Automatic recorded phone calls

[Indiana_Jones]

I'm sitting in my dark bed room looking at porn & KiwiBiker when the phone goes.

I grudginly go out to lounge to get the phone, answer it with "Good eveing" and before I can finish, "We have a very important message for you, but all of our operators are busy right now, please hold" :tugger:

To this I respond "Well it can't be that fucking important if you want me to bloody hold!" & hang up. :mad:

Not the first time it has happened. I say something similar each time, or just hang up.

fuck 'em, it's bad enough having to hold when ringing someone else up, let alone bloody holding when they ring you!

Has anyone else been annoyed by this ?

-Indy

[fireliv]

Well I have never had that!!

What freaks me is the automated messages you get from the video store. Just so weird

[NighthawkNZ]

Don't even let them get that far... even if it is a real person telemarketer...


"Hello I from Sky..." Click

"Hello I am doing a surv..." Click

"Hello do you need your chimney..." Click (ferk sake we don't even have a chimney that needs cleaning)

"We have a very important message..." Click

[Curious_AJ]

nice to know your passtimes are so varied....

[steveb64]

Don't even let them get that far... even if it is a real person telemarketer...


"Hello I from Sky..." Click

"Hello I am doing a surv..." Click

"Hello do you need your chimney..." Click (ferk sake we don't even have a chimney that needs cleaning)

"We have a very important message..." Click

"I'm calling on behalf of blah blah Charity, would you like to donate?" NO! Click.

I like to give them a firm answer before I hang up... :nono:

[NighthawkNZ]

"I'm calling on behalf of blah blah Charity, would you like to donate?" NO! Click.

I like to give them a firm answer before I hang up... :nono:

nope can't waste my breath... I do sometimes just say "Not interested" Click

I have accidently hung up on my friend once too

[deanohit]

The ones that get to me are when they ask for my mates pop who lives with us. The guys bed riddin and close to dying and these people are ringing up and asking if Mr Clark would like to buy such and such a thing or what ever. It always shuts them up when you reply "no, Mr Clark can't answer the phone at the moment as he is terminally ill and confined to his bed. Good bye." Click.

[Skyryder]

Usually hang up before the spiel comes. That's after "Good evening Sir how are