[Phoenix-D]

"My understanding is that a lot of telemarketers are trained not to accept "No" as an answer."

I worked very briefly (translation: two weeks) as one, and yep, that's the case. I was told to not accept no for an answer until the -third- time I gave a counter and was turned down.

One of the reasons I quit. I have a very simple strategy for dealing with telemarketers. As soon as I figure out who they are, I hang up. It's not rude because A. they're interuptting MY day, so if anyone is rude they are, and B. I'm not going to buy anything, so the faster they get off me the faster they can move on to someone else. At least where I worked a lot of the pay is commission.

Phoenix-D