I wish everybody would hang up on telemarketers

[Steel 0]

telemarketer: Hello Mr. Rodriguez the reason for my call is to tell you about the savings MCI can offer you for your phone service.
Me: Ok then, and the reason I am going to hang up this phone is because I don't care.
telemarketer: But sir, how can you not be interested in saving money? Don't you want to hear about this offer?
Me: NO, good bye, {click}

Now you all may wonder what's the big deal? I will tell you what the big deal is. I have often been in the middle of a workout doing and important set and the the phone has rang with one of these idiots. Not to mention all the piles of junkmail that I have that I have not sifted through to make sure I am not throwing away something important. Lets not forget email. I have to check my mail mostly so I can delete crap to keep my hotmail from filling up and possibly missing an important email message because of crap taking me over the allowable account size. (Even with junk mail filters crap still gets through) And now the latest annoyance with pop-ups while surfing the net.
Ok by now you may wonder, what is my point? My point is that if everybody threw junk mail in the garbage instantly, closed the pop up windows without even looking at them, hung up on telemarketers, deleted crap email, and told Jehovas wittnesses or Mormans to walk east until their hats floated, yes if everybody did this the way I do, then these people would not keep bothering us all.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

[kallend 2,147]

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telemarketer: Hello Mr. Rodriguez the reason for my call is to tell you about the savings MCI can offer you for your phone service.
Me: Ok then, and the reason I am going to hang up this phone is because I don't care.
telemarketer: But sir, how can you not be interested in saving money? Don't you want to hear about this offer?
Me: NO, good bye, {click}

Now you all may wonder what's the big deal? I will tell you what the big deal is. I have often been in the middle of a workout doing and important set and the the phone has rang with one of these idiots. Not to mention all the piles of junkmail that I have that I have not sifted through to make sure I am not throwing away something important. Lets not forget email. I have to check my mail mostly so I can delete crap to keep my hotmail from filling up and possibly missing an important email message because of crap taking me over the allowable account size. (Even with junk mail filters crap still gets through) And now the latest annoyance with pop-ups while surfing the net.
Ok by now you may wonder, what is my point? My point is that if everybody threw junk mail in the garbage instantly, closed the pop up windows without even looking at them, hung up on telemarketers, deleted crap email, and told Jehovas wittnesses or Mormans to walk east until their hats floated, yes if everybody did this the way I do, then these people would not keep bothering us all.

You are 100% correct.

At least the jerks who phone and send junk mail have to pay. Spam e-mail is much more insidious, since it's essentially free to the spammer and often sent from fake addresses. Dealing with spam has forced me to change the way I use e-mail and the web, and that really irritates me.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[lazyfrog 0]

that's what I do... and sometimes being much less polite...

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[JDBoston 0]

A few suggestions:

Get Yahoo email. Hotmail just blows, period. I get 3-4 spam messages a day on Yahoo, and those get delivered to a special "Bulk Mail" folder.

Get a personal firewall on your computer like Zone Alarm. These can block pop-up ads.

Get a freeware program called AdAware to make sure there is no spyware installed on your computer.

Get on the Federal (and your state's if they have one) "do not call" registry for telemarketers.

Request that any banks, credit cards, phone companies, etc. you have accounts with do not send you ANY mail except for the bill and NEVER call you. If you call them and request this they have to honor it. With many of them you can change these preferences online too.

It sucks that you have to go through all this. In the meantime, just keep hanging up on those fuckers. Or maybe just put the phone down and see how long it takes for THEM to hang up.

Joe

[base698 20]

I actually don't have a land line and I've only gotten 1 telemarketing call in 2 years. When I'm at my parents and I did have a land line it went something like this:

Telemarket person: Hello Mr Thomas I'm-- Hang up.

I never let them finish the intro and they never called back :)

[wingnut 0]

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and told Jehovas wittnesses or Mormans to walk east until their hats floated

dude, i live in the land o mormon......utah is just grand though... we sit on the porch drink beer and smoke cigarettes and are within sight of "the church"... they never come knocking on our door for some reason....

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[skymama 37]

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Get on the Federal (and your state's if they have one) "do not call" registry for telemarketers.

here's the link:Don't call

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Thanatos340 1]

Telemarketing Calls can be fun if you have some time to waste. My old Roommate and I used to have a competition going to see who could get the Telemarketer to hand up on us the quickest.
The only rules were that you could not be openly rude to them or just start cussing them out.
Next time you get a call just start asking them REAL personal questions or asking Stupid questions. They are wasting your time; you should return the favor and waste theirs.

[Steel 0]

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A few suggestions:

Get Yahoo email. Hotmail just blows, period. I get 3-4 spam messages a day on Yahoo, and those get delivered to a special "Bulk Mail" folder.

Get a personal firewall on your computer like Zone Alarm. These can block pop-up ads.

Get a freeware program called AdAware to make sure there is no spyware installed on your computer.

Get on the Federal (and your state's if they have one) "do not call" registry for telemarketers.

Request that any banks, credit cards, phone companies, etc. you have accounts with do not send you ANY mail except for the bill and NEVER call you. If you call them and request this they have to honor it. With many of them you can change these preferences online too.

It sucks that you have to go through all this. In the meantime, just keep hanging up on those fuckers. Or maybe just put the phone down and see how long it takes for THEM to hang up.

Joe

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thanks I will look into this. Specially the adaware and Zone alarm. I am not sure how to do the do not call registry.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

[Steel 0]

Next time you get a call just start asking them REAL personal questions or asking Stupid questions. They are wasting your time; you should return the favor and waste theirs.
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I like that idea.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

[Steel 0]

here's the link:Don't call
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thanks I am on it.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

[Remster 30]

Saw a Seinfield rerun last week.... call comes in, Jerry says he doenst have time right now, but if the caller leaves their home phone number, he'll call during dinner time....

