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Tell them you are really interested. but you have your kid in the bathtub, and you gotta get them out first. Tell them don't hang up, I will be right back with my credit card number.... then go have dinner, play on the computer, take a shower, etc etc... and see how long they hold on. My personal record was 25 minutes! after a couple of month of this, I guarantee your volume of calls with go down 95%.
by LCD on Sat Dec 27, 03 8:26pm
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Hit on them. That should stop them from calling pretty quick!
The second I realize its a telemarkeing call I yell as loud as I can, "NO DAM TELEMARKETING CALLS ARE ACCEPTED HERE YOU FREAKING WEASEL", and then I slam the phone down. I then take it off the hook a few hours becuase they might try to call back all pissed off especially if its a guy.
I do this annoying foreign accent, telling them "No, he not here now, he out with wife. I take message. You call back?". They disappear rather quickly.
alienprobe, but then they might actually call back!
by LCD on Sun Dec 28, 03 5:31pm
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If they're female, I usually ask them what color panties they are wearing. If it's some guy, I'll start going on and on about the previous night's ball game or something.
LCD's method is the best, though! I'm definitely going to try that one!
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The magic words are "TAKE ME OFF YOUR F*CKIN' LIST!"
This is actually protected by law (I dunno about the "F" word though); the telemarketers HAVE to delete your number or they will be fined big time. Trust me, I was a telemarketer back in high school.
Actually, the law is that they must ADD YOU TO their "Do Not Call List" (good old backward thinking by Congress!). There is no list that they take you OFF of. However, just put a recorder on your phone and let every call go there for a couple of months. A pain in the a$$, but absolutely worth it! It works!
I just start yelling at them in German. Very entertaining.
I tell them "thank god you called. I'm so depressed about my wife running off with that fireman that I wanna end it all. Nobody loves me... (sobbing) You don't think I have a gun, eh?! Well I do! (lights firecracker)... (silence)
After that, they don't call back.
Some very clever comments here (heh heh heh). Makes me wish I had a telemarketer call or two.
Tell them you're going to record the phone call (for quality assurance) and they'll get off the line in a hurry.
I got around the problem by answering every phone call with "Hello! Boston Banana-Bending Company! How may I help you?"
by RobL on Sun May 09, 04 3:12pm
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I rather like the Seinfeld method:
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sort of busy right now. Tell you what, you give me your home number and I'll call you back. What? You don't want to give me your home number? Oh, I guess you don't want people calling you at home ...
Now you know how I feel.
hehe i always giv them my momz mobile no an tell them to call bac an my moms a real softie she has so many credit cards an other stuff jus coz she cannot be rude an hang up its' real fun to hear her gripe
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