Re: Telemarketers

[Guest guest]

19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . .louder

.. . . louder . . .

This one doesn't work.

Jill

Telemarketers

Something funny for the list.....

www.ummmyeah.com

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What to say when telemarketers call:

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 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 it's because 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.

NOTICE: The above have all been tested and approved for use on telemarketers.

No animals were harmed in the testing.

[Guest guest]

(since I have a business line) I tell them I am having sex with my secretary

or I find that if I say I am a one man business and I am on disability it

works too.

Irwin

[Guest guest]

The best way to get rid of a tellamarketer is to ask them to take you

off of the list. They have to otherwise you can sue them.

Kurt

> 19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak

up . . .louder . . . louder . . .

>

> This one doesn't work.

> Jill

> Telemarketers

>

>

> Something funny for the list.....

>

>

> www.ummmyeah.com

>

> ***********************************

> What to say when telemarketers call:

>

> 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 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 it's because 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.

>

> NOTICE: The above have all been tested and approved for use on

telemarketers.

> No animals were harmed in the testing.

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

easiest one in the world:

i ask to speak to their supervisor.

whims

[Guest guest]

Here is one that worked for me. I basically told the telemarketer

that I DIDN'T CARE about saving money. I could hear the pages

flipping to find a response...he couldn't find anything in the book

to what I had said. As you know some of them have scripts. So he

quickly ended the conversation that said .. " Well when you want to

save money with our long distance carrier, here's the 1800 number "

and then hung up!

It was very funny because I just was so annoyed and didn't care at

the moment.

a

[Guest guest]

For those of you who do file sharing; i.e. Kazaa, Morpheus, etc...

do a search for Tom Mabe. What he does to telemarketers is extremely

hysterical. He records the actual conversations he has with them. Be

advised though, some of the material is not suitable for children.

M.

[Guest guest]

Did it ever occur to you that some of the people that you are making

fun of could just well maybe one of our own. There are people out

there with limited abilities and skills and are just trying to make

an honest living.

Here we all are crying the blues how we are being laughed at,mocked

and we are doing the same thing to these people.

I do find they call at the worst times. All you need to say is please

take me off your list and have a nice day.

My Parents told me when I was young that " people who live in glass

houses shouldn't throw stones " .

I am curious how many ugly replies I will get for this post.

JimC

> Here is one that worked for me. I basically told the telemarketer

> that I DIDN'T CARE about saving money. I could hear the pages

> flipping to find a response...he couldn't find anything in the book

> to what I had said. As you know some of them have scripts. So he

> quickly ended the conversation that said .. " Well when you want to

> save money with our long distance carrier, here's the 1800 number "

> and then hung up!

>

> It was very funny because I just was so annoyed and didn't care at

> the moment.

>

> a

[Guest guest]

One of our Own? Sounds like we are a species now...I just think

people are people regardless of gender, sexual orientation,

disability, ability, stuture, nationality, religious backgrounds, and

so on.

I am not making fun of a telemarketer...I was just sharing an

experiance that happened to me. That man just happen to catch me at a

bad time. I feel bad for them...but at the same time...How many

people really like being called in the privacy of their own homes at

their own free time to be disturbed by someone who wants to sell them

something?

WE are all trying to make a living, have a living and support

ourselves...and being a telemarketer is one way...but there are other

occupations people on this list like to Really BASH more than make

fun of...why defend just one occupation?

a

> Did it ever occur to you that some of the people that you are

making

> fun of could just well maybe one of our own. There are people out

> there with limited abilities and skills and are just trying to make

> an honest living.

>

[Guest guest]

>just trying to make

>an honest living.

No, they're not. They're telemarketers.

Dan Kennedy

[Guest guest]

> >just trying to make

> >an honest living.

>

> No, they're not. They're telemarketers.

>

> Dan Kennedy

Dan,

I am not sure how to read your last post but coming from a man of

your alleged intelligent's, I find that to be appalling. You let

someone like Danny Black put up his degrading post for lp's and now

you make a hiddious comment about telemarketers. You are nothing but

a hypocrite and truly do not know what is like to be a dwarf/lp. I

have lost my respect for you.

I hope you re-examine your thoughts on this.

Unrespectfully,

Jimc

[Guest guest]

> > >just trying to make

> > >an honest living.

> >

> > No, they're not. They're telemarketers.

> >

> > Dan Kennedy

>

>

> Dan,

>

> I am not sure how to read your last post but coming from a man of

> your alleged intelligent's, I find that to be appalling. You let

> someone like Danny Black put up his degrading post for lp's and now

> you make a hiddious comment about telemarketers. You are nothing

but

> a hypocrite and truly do not know what is like to be a dwarf/lp. I

> have lost my respect for you.

