What do you say to TELEMARKETERS?

I always get the calls of course, just like everyone else. I have caller ID though so I can either ignore it or if I am feeling saucy, will answer it and give 'em hell. Sometimes I yell random things at them, talk to them like I am interested for a while and then just be mean, hang up, or my mom and I pretended like we were robbing the house where the phone was and I whispered, "You know not to pick up the phone when we are robbing the house!" The lady was like, "Hello?" in a freaked out voice and then we hung up. I'm sure I have done other things in the past but those are what come to mind.

[b5593538f47]What do you say/do to those pesky telemarketers?[/b5593538f47]

I don't say anything because I'm on the Do Not Call list -/

I heard that was just a myth though. They either find ways around it, it doesn't exist, or they ignore it. What are you going to do if they do call you? "What? I'm on the do not call list! How could you call me?!?"

[quote17157364e4="cyberpunk243"]I heard that was just a myth though. They either find ways around it, it doesn't exist, or they ignore it. What are you going to do if they do call you? "What? I'm on the do not call list! How could you call me?!?"[/quote17157364e4]

No, just get their name and company name, and report them for violating the policy ;) And it definitely exists.

Okay, I just signed up for it. I am sure they will still call but like you stated and I just saw, you just report it. I doubt I will report them though since it hopefully won't happen a lot. I am going to sort of miss the good times me and the telemarketers had though. Oh well, it is best since I hate having to look at the phone and worry it is someone important.

[quotec9bd2f0293="cyberpunk243"]Okay, I just signed up for it. I am sure they will still call but like you stated and I just saw, you just report it. I doubt I will report them though since it hopefully won't happen a lot. I am going to sort of miss the good times me and the telemarketers had though. Oh well, it is best since I hate having to look at the phone and worry it is someone important.[/quotec9bd2f0293]

I think it takes 3 months before you can report them, btw. ) I got a call from a credit card company, and I just explained that they were in violation of the Do Not Call list and she apologized and wished me a good day.

It definitely works. )

it does work. we were listed on the old number in the old house but when we moved and got a new number they started calling us more than they used to prior to the list, like they had to make up for missed calls or something. so i put this number on and all is well again.


having said that, my dad would always act like an asian guy. "Hello! Gren (Glen) no heeyah rye naugh!"

lol. Well, now that we have established that this phone list really does work, let's hear more of those things said to telemarketers. Come on, I know me and tracehunter's dad are not the only one's that do it!

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If I have the time, I keep saying "No thank you" every time they pause, but let them keep talking because I'm sure it sucks.

If I don't have the time...well...I just hang up.

I worked for a telemarketing company in high school for 3 days.

The first 2 days were training. On my third day, I only made ~3 calls before I walked out and never went back...

in response to trace m hunter

my dad would pretend to be hick from the midwest

y'all know my phone number? i can't talk now i gutta go get me a gun to hunt down my dinner tonight...y'all take caarre now

was that an insult of some sort?

Haha, that's funny that your dad answers the phone like that. Whenever my dad gets annoyed by telemarketers (we signed up for the list) he answers the phone "Rosas Cantina how may I help joo?" It's hilarious lol My dad says they just say "Ohh...okay"

When they ask for a family member, I say. "Do you have a clearance code?" Lol, that makes for a funny response.

I make them repeat it over and over and over, then tell them I'm not interested.

What I usually do is if I'm at the computer, I play a horrendous constant tone into the phone.. and if their number shows up on caller ID, I call them and play the tones into the phone and keep calling them and repeat.

i just hang up... i'm learning to just use my answering machine now cause they just getting sooo annoying

Ask them for their name and home phone number so you can call and waste their personal time with some bullshit product.

I try to sell something back to them.

Telemarketers Hello would you like to buy this?

Me No but can I interest you in this brand new...


They get confused and hang up lol

[quoted9aee7d791="Gigante"]Ask them for their name and home phone number so you can call and waste their personal time with some bullshit product.[/quoted9aee7d791]

seinfeld much

HAHA I was JUST about to say that. I love Seinfeld.

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