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Thread started 03/26/03 3:15am

CalhounSq

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FUCKING TELEMARKETERS!!!

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I'm relaxing, watching some TV. *RIIING*



CSq: Hello?

no-reading Telemarketer: Yes, can I speak w/ ... (fucks up my name)

CSq: sigh This is *** (sternly correcting my name)

long-winded Telemarketer: Yes, I'm calling from *** & I'd like to tell you about an opportunity to save 25% on broadband internet service... (tuning her out)

CSq: smile (chiming in after 5 seconds of babble) Whoa, hold on, stop the pitch. I'm not interested but thank you.

pushy Telemarketer: But Miss, with this program...

CSq: neutral Yes, that's very nice, I'm not interested. Have a good day.

annoying Telemarketer: But miss, blah blah blah...

CSq: hmm I don't wanna be rude to you. Please let me get off the phone.

bitch-ass Telemarketer: I understand that, but blah blah blah...

CSq: whofarted Are you gonna make me hang up on you?

trick-ass Telemarketer: Miss, blah blah blah...

CSq: :X Oh my God!! I can't believe you're still talking!!

ho-ass Telemarketer: Miss, blah blah blah...

CSq: mad CLICK








What the fuckin FUCK??? evil
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Reply #1 posted 03/26/03 3:17am

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And now you wanna fuck him? omfg
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Reply #2 posted 03/26/03 3:18am

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gigglin' @ chocolate


but does your state have that no call list thingy.
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Reply #3 posted 03/26/03 3:21am

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"...I use to use bad language, now I just use caller-id.
If the number looks suspecious, I just pretend that it ain't me...
Telemarketers to the left of me, bill-collectors to the right, biggest fan in the front singing;I gonna leave my husband tonight"


I love this song...
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Reply #4 posted 03/26/03 3:23am

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CalhounSq said:

CSq: Hello?

no-reading Telemarketer: Yes, can I speak w/ ... (fucks up my name)

CSq: sigh This is *** (sternly correcting my name)



THAT was your first mistake! Never correct them. Take the opportunity to hang up then!

Telemarketer: Yes, can I speak w/ ... (fucks up my name)

Csq: Ha! There's no one here by that name.

Resounding CLICK
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Reply #5 posted 03/26/03 3:23am

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ChocolateInvasion said:

And now you wanna fuck him? omfg

lollollollol

Another 4 LOL rating!
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #6 posted 03/26/03 3:24am

Christopher

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cal try and turn the convo around i love doing that..."so what are you doing today?"..."are you wearing socks?"
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Reply #7 posted 03/26/03 3:33am

CalhounSq

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Rhondab said:

gigglin' @ chocolate


but does your state have that no call list thingy.


I dunno confused but it's the company that supplies my cable so I don't know if I'm exempt from their list since they're not exactly strangers sigh
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Reply #8 posted 03/26/03 3:35am

CalhounSq

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2the9s said:

CalhounSq said:

CSq: Hello?

no-reading Telemarketer: Yes, can I speak w/ ... (fucks up my name)

CSq: sigh This is *** (sternly correcting my name)



THAT was your first mistake! Never correct them. Take the opportunity to hang up then!

Telemarketer: Yes, can I speak w/ ... (fucks up my name)

Csq: Ha! There's no one here by that name.

Resounding CLICK


But I hate to be rude sad


hammer hammer
disease to please
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Reply #9 posted 03/26/03 3:36am

CalhounSq

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Christopher said:

cal try and turn the convo around i love doing that..."so what are you doing today?"..."are you wearing socks?"


That bitch probably would have answered & KEPT TALKING!! shake
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Reply #10 posted 03/26/03 4:18am

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I feel your pain... I hate those assholes. I know that they have a job to do and they need to make a living, but goddamn.
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Reply #11 posted 03/26/03 4:20am

MrBliss

i generally ask them what they're wearing... it COMPLETELY throws them off track... if they come back with a witty reply, i'll then listen to what they have to say.. smile
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Reply #12 posted 03/26/03 4:21am

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MrBliss said:

i generally ask them what they're wearing... it COMPLETELY throws them off track... if they come back with a witty reply, i'll then listen to what they have to say.. smile



Or you can start breathing heavily and ask them to keep talking... that works wonders!

:LOL:
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Reply #13 posted 03/26/03 4:27am

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IceNine said:

I feel your pain... I hate those assholes. I know that they have a job to do and they need to make a living, but goddamn.


That's why I hate to be rude to them. It's their job & it must SUCK to constantly call up people who don't wanna hear your fucking voice, lol. But this bitch was outta control stab I was sincerely flabbergasted when she kept talking after all that lol
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Reply #14 posted 03/26/03 5:46am

AzureStar

I usually end up buying what they're selling. sad
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Reply #15 posted 03/26/03 6:21am

TheMico

I hate getting the telemarketing voicemails. The trick is to learn how to delete in the middle of the messages - they don't always tell you how to do that, and you have to listen to every message all the way through before you figure it out.

I have no sympathy. I have a marketing degree, and they teach you that direct marketing has (this is no quote, now) a 1% or less response rate (depending on a ton of factors). They know you're not interested.
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Reply #16 posted 03/26/03 6:31am

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That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.
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Reply #17 posted 03/26/03 6:34am

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minneapolisgenius said:

That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.


Yes we do...nod
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ChocolateInvasion said:

minneapolisgenius said:

That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.


Yes we do...nod

Do you? I live in Holland too and have never had one call me.

Wait, one called my cell phone once from Casema.
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Reply #19 posted 03/26/03 6:44am

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minneapolisgenius said:

ChocolateInvasion said:

minneapolisgenius said:

That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.