> I hope you re-examine your thoughts on this.

>

> Unrespectfully,

>

>

> Jimc

I hate beating a dead horse, but once again we are hitting a topic

that is personal to me. As an Inside Sales Representative, I am

known as a Telemarketer in the Business world, so I am appalled by

the reference that Dan Kennedy made. My profession and all other

Telemarketers (of any type-whether they call companies or residents)

are honest hard workers. It takes hard work to sell yourself to a

company or other person, and having to take the chance of being

rejected. Where on the other hand, here we have a LPA member who

sells merchandise that exploits who we are-or should I say not,

because in no way would myself, my husband or our child ever be

caught in public with such degrading shirts that would say " Midget

Petting Zoo " . Also, how can we honestly support such merchandise

from someone who also promotes Dwarf Tossing-sounds like a double

standard that is occuring.

Well these are just my thoughts on the subject and as a Recruiter for

an Employment Agency-all power to people who use their profession &

minds in a positive manner and not just a quick way to make a so

called easy buck-because in the end was that $ really worth the

humility that you put yourself through and others that did not ask

for it? I know that at the end of the day, I can be proud of my

profession and also of my husbands as an Associate Producer for the

#1 News Station here in Indianapolis!

Thank you for your time,

Holly Chevalier-Spears and Mike Spears

[Guest guest]

i'm not mocking anyone. i simply dont want the calls. and by asking for a

supervisor, it puts a stop to it

whims

Re: Telemarketers

Did it ever occur to you that some of the people that you are making

fun of could just well maybe one of our own. There are people out

there with limited abilities and skills and are just trying to make

an honest living.

Here we all are crying the blues how we are being laughed at,mocked

and we are doing the same thing to these people.

I do find they call at the worst times. All you need to say is please

take me off your list and have a nice day.

My Parents told me when I was young that " people who live in glass

houses shouldn't throw stones " .

I am curious how many ugly replies I will get for this post.

JimC

> Here is one that worked for me. I basically told the telemarketer

> that I DIDN'T CARE about saving money. I could hear the pages

> flipping to find a response...he couldn't find anything in the book

> to what I had said. As you know some of them have scripts. So he

> quickly ended the conversation that said .. " Well when you want to

> save money with our long distance carrier, here's the 1800 number "

> and then hung up!

>

> It was very funny because I just was so annoyed and didn't care at

> the moment.

>

> a

[Guest guest]

When I really want to mess with then I ask for the name of the company,

address, name of the telemarketer and then the supervisor. I ask the

supervisors name and let him know that I bill them x amount per minute

for my time, how many minutes elapsed and ask if there is a specific

department to send my bill. Somewhere in the process they will hang up

and I’ve had a good laugh. I wonder if you might not actually be able to

bill them if you set up a “listening company.”

In California, Kurt is right, we just say take me off your list, they

must and it works very well. At this point I may get a call only once a

month.

Marty

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[Guest guest]

Acting in a show as an elf may be degrading to some ppl but they

don't LIE to you like telemarketers. Telemarketers are told by their

employers to do whatever it takes to sell whatever they are selling

and that includes not taking the word 'No " for an answer.

You dont know how many times capitol one and providian use to call my

house and would keep yapping after I said i wasnt interested. No

means no. I told them the take me off thier lists but they don't I

finally had to threaten with harrassment charges if they called me

again.

Annyoing someone to death is not gonna make u buy thier stuff, its

gonna make u hate that company. If i ever need a credit card i will

NEVER go to capital one or providian, they left a bad taste in my

mouth.

~Bon

> > >just trying to make

> > >an honest living.

> >

> > No, they're not. They're telemarketers.

> >

> > Dan Kennedy

>

>

> Dan,

>

> I am not sure how to read your last post but coming from a man of

> your alleged intelligent's, I find that to be appalling. You let

> someone like Danny Black put up his degrading post for lp's and now

> you make a hiddious comment about telemarketers. You are nothing

but

> a hypocrite and truly do not know what is like to be a dwarf/lp. I

> have lost my respect for you.

> I hope you re-examine your thoughts on this.

>

> Unrespectfully,

>

>

> Jimc

[Guest guest]

> My profession and all other Telemarketers (of any type-whether

> they call companies or residents) are honest hard workers.

