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Halo3
GenIII
 
4/10/2002
18:57:35
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 Subject: Just a thought...and another rant
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I think we need to start a Vent forum. Plain and simple. Bad day at work? Somebody cut you off in traffic? Telemarketers p!$$!ng you off?
Post in the Vent forum!!
Here's a perfect example of why:
I got a call this afternoon, and picked up the phone to see unlisted name & number. Against my better judgement I answered & was assaulted by some fast-talking guy trying to sell me magazine subscriptions for only $4.95 a week. Hhhhmmmmm.....let's do some math...$5/week x 52 weeks/year = $260/year. This was the quoted price for up to four magazines, with five years service (translate as contract). So I explained to this guy that I'm happy with the two subscriptions that I do get (Off-Road & Peterson's 4Wheel & Off-Road).
Undaunted he launches into a spiel about how he can sign me up for two other subscriptions, which I can change at any time to any of the over 400 magazines in their list. Mildly amused, I entertained his sales pitch by countering that I would be paying over $250 a year for four lousy magazine subscriptions. And as Off-Road & 4Wheel & Off-Road are worth a paltry $15/year each...or $30/year combined...that would make the other two magazines worth $110/year each. Now, I don't know about you, but I have yet to see a magazine that carries a subscription fee like that!!
Not wanting to lose his sale, this guy immediately starts rattling on his keyboard & exclaims that he can get my down to $2.49 a week for 60 months. WOW, I think to myself (note the sarcasm).
Bottom line, he ended up dropping down to $.99/week for 60 months. Hell of a drop don't you think?!? And he still wouldn't take no for an answer. In the end, he made the fatal mistake of interrupting me while I was trying to speak and got the OFF button. It's times like that that I miss old phones...you could really slam those suckers down!! 8^)
Semper Fi,
Halo3
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kennungesser
Gen III
4/10/2002
21:39:28
|  RE: Just a thought...and another rant
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Amen brother!! I have that Privacy Manager and that has helped alot! I don't miss those guys at all! I know they are just tryin to make a liveing , but heck , all I was tryin' to do was eat dinner!!
Kenneth l Nungesser
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Knobbyman
*GenIII*
4/11/2002
11:51:13
| RE: Just a thought...and another rant
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Next time just play the game...
"Who is this?"
*telamarketer.. blah blah blah*
"This is Officer so and so of xyz police department we are investigating the murder of when was the last time you spoke with them"
*umm.....*
"what was your name again?"
*click*
Very basics.. but you get the idea.. you can really drag it on by telling them not to hang up and that your tracing the call.. It gets intresting.. but I think impersonating a police officer is against the law.. I guess you could say your a decitive.. that isn't really a police officer...... kind of?
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fourgivn1
GenIII
4/11/2002
13:05:02
| RE: Just a thought...and another rant
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Well, I'm Christian. I can tell you that almost NOTHING will stop a telemarketer in their tracks faster than asking them if they are aware of the fact that Jesus Christ died on the cross for their sins.
(And for those of you out there who are also Christian, yeah, I know; we're supposed to witness in a 'spirit of love.' But MAN is it funny to say something like that, and then hear *click!*)
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Halo3
GenIII
4/11/2002
13:46:32
|  RE: Just a thought...and another rant
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LOL...good suggestions!!
One of the ones that brings me joy is to answer the phone & once they start on their sales pitch, I set the phone on the counter, couch, or wherever. Sooner or later they'll realize that I'm not listening & hang up...heh. Waste my time, I'll waste yours!!
Semper Fi,
Halo3
'00 Lt. Driftwood 4x4 SLT DQC w/5.9L
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12GA Dak
GenIII
4/11/2002
14:07:46
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Yup, and after a few minutes by themselves I usually send my 7 year old to the phone to talk to the nice man on the other end. She likes to talk about Barbie dolls and Power Puff Girls.
2002 Black QC Sport 4x4, 4.7L, 5-spd, 3.92 LSD
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pyrodak
GenIII
4/11/2002
14:50:49
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I have found that handing the phone to my 19 month old son works just fine. He either screams into the phone or starts to babble and throw the phone down. When I pick it up, they are usually gone.
Later,
Mark S.
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Halo3
GenIII
4/11/2002
17:26:42
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LMAO....ahhhhh, the joys of parenthood!! It's like having your very own telemarketer screener!! hehe
Semper Fi,
Halo3
'00 Lt. Driftwood 4x4 SLT DQC w/5.9L
http://home.attbi.com/~quadcab
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kennungesser
Gen III
4/11/2002
18:46:59
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Man ! This sounds like fun! I may just cancel my Privacy Manager so I can mess with them too!
Kenneth l Nungesser
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low99dakota
*GenIII*
4/11/2002
23:47:49
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Responses for Telemarketers
1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.
2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died . . . "
3. If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business, how many people work there, how they got into this line of work if they are married, how many kids they have, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.
4. This works great if you are male. Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with XYZ Company. " You: Wait for a second and with a real husky voice ask, "What are you wearing?"
5. Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where she could know you from.
6. Say "No" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.
7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends, would you be my friend?"
8. If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood? Can you get out goat blood? How about human blood?"
9. After the Telemarketer gives his or her spiel, ask him or her to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you can't just give your credit card number to a complete stranger.
10. Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company, and they can't sell to employees.
11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and then hang up.
12. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask him/her if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her back. When the Telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their home numbers say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The Telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me either!" Hang up.
13. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.
14. Tell them it is dinner time, but ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.
15. Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and ask if they could bring you some beer.
16. Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.
17. Tell the Telemarketer, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I should probably tell you, I'm not wearing any clothes."
18. Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your momma?"
19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . . louder . . . louder . . .
20. Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write every word down.
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howdy
GenIII
4/13/2002
12:00:16
| RE: Just a thought...and another rant
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I've done just about everything Justin has suggested. Sometimes I wish they would call, 'cause I'm in the mood to screw with 'em. My wife will listen to their whole speil. Why I don't no. She's afraid to hurt their feelings I guess.
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Dr0p0ff
GenIII
4/13/2002
16:02:25
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jahova's (<~~sp?) witness at the door? no prob. get neked, answer the door by flinging it wide open, and explain you're kind of busy. or have a shirt already made up with an upside down pentagram on it. this usually gets them outta there pretty quick, big time wrong.. but it werks. hey! g'head... act like they don't annoy the hell outta you!!
Sgt G
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mills
GenIII
4/13/2002
23:30:43
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in college we got a call from some psychic whack person trying to offer us a reading. my roomie picked up the phone and said "hello." they said [in a most excited voice], "good evening...this is (someone) from the psychic (something) hotline!!!" he said, "REALLY!!?? well, you should have known not to bother calling then!" and promptly hung up. we were most impressed with his quick thinking...didnt miss a beat
maybe you had to be there..........
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