Yes we do...nod

Do you? I live in Holland too and have never had one call me.

Wait, one called my cell phone once from Casema.



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minneapolisgenius said:

ChocolateInvasion said:

minneapolisgenius said:

That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.


Yes we do...nod

Do you? I live in Holland too and have never had one call me.

Wait, one called my cell phone once from Casema.


They tend to call for 'Groene Stroom' and newspaper subscriptions
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Reply #22 posted 03/26/03 7:18am

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ChocolateInvasion said:

minneapolisgenius said:

ChocolateInvasion said:

minneapolisgenius said:

That was pretty funny. We don't get telemarketers in Europe.


Yes we do...nod

Do you? I live in Holland too and have never had one call me.

Wait, one called my cell phone once from Casema.



Casema machinegun

I have Casema.
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Reply #23 posted 03/26/03 8:27am

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TheMico said:


I have no sympathy. I have a marketing degree, and they teach you that direct marketing has (this is no quote, now) a 1% or less response rate (depending on a ton of factors). They know you're not interested.


Yet telemarketing is still profitable, right? If it were not, I don't see why businesses would keep using it.

I guess the 1% who buy things hawked by telemarketers are responsible for the other 99% getting annoyed. smile
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Reply #24 posted 03/26/03 8:38am

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i used 2 work as a telemarketer about four years ago...only worked at the damn telemarketin place 4 about 7 months till they fired my ass (cuz i never did "rebuttals"--i'm the type of person who if u tell me "no" 2 somethin they don't want, i'll respect 'em 4 it). i loved all the money that i wuz gettin, but the politics of it all i did not like. barf

most of the folks i talked 2 were hilarious as hell in tellin me "no"--f'rinstance:

mobile i got a hold of this guy, started goin thru my sales pitch...all the sudden the dude goes, "hold on a second"...and puts his little baby girl on the phone in order 2 not talk 2 me. lol

mobile another time i got a hold of some chick...went thru my sales pitch, etc. heffa went, "u know, u caught me at a really bad time--me and my husband were makin love and i wuz just 2 have an orgasm!"

the woman wuz obviously lyin (she sure wasn't outta breath or anything rolleyes), but it wuz hard 4 me 2 bite my tongue and not say. "then why'd u pick the frickin phone up, ketchuphead???" mr.green


4 those of u who have been plagued with telemarketers, use either of the aforementioned examples. it'll shut 'em up. the shit shut me up...lol
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Reply #25 posted 03/26/03 8:49am

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Funny Seinfeld sketch... (from his show)

Time: apprx. 7-8pm

Rinnng

JS: Hello?

TM: Yes...blah, blah, blah, blah...

JS: No, I'm sorry I'm...(cut off)

TM: Blah, blah, blah, blah...

JS: Oh, could you give me your home phone number, I'll call you back tomorrow...'round 8pm?

TM: Blah, blah, blah, blah...

JS: What? You wouldn't like that? Now you know how I feel!

(slams phone down, crowd cheers...)

lol
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Reply #26 posted 03/26/03 8:51am

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CalhounSq said:

Rhondab said:

gigglin' @ chocolate


but does your state have that no call list thingy.


I dunno confused but it's the company that supplies my cable so I don't know if I'm exempt from their list since they're not exactly strangers sigh


Check out the details of your state's do-not-call law, if it has one. Here in Indiana, there is no "prior business relationship" exemption. (OTOH, a few industries, including real estate and insurance, managed to get themselves exempted from the do-not-call list... I guess they have good lobbyists.)

The new federal do-not-call regulations going into effect this year will have a such an exemption, at least until you tell the business to stop bothering you. Fortunately the federal regulations won't preempt state do-not-call laws. See http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/co...ncalrt.htm for more info.

[Matt's standard disclaimer: While I am licensed to practice law in Indiana, this post is for discussion purposes only, is not legal advice, and creates no attorney-client relationship.]
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Reply #27 posted 03/26/03 8:53am

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:


mobile i got a hold of this guy, started goin thru my sales pitch...all the sudden the dude goes, "hold on a second"...and puts his little baby girl on the phone in order 2 not talk 2 me. lol


lol
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Reply #28 posted 03/26/03 8:59am

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rdhull said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


mobile i got a hold of this guy, started goin thru my sales pitch...all the sudden the dude goes, "hold on a second"...and puts his little baby girl on the phone in order 2 not talk 2 me. lol


lol

i know, i wuz sittin there like, "u phuckin pannywuss, stickin your kid on the phone instead of tellin me 'no'..." lol
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Reply #29 posted 03/26/03 9:00am

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matt said:

TheMico said:


I have no sympathy. I have a marketing degree, and they teach you that direct marketing has (this is no quote, now) a 1% or less response rate (depending on a ton of factors). They know you're not interested.


Yet telemarketing is still profitable, right? If it were not, I don't see why businesses would keep using it.

I guess the 1% who buy things hawked by telemarketers are responsible for the other 99% getting annoyed. smile

Matt's right! It's their fault! Don't submit to the telemarketer! We will all suffer! It's a vicious cycle! wink

Actually, while looking for a job a few years ago, instead of an interview, I went on a direct marketing trip with a business door-to-door guy. Now, I thought this was a sales rep job I was shooting for, not direct marketing, so they suckered me too. It was strictly cold-calling, and follow-ups on successful cold calls. He'd walk in, ask the businesses calmly if they wanted to switch their phone service, then leave after they yelled at him. He said that there's a "law of averages" - don't worry when you get shot down, becuase sooner or later, someone will be interested. It's the "law of averages," which for him calculates the average percentage of positive sales calls. So they're trained to face repeated rejection, which is why I have no sympathy.

...NO, I didn't take the job...I do have a heart...
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