Remster

[Blahr 0]

I just dont pick up the phone while I'm working out unless I'm expecting an important call :-)

In Pennsylvania we have a "no call" list and telemarketers
arent allowed to call people on it. This doesnt stop them all, but it HAS reduced the volume quite a bit

[Steel 0]

YES!!! its done. And here I thought I was just blowing off steam. But it says it won't take complete effect until September. Oh well at least there is hope.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass.
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound.
Nothing to eat, no books to read.

[Thanatos340 1]

Here are a few ideas. (Yes, I stole most of these from Morning Radio shows and comedians but I have tried then all and they are a lot of fun)

1. Magazine or Newspaper Sales: Ask then if this is a Joke and get very irate because you are Blind and don’t find the humor in this call. Ask to speak to their supervisor. Express you displeasure at being made fun of in this manner.

2. Timeshare Sales Person: Use you best Old Man Voice and start asking if it is Clothing Optional because you don’t like Clothes. Tell them how much you LOVE to be Nekkid!! Go into a lot of detail.

3. Any Sales Person: Start screaming at your imaginary Children and Throwing things (It help to have a partner in the background Crying) Don’t forget to continuously apologize for the interruptions.

4. Any Sales Person: If you have a nearby Friend, Start Faking (Or not faking even) a little Foreplay and Continue on louder and louder until they hang up. Very amusing to hear the responses if your Roommate or Friend is the same sex.

5. Any Female Sales person: Start with the good old what are wearing and work your way up to Spit or Swallow Questions. (This one is for beginners and amateurs. A true pro can do much better)

[Brisco 0]

Well, the sad fact is that the reason there are so many telemarketing calls, junk-mail, pop-ups and spam is that way too many people respond to this stuff and the senders are making money. And until such time as these antics become unprofitable for them, it will continue.

I've got caller-id and I used to never answer a call that says "Out of area". Now I do answer and the first words out of my mouth is "Please put me on your do not call list". I did register with the national do not call list, but as previously pointed out, that doesn't take effect until September. I took a call the other day and after requesting to be put on their do not call list, the girl said something to the effect that it takes 60 days for that to get into their system - I said, "I don't give a shit! Just don't call here anymore!" and hung up.

I just wish dealing with the spam, pop-ups and junk mail were as easy.

Brisco

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

[nightjumps 1]

You take too long.

My approach is:

Telemarketer: Hello Mr. Rodri {click}

[EricaH 0]

I'm not married & use to live alone. I loved getting the "is the man of the house available" or is "Mr. Heatwole able to come to the phone". Sometimes I get people asking for the lady of the house or the main grocery shopper, I always tell them I don't go to the grocery store. Or I'm not old enough to drive & no one in my house hold is old enough.

Recently got one AT WORK!! When I said I don't have time & didn't want to order the news paper he asked "If I was this rude to my boss?" Question, on what planet does he in anyway resemble my boss?

ARrrrgghhh.. thank goodness I only have a cell phone now & don't get these @ home anymore!!

For those living in a dorm or someother school housing... it's illegal for marketers to call you there. Let them know they're in direct violation of some blahblah order, they know the rule... just not the name. Also, they never know where they're calling. I fianlly pulled that out when I had my own place too.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[txblondie 0]

Great ideas...I'll keep those in mind!!!

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Blondes do have more fun!

[Snowflake 0]

If I have the time I tell the telemarketers about how sad my life is and I don't let them get a word in edgewise.

I also like to ask for their home phone numbers and tell them I'll call them back there

and sometimes to be mean I ask them if their playing with themselves and then tell them that I am and proceed to give them details

All of the above will usually result in the telemarketers hanging up on me, which I find quite gratifying

[bwilling 0]

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Dealing with spam has forced me to change the way I use e-mail and the web, and that really irritates me.

Can you say "challenge/response"?

What amazes me is the 1 person per million sent (their profitable rate!) that actually buy from these asshats! What are they thinking??? Those dumbshits could greatly reduce the spam problem if they'd quit buying from those asshats (yea, I love that word)!

Although I did get an ad for lush pouty lips today, and I've always wanted lush pouty lips...

"If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got."

[Flygator 0]

All you have to do is say...please hold for the dial tone and then hang up...they'll get the message!

The secret to life is not arriving at the grave in a well preserved body but sliding in sideways completely worn out yelling "holy crap" what a ride!!!

[Zenister 0]

i love telemarketers! sometimes they catch me at a time when it truly annoys me, but otherwise it gives me a few min to be a complete asshole to the poor sap who took that job in the first place...i've gone on some epic rants, and laughed so hard i couldnt breathe when they finally hung up.

I consider it a point of pride when a telemarketer hangs up on me. (i used to keep a log on the calender next to my phone)

also lately any time i get mail addressed to "current resident" or "our friends at" I write "not at this address on it" and shove it back in the out box.. the mail lady loves me... i have also discovered if you leave the last grocery store sale crap in your mail box the postal person doesnt shove another one in with it...so i leave it on the bottom of my mail box as a liner.

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Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed.

[Fast 0]

What is really annoying is that somehow the telemarketers have gotten the number to my cell phone.

That and I get calls about the previous owner of the number from time to time.

It sure is fun to screw with them. I really like messing up the people who call doing a poll right in the middle of my dinner or something like that.

~D
Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me.
Swooping is taking one last poke at the bear before escaping it's cave - davelepka

[clouddancerss 0]

Hi,
I had a telemarketer call me once selling cleaning products.I went into a long spiel about did they know how to get a large amount of blood out of a carpet-they hung up! You can also ask them to hold for a moment, and set the phone down and not come back.Lots of fun!