how to deal with telemarketers

dewie

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up here in the great white north we have a canada wide "Do not Call List". But it's only good for Canadian telemarketing not for American or over seas calls. And the list is availible on-line for these douche bags (how samrt is that).. As of late we have been getting a ton of calls from a scamming "Credit Card service's" saying they can lower the interest payment on my card.. Not only do I know this is a scam I try to be civil to these animals and very nicely ask to be removed from their calling list. I get laughed at then hung up on.

So doing some research on the net, guys are saying to blow a whistle in their ear or scream at the top of your lung's.. then they don't want to call back cause they want to hear for the rest of the day.. I stepped it up a bit by putting a Bull horn next to the phone ready to go!! :thumbsup:

Since I started doing this the calls have actually slowed down a fair bit. If I don't know the company I first ask to be removed, if they are nice then great, if not they are on my Sh-list and are going to have ringing ears for the rest of their shift.

How do you guys deal with annoying telemarkets who will not stop calling??
 
Turn the tables - try to sell them something. It doesn't matter what, as long as you're controlling the communication. The longer you keep them on the phone without "buying" what they're "selling" the less productive the call is for them and they'll not want to call you again.

I was a telemarketer for six weeks about 20 years ago. Absolutely hated it and sucked at the job b/c I didn't like buggin' folks. I came in dead last in productivity EVERY single shift except for two when I simply willed myself to do the gig without regard for anything other than production. Those two nights I came in 1st and tied for first...but I felt sick to my stomach for the rest of the day.

Again, the best defense is to turn the tables. Waste their time and it's just like lowering the pay per hour, which is why they're there in the first place. If it's truly a hard core scam shop, tell them you'd love to accept their credit offer as you've recently gone bankrupt and don't have any cash since being foreclosed on and having your wife leave you with 3 kids and an alimony debt...that'll probably get you scratched off their list.

Best of luck!
 
I'm not so sure that any type of noise is really gunna hurt your ears thru a telephone speaker. You really need to have them duct taped in the chair and stick the bullhorn right on their ear and scream in it!:whistle:
Most effective
 
I like the seinfeld thing, where he says hes SUPER interested in the product, but is busy, and could he call them back at a better time, say, the evening, when they are having dinner with their family...
 
Just start having phone sex with them.:moon:

****WARNING****
Be prepared to have a few of them like it.:laugh:
 
MelodicMetalGod said:
Turn the tables - try to sell them something. It doesn't matter what, as long as you're controlling the communication. The longer you keep them on the phone without "buying" what they're "selling" the less productive the call is for them and they'll not want to call you again.

I was a telemarketer for six weeks about 20 years ago. Absolutely hated it and sucked at the job b/c I didn't like buggin' folks. I came in dead last in productivity EVERY single shift except for two when I simply willed myself to do the gig without regard for anything other than production. Those two nights I came in 1st and tied for first...but I felt sick to my stomach for the rest of the day.

Again, the best defense is to turn the tables. Waste their time and it's just like lowering the pay per hour, which is why they're there in the first place. If it's truly a hard core scam shop, tell them you'd love to accept their credit offer as you've recently gone bankrupt and don't have any cash since being foreclosed on and having your wife leave you with 3 kids and an alimony debt...that'll probably get you scratched off their list.

Best of luck!
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It was the same way for me when I was on recruiting duty. I got tired of getting cursed out for trying to help snoty noses
 
My favorite is the people that call from "the copier company" and ask for the model number from the copy machine. The scam is that they will send a few toner cartridges, put your name on the purchase order and hope that you pay for it.

So when they ask me for the number, I just start reciting zeros until they hang up. One person actually said "no, I don't think that's the model number." So I said, "oh yeah, my mistake, the number is 000000000000000......" She hung up too.
 
Removed my landline months ago and haven't been bothered since. I registered, but still had one toll free number that called everyday.
 
dewie said:
up here in the great white north we have a canada wide "Do not Call List". But it's only good for Canadian telemarketing not for American or over seas calls. And the list is availible on-line for these douche bags (how samrt is that).. As of late we have been getting a ton of calls from a scamming "Credit Card service's" saying they can lower the interest payment on my card.. Not only do I know this is a scam I try to be civil to these animals and very nicely ask to be removed from their calling list. I get laughed at then hung up on.

So doing some research on the net, guys are saying to blow a whistle in their ear or scream at the top of your lung's.. then they don't want to call back cause they want to hear for the rest of the day.. I stepped it up a bit by putting a Bull horn next to the phone ready to go!! :thumbsup:

Since I started doing this the calls have actually slowed down a fair bit. If I don't know the company I first ask to be removed, if they are nice then great, if not they are on my Sh-list and are going to have ringing ears for the rest of their shift.

How do you guys deal with annoying telemarkets who will not stop calling??
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Funny as heck
 
Me: Hello
Telemarketer: Hi is this Projekt?
Me: Yes
Telemarketer: I am calling from XYZ corp and I would like to talk to you about a special offer....
Me: Sir/Ma'am How long have you struggled with you sexual identity?
Telemarketer: W-W-What?
Me: How long have you had difficulty concealing your homosexuality?
Telemarketer: Uhm.. No.. I don...
Me: I can hear the uncertainty in your voice. Why not talk about it?
Telemarketer: Well, I um We have a special offer....
Me: The strange homo-erotic dreams you have are simply a manifestation of your inner self.
Telemarketer: Click
:rofl:
 
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dadofthree said:
Removed my landline months ago and haven't been bothered since. I registered, but still had one toll free number that called everyday.
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Yep. I ditched the land line in 2003 and I've had about 10 telemardeting calls since, most of in the last two years, which means they're starting to find the cell phones but they're still not very good at it.
 
Projekt said:
Me: Hello
Telemarketer: Hi is this Projekt?
Me: Yes
Telemarketer: I am calling from XYZ corp and I would like to talk to you about a special offer....
Me: Sir/Ma'am How long have you struggled with you sexual identity?
Telemarketer: W-W-What?
Me: How long have you had difficulty concealing your homosexuality?
Telemarketer: Uhm.. No.. I don...
Me: I can hear the uncertainty in your voice. Why not talk about it?
Telemarketer: Well, I um We have a special offer....
Me: The strange homo-erotic dreams you have are simply a manifestation of your inner self.
Telemarketer: Click
:rofl:
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There ya go! That's perfect!
 
When I still lived with my grandmother for a while, I used to fend of the garbage calls for her. One time I played the "big spender" mark and had this guy ALL frothing at the mouth that he'd hooked a money bag. I told him I couldn't wait to buy in but that I had some oil business in Texas that would keep me out of town for the next 3-6 months. A few months later I was boarding at college and my grandmother calls me to tell me about a very strange call she got from a telemarketer. The caller identified themselves and asked for her husband, stating that they had spoken with him a few months ago and wanted to know if he'd returned from his trip. Well, my grandmother simply informed the guy that her husband had been dead for several years. She said that the caller sucked air, apologized in a mortified voice and summarily ended the call. We had quite a chuckle over that one. :rofl:

Watch out. Some of those folks take notes!
 
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