I just love it when something like this statement is made. So, I

take it you have polled all the " telemarketing " industry to see what

the honesty and hard working data shows? I also take it you have

never heard of " boiler plate " operations who use telemarketing as a

deceptive method of obtaining credit card information to commit

fraud and theft? If the telemarketing industry was so upright and

level, why is it several states have " no call list " laws?

You may be as " professional " as one can be in the industry, but to

say " all other telemarketers " are as professional is a gross

overstatement.

If telemarketing is such a good thing, why do so many people despise

it?

M.

[Guest guest]

> Also, how can we honestly support such merchandise from

> someone who also promotes Dwarf Tossing-sounds like a double standard

> that is occuring.

When, and in what context, has Danny Black has ever promoted

Dwarf-Tossing? Granted, there are a lot of things he's promoted that many

people, including myself, don't agree with, but I'm not aware that he's

ever knowingly promoted dwarf-tossing.

[Guest guest]

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Even more offensive to many are the dwarf tossing events Black has booked.

Mr. said such acts - in which people pay to hurl dwarfs onto padded

mats - add danger to the lives of all dwarfs.

" You go to a nightclub to enjoy yourself with friends and some great big guy

walks in and says, ‘You must be the dwarf here for dwarf tossing,’ " he said.

Three times, he’s been thrown on the grass against his will. And it’s far

riskier for him to crash-land on the ground than for most people of average

height. Many dwarfs have chronic back and leg pain that can easily be

aggravated by what would be minor injuries to others.

>From: <jdybala1974@i...> Date: Sun May 5, 2002 7:53 am

>Subject: Re: Re: Telemarketers

>When, and in what context, has Danny Black has ever promoted

>Dwarf-Tossing? Granted, there are a lot of things he's promoted that >many

>people, including myself, don't agree with, but I'm not aware >that he's

>ever knowingly promoted dwarf-tossing.

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[Guest guest]

>

> > My profession and all other Telemarketers (of any type-whether

> > they call companies or residents) are honest hard workers.

>

> I just love it when something like this statement is made. So, I

> take it you have polled all the " telemarketing " industry to see

what

> the honesty and hard working data shows? I also take it you have

> never heard of " boiler plate " operations who use telemarketing as a

> deceptive method of obtaining credit card information to commit

> fraud and theft? If the telemarketing industry was so upright and

> level, why is it several states have " no call list " laws?

>

> You may be as " professional " as one can be in the industry, but to

> say " all other telemarketers " are as professional is a gross

> overstatement.

>

> If telemarketing is such a good thing, why do so many people

despise

> it?

>

> M.

And you're going to tell me that someone being tossed around at a

bar,someone walking around at a restaurant with chips and salsa on

their heads, or someone making a complete idiot out of themselves at

a bachelor party, so drunk average sized men can laugh at them is a

legitimate occupation? Every profession has its good and bad

individuals in it. I was stating my opinion and defending my

occupation and in no way I am saying the jobs that I and others

perform are the only hard workers out there. With all that is going

on in society, can't we be positive and demonstrate positive and

nuturing actions that will help better ourselves and those around us.

All that I was trying to point out is before we bash one occupation,

let's take a step back and analyze others that we have condoned for

the longest time.

Thank You

Holly Chevalier-Spears and Spears

[Guest guest]

You can request to be put on a do not call list once a telemarketer does call

you. Also check in the beginning of your telephone directory for the agency

that keeps you from being on a mailing/calling list.

Helen

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/10/02 8:50:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Willow4real

writes:

<< also, I would like to add, that these people are just trying to make a

living and annoying though it may be, if you request to be taken off the

list, you get less calls and still respect the right of the person to have a

job.

Willow >>

[Guest guest]

Here in Colorado, they recently passed legislation that creates a " no-call "

list. Simply put, if you are on this list, telemarketers cannot call you.

There are a couple of exceptions, one being that if you already have an

established business relationship with the company, they can call you, which

is why I continue to get calls from Qwest trying to sell me their

call-waiting package..

By the way, as of 30 days after the list came online, something on the order

of one-quarter of the state's population is on the list.

Re: Telemarketers

> You can request to be put on a do not call list once a telemarketer does

call

> you. Also check in the beginning of your telephone directory for the

agency

> that keeps you from being on a mailing/calling list.

>

> Helen

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/21/2005 9:50:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,

lisak70@... writes:

I did not know about this URL. Thanks for the information! I'll register

right now.

keep it mind,, it is a national do not call, but the down side is,, local

business can still pester,, but you will see a great reduction in those calls.

Lee

[Guest guest]

,

I did not know about this URL. Thanks for the information! I'll register

right now. <smile>

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