". Most of all AOL, they will not stop hounding me! :mad:

[Spaceman Spiff]

I should have mentioned that we used to get vinyl siding and carpet cleaning calls several times a week. Not anymore since we unlisted our telephone number. Mu-ha-ha... :D

[ßracius]

[quote]Originally posted by Jungleman:
<strong>

*ahem* I know who u were talking about ;)

But I HAVE to keep the Bracius quotes and the link..arr :D :D :D :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

As it should be, I am a digital demi-god

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by Bracius:
<strong>

As it should be, I am a digital demi-god</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ah, but surely you can get more worthy advertising than this, Bracius! :D :D :D

[ßracius]

Aye, this be true matey. This be true.... :(

[Outcoded]

Just do what I do: Try and sell them something :D

"Entschuldigung, Ich spreche keine English" also works pretty well, though I live in fear of a telemarketer who speaks German :rolleyes:

Another good one is "Like, whoa, sorry man, I don't know who's house this is." Said that once or twice in full seriousness.

[Tacklebox]

I love messing with telemarketers.
Keep repeating "what?, What?"

Let them give their whole pitch, tell them I'm going to get my credit card and hang up.

Give the phone to one of my kids.

Rant.
:p

[[NeoZeeD]]

well guys dont flame me but i use to be a telemarketer and i know what the associates go through.

yes i know it sucks to have people annoy you and try to sell you crap.

but im sure if there where other jobs these people can take they would, i use to work for sears home central i would sell warranties for people that pruchased crap from sears. before then i worked for wards and wards was going to fire me so i had to quit i wasnt having any luck finding a job. i was starting to **** bricks, then there was this big sign that said they need people i was desprate so i applied and got the job. boy did i hate it. i hated calling people's houses and selling them crap alot of times people where @ssholes or they would just hang up. what sucks is if they people dont make the quota they automatically get canned. so thats why they keep trying to sell even after you say no.
i only did the telemarketing thing for like a month or two till i found another job. my also quit wards because she was going to get fired too, she worked with me as a telemarketer and after i quit she later on got fired for not meeting her quota.

you can be a telemarketer for years with a company but if you dont make the sales they will fire you on the spot.

so to work in the telemarketor world really sucks. its not a stable job.

to all the people that where rude to me " go to hell"

heheehhehehe

Aardvarcks dam you

[Dr.J]

Telemarketers = PhoneZapper!
They call ONCE!
The zapper removes your number from there Data Base !
They Don't call back!

[[NeoZeeD]]

also there are HOT chicks that work in the telemarketing field.

thats probably the only thing i'll miss from working telemarketing.

[Wayward Clam]

To pick on telemarketing companies without guilt, just ask to speak to their supervisors. If they refuse to let you, then you have free rein to do whatever the hell you want, because they are supposed to.

When their supervisor gets on the phone, then you can get seriously nasty.

The poor sods on the phone lines may be innocents forced to do this to support families and the like... their supervisors are a lot more likely to be happy with their jobs, and are the ones forcing the others to do theirs...

[JungleMan1]

[quote]Originally posted by Bracius:
<strong>

As it should be, I am a digital demi-god</strong><hr></blockquote>

Actually I'm quoting you because those were 2 quite embarrassing things you said ;)

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>The poor sods on the phone lines may be innocents forced to do this to support families and the like... their supervisors are a lot more likely to be happy with their jobs, and are the ones forcing the others to do theirs...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agreed, teh telemarketers are just doing their job, it's the supervisors taht are evil..

[cc_penguin]

I am sure that they knew what they were getting into when they applied for the job, no-one is that naive.

[Sowulo]

I have no sympathies for the poor telemarketers....If everyone just hung up on them they lose their job--BOO HOO...

If everyone just hung up on them the whole industry would eventually go away and they could all find real jobs that didn't require them to intrude on my time and then act offended when I don't want to talk to them. I've been around long enough to have had to change careers several times--life happens, the economy changes, people move on.

[Mr. Pickles]

I once spent 2.5 hours talking to a telemarketer from Texas. She sounds really cute and I had just split up from my ex. The telemarketer even stayed past her shift to chat with me.

It was really cool.

Normally, I will be nice and say, "I'm just not interested, but thank you". If they continue, I get irate. I figure, everyone is usually kinda rude to them so I give them the benefit of the doubt, but when they take advantage of that, it pisses me off.

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by Jungleman:
<strong>Actually I'm quoting you because those were 2 quite embarrassing things you said ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>

Windrivers doesn't have the bandwidth to quote you the same way.

[quote]Originally posted by Sowulo:
<strong>If everyone just hung up on them the whole industry would eventually go away...</strong><hr></blockquote>

The Spam industry is still thriving...

[quote]Originally posted by Capt. O:
<strong>I once spent 2.5 hours talking to a telemarketer from Texas. She sounds really cute and I had just split up from my ex. The telemarketer even stayed past her shift to chat with me.

It was really cool.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Did you buy anything? :D :D :D

[Mr. Pickles]

No, I didn't buy anything.

But I made a friend in Texas! :)

[[NeoZeeD]]

when i was a telemarketer i this customer we contacted and the person put his dog on the phone, all i heard was woof woof bow wow.

it was funny i stayed on that call to try to drag the day longer.

im sure glad i quit that job. but the chicks where so hot there

[amcfreek]

best way is to talk about a social problem, this g/f p ed me off im on my way over thier to blow her f in brains out, i was hoping you where her new boyfriend ..... talk about this hooker... and she was so nice and gave you this v~d that feels like thiss...and we did that her name is.... use youre imagination, confess to bein a famous serial killer, ask them do you have annything for body odor, no i mean body odor i have these dead ppl that... odor, what are they gonna do call the police? have fun the rude ness pays off, just tell em hey enjoy youre shirty day job telemarketers hey i hear welfare pays better and the works alot ezer..{don rickles meets telemarketer /rant

[deh1217]

Check out Jim Florentine's Terrorizing Telemarketers.

