OT Telemarketers

[Parasite]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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..."

[Atrocities]

Around Dinner Time;

Phone rings:

"Hello?'
"Hello is the Mr. Christopher in?"
"Speaking"
"Hell my is Joe and I am calling on behalf of Sears-"
"Sears? Hey do you have a number I can call you back at, perhaps an address too?"
'Excuse me?"
"Ya you see you just called a number on the Do Not Call List."
"I see Mr. Christopher. Um our understanding is that the matter is not legal therefore we, as well as many other companies, are going to await a legal rulling on this matter."
"Nice, so in the mean time you are just going to call peoples house regardless of the no call list?
"Yes."
"Well I am still going to file a complain."
"That is your call."
"And so is this."
I hung up.

That was Last night. (Not entirely per vabtum, but close enough)

[Renegade 13]

Another option:

One time my dad was phoned by a telemarketer from Quebec trying to sell, of all things, pens. Not just a few pens either, 900 pens. Now I don't know about you, but I have no use for 900 pens.

Anyways, my dad had some time to waste, so he strung the guy along for a long time, asking about this and that, pretending he was actually interested. Finally, about 45 minutes later, he says, "I don't need you damn pens" and hangs up.

Why is this a deterent? Well, as they were calling from Quebec, and we live in British Columbia, (a distance of about 2000 km) the long distance charges would be horrendous. That automatically put us on their do not call list. I guess they don't like spending lots of money on long distance for someone who was just going to jerk them around