Re: HP OpenVMS Tele-Marketing?!?

billg999@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bill Gunshannon) wrote in
news:61lk68F1vg4qrU2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

In article <fi00aejbG2Aq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
koehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Koehler) writes:
In article
<979ddef3-e47e-4925-8270-eaf7860a4622@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
AEF <spamsink2001@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

The do-not-call list worked for me. Maybe it just doesn't work in
PA. ;-)

The do not call list works for me. Since getting on it back
when it was new, I think I've gotten 3 sales calls. I've
threatened to "help the government bring a $20,000 fine" against
them if I ever hear from them again, and I never have.

The fine is stiff enough that it works. You do have to get
involved in order to get prosecution. *69 in many areas is a
good step, if you do't have it then tell your state legislator
you demand it.

Hmmm..... Let's see, they fake their phone number. won't tell you
who they are and won't let you speak to a supervisor. How do you
propose to prosecute them?

bill

Your best bet is to waste their time. Try these out:
- Let them get started on their pitch and then interrupt them, acting
as though you are "slow". Ask them to repeat their name, at which
point they usually do that and take off again. Let them get going
again and interrupt in the same fashion, asking them to repeat their
company name. If they haven't haven't hung up by then, continue to ask
them for relevant facts like what they're calling about and for whom
they're calling. Also, you can return to asking their name again, as
if you've forgotten (and I know you have.)
- Act really excited that they've called and make some excuse to set
down the phone, like you need to get your wallet, or you need to pick
up the line on another extention. Then quietly set down the phone and
go back to what you were doing. In 5 to 10 minutes, you just hang up
the phone.
- If you have an older teen, who has nothing better to do (that's all
of them, right?), just hand them the phone and let them play with them.
(Hey, what better way to have your kids enjoy phone pranks than to be
called for a prank.)

Telemarketers usually don't get that far with me. If I pick up the
phone and hear background noise, like I'm on speakerphone, I just hang
up. If I say hello and I don't immediately get a response, I hang up.
That probably keeps me from talking to 90% of them.
I also like Phillip's whistle response, but if they're calling with a
fake number, they may try to respond in kind from some other number in
the near future.
.

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