<a href="http://www.jimflorentine.com/download.htm" target="_blank">http://www.jimflorentine.com/download.htm</a>

There are a few free clips you can download. Some of them are rather funny. I like "No Time Is a good time", "B****" is pretty funny too.

[Lycia]

I've taken to screaming at the top of my lungs as soon as I hear their speal. Otherwise I get my friend to burp songs r other air induced sounds...

[FooL]

My wife always tells them that we "aren't home right now". Kind of makes me wonder who they think they're talking to. I get mad at her though, because they just put us on the "call them later" list.

If she'd just hang up, it'd be done with. It even takes less effort than lieing about it. Myself, I'm one that will let them ramble on and on about whatever. I'll even ask them to repeat things if I've missed it while working on my computer. Ha!

Except charities, I get off of the phone right away with them. Somehow, after a while they start making you feel guilty about having a sucessful life... :rolleyes:

[Sowulo]

Hey Clammie! Good point but still, if it didn't get the occasional sucker, they too would go away eventually.....The problem is, there are plenty of fools who buy from telemarketers and spammers thus they just keep on searching out more fools....

[cc_penguin]

My cousin tried telemarketing for a phone company. She called me once and thought since we were family that we would buy it from here. She still got hung up on :D :D :D :D She doesnt work there anymore, and she called when she got home to see if we were mad at her, it was all in fun though

[Cobra]

[quote]Originally posted by Wayward Clam:
<strong>The poor sods on the phone lines may be innocents forced to do this to support families and the like... their supervisors are a lot more likely to be happy with their jobs, and are the ones forcing the others to do theirs...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Sorry, Clam, I can't agree with that. That's the career path they choose, no one twists their arm to be a telemarketer.

If I were a hitman & I killed a bunch of people under contract for the mob, would I be held any less accountable for their deaths than the mob bosses would?

[ShadowKing]

I ALWAYS ask them to remove my name from their list, and they are legally requred to do that.

But for more fun, you can listen to a few calls from here: <a href="http://chris.com/telemarketing/" target="_blank">http://chris.com/telemarketing/</a>

He has done some... Uhhh... Interesting stuff on the phone with them...

[Radical Dreamer]

just go to radio shack and get the telezapper, it sends a tone to th telemarketer telling them that your line has been disconnected

[JungleMan1]

[quote]Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
<strong>just go to radio shack and get the telezapper, it sends a tone to th telemarketer telling them that your line has been disconnected</strong><hr></blockquote>

Heh, pretty creative (AS opposed to telling them not to call), I'll have to try that sometime.... :cool:

[Wayward Clam]

[quote]Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
<strong>just go to radio shack and get the telezapper, it sends a tone to th telemarketer telling them that your line has been disconnected</strong><hr></blockquote>

Hey, what if websites could get e-zappers to keep undesirable people from posting on them? :D :D :D

[Outcoded]

Yeah sure, unplug a USB lead at the PC end and lick it, I find UMAX scanners work quite well :p

[Morticia Addams]

I prefer doing a Stone Cold Steve Austin on them.

Hello We would like to tell you about a special offer we have WHAT???
I said we would like to tell you WHAT????
Hello can you hear me WHAT???
Im trying to WHAT????
Okay I guess WHAT????
WHAT?? WHAT????

[weazel]

[quote]Originally posted by cc_penguin:
<strong>My cousin tried telemarketing for a phone company. She called me once and thought since we were family that we would buy it from here. She still got hung up on :D :D :D :D She doesnt work there anymore, and she called when she got home to see if we were mad at her, it was all in fun though</strong><hr></blockquote>

Was it Bedrock's local all-in-one phone company?

[Mayet]

Tele marketers rank right up there with Jehovah Witness, Mormons and Vacuum cleaners salesman....

Bit like blowflies really once they get a whiff of you..thats it they move right on in....Shame theres not a telephone spray, a fast knockdown one for pests and bugs...........

[Outcoded]

Hmmmm, religious canvassers, gr8 fun :D

[Draggar]

I like it when people call trying to get me to switch my home long distance.

I work for a large phone company, and I get 2.5 cents per minute. All 50 states, 24 hrs a day.

I tell them that, they say ' Have a good day!" and hang up...

:D :D :D

[Radical Dreamer]

[quote]Originally posted by Draggar:
<strong>I like it when people call trying to get me to switch my home long distance.

I work for a large phone company, and I get 2.5 cents per minute. All 50 states, 24 hrs a day.

I tell them that, they say ' Have a good day!" and hang up...

:D :D :D </strong><hr></blockquote>

I got ya beat, with my cell phone I get anywhere in the country for .01 a min (1500 min for $15)

[Draggar]

[quote]Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
<strong>

I got ya beat, with my cell phone I get anywhere in the country for .01 a min (1500 min for $15)</strong><hr></blockquote>

I still got ya beat, 3000 ANYTIME minutes for NOTHING. "Free" upgrades on phones (I'm the guy who decides warranty swaps!)

Including Voice Mail, Wireless web, Voice Command, and all the cool schtuff that the 3G network will give me!!
MUAHAHAHA!!!

All I need is for my wife to start working for Comcast, then we'll get cable TV and Internet for free, too!

I get my jobs for the 'fringe' benefits...
:D ;) :p

[Draggar]

I think I just fell victim to the worst type of telemarketer, Junk Email!

It had popups, that not only crashed my system (and took some serious work to working corretly), but it also disabled Outlook (yes, I had to re-install it!).
:mad:

[Quiet Thunder]

Just put them on hold, and never return! Hehehehe.