Mozenrath
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Foppery and Whim
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Post by Mozenrath on May 4, 2011 18:23:13 GMT -5
I get calls for some woman named "Cherry".
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dabossftw
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wants Yappapi in the proper position.
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Post by dabossftw on May 4, 2011 18:55:26 GMT -5
I Rick-Roll all the telemarketers who call my place. Easier than swearing, it gets the point across that I don't want whatever they're calling for, and nobody gets pissed. I know, I was a telemarketer for a short time. It sucks.
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Post by Jay Carroll on May 4, 2011 18:58:04 GMT -5
Well.... I'm a collections agent. I'll see my way out.
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Nikki Heyman
Fry's dog Seymour
EXTREEEEEME Pony Manager
✬ Believe In The Fight ✬
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Post by Nikki Heyman on May 5, 2011 16:13:40 GMT -5
Well.... I'm a collections agent. I'll see my way out. Don't leave yet - tell us a story or two about some of the idiots you are forced to call
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Post by Johnny Truant on May 5, 2011 16:26:17 GMT -5
I usually make them hang up on ME.
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Post by loverman247 on May 5, 2011 17:27:25 GMT -5
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone. Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 5, 2011 17:37:13 GMT -5
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Post by Predator McBroski on May 5, 2011 19:10:12 GMT -5
Just pretend you're an officer at a murder scene or a crazy conspiracy old guy.
Fun to do.
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Post by Monty Dawson on May 5, 2011 19:46:28 GMT -5
i still get ones that call for my dad, who passed away almost two and half years ago. i give them an earful. anyone else get that? We get calls for my grandfather who died in 1960
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Doctor Of Style
King Koopa
Well, first they love me, and then they don't. Sometimes they do it, and sometimes they won't.
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Post by Doctor Of Style on May 5, 2011 19:57:12 GMT -5
I like to speak really softly until I figure they've turned up the volume on their end, and then give the phone a blast with an airhorn and hang up on them.
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CM Dazz
King Koopa
Chuck
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Post by CM Dazz on May 5, 2011 21:52:32 GMT -5
I have lots of fun with telemarketers. I'll claim they are calling a morgue, that I'm beating my wife, that I'm having sex, that I'm on fire etc etc etc. Whatever comes to mind, I go with it. When I don't feel like messing with them, I pick up the phone and place it down next to the TV or radio.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2011 8:45:00 GMT -5
I've told this story before, but it's pretty funny and infuriating at the same time.
A satellite company would call us like 3-4 times a week, let's just say the name rhymes with "Erect ET". It was an obviously outsourced call, and they would continually push to get us to buy their service, how it's so much better than cable, blah blah blah. (It was all on the answering machine.) One day my wife finally picked up the phone when they phoned and told the guy we're not interested and to stop calling here. "I'll stop calling, yes. When you buy our service." Oh, my wife was livid, but calm. She put the speakerphone on (so I can hear this), went on her computer to buy time and found this number that was to report telemarketers on harassment, sponsored by the BBB. (The company gets fined like $2500 for these calls that are reported, plus we get a $300 check from them for restitution.) "So, you say you're not going to stop?" "I stop when you buy Erect ET." "May I have your information? I would like to get your name and employee number. Oh, and I would like the name of your supervisor. I have this number so I can report you to the harassment hotline." The guy gets all bent out of shape. "NO YOU DON'T! NO YOU LIE! LIAR!" The wife starts reading the number: "1-888-53..." "OKAY, I STOP! I STOP! NO MORE CALLING! PLEASE DON'T REPORT ME!" We could have pushed it further, but needless to say they stopped calling us and it's been 7 years.
Another good trick to know a telemarketer is to have your phone registered to a name you make up. Nickname, dog's name, street name, your name backwards, etc. Funny to hear a guy calling for "Spotted Dick Three-Deuce Jablonski-nitraM".
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Squirrel Master
Hank Scorpio
"Then the Squirrel Master came out of left field and told me I'm his bitch!"
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Post by Squirrel Master on May 6, 2011 12:40:09 GMT -5
As an insurance agent I call people to tell them how I can give them better rates as a licensed agent than the printed rates our affiliate sent them. Some of these folks, I cannot get them on the phone. Our company encourages us to door-knock, but that's a waste of time compared to having an appointment. Every so often I will be presenting our insurance to a prospect and their house phone will ring. They invariably go to the phone, glance at the caller ID and ignore the incoming call.
I believe a lot of those I cannot reach do the same thing, so I forget them and concentrate on those who I have good rapport with on the initial conversation. These prospects are the ones who want to buy, the others are want free reading material for their bathroom.
I will call a prospect until they say "Stop calling me, I am not interested."
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Post by Shy Guy on May 6, 2011 12:50:59 GMT -5
another one i remembered, my family once won a trip the aruba or somewhere like that, despite never having entered a contest to win won.
telemarketer: and whom am i speaking to?
me: you called me, shouldn't you know?
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