OT Telemarketers

PvK · #1 November 5th, 2003, 03:18 AM

AT&T was in the local news Last night - they're gettin' sued, and supposedly claim that they try their best to use the do not call lists.

PvK

Erax · #2 November 5th, 2003, 03:53 PM

I just screen my calls. When I do pick up the phone and it's a telemarketer, I tell them I'm happy with my current newspaper subscription / auto insurance / credit card.

We've had some trouble with telemarketers at work, but it's fallen off lately. Someone must have threatened to tell the Big Boss about it.

Parasite · #3 November 5th, 2003, 04:29 PM

Each company has a "Do Not Call" list for that company. They must call you, and then you must say "Don't call me again (

please

)". This also works for charities you don't want to support and others. It is not the Texas or the National list.

primitive · #4 November 5th, 2003, 04:39 PM

Just some info on no-call lists. We have had a similar system going over here for about 5 years. It took some time to start working, but after a while its all good stuff.

The bloodsucking telemarketing companies

, will soon learn that it is not economic to pester people on the no-call list. They do track their sales, and will probably have to make 10 times as many calls per sale with the no-callers as with other people. As soon as they realise this, the no-call list will go from being an enemy to an important sales tool. To bad each company need to learn this for themselves though, instead of trusting experience learned the hard way elsewhere.

I love the no-call list. I have not had a telemarketer call me in 3-4 years

BTW:
We even got an option to block beggars (charities). That is still not working 100 % though, but its getting longer and longer between calls.

Erax · #5 November 5th, 2003, 05:42 PM

I don't know if we have a no-call list down here. But we don't have too many telemarketers either, so it evens out.

mottlee · #6 November 5th, 2003, 08:38 PM

I like the fake info....when they send a bill say thats not me!...as to snail mail use there postage paid envlope to send it back

Ragnarok · #7 November 5th, 2003, 08:43 PM

Before we got on the 'do not call' list I would always have some fun with the marketers that called. They would ask if they could have my info and I would just simply say 'no' in a clam voice. They would ask why and I would say 'I don't know', and they would remain silent. They would then proceed to tell me about the product they had and I would be like 'hmmm, that sounds nice'; or 'WOW! I can't believe they made something like that!'

Pretty much anything to mess with their heads. They would eventually hang up on me instead of vice versa which made it that much more fun.

If I ever get called again I'm going to pick up and say 'Hi, my name is (fake name) and I was calling you on behalf of (fake company) to offer to you this new product we have...' I was then going to list off whatever it was and see what they'd do. I can just see them saying, "Ummm sir, I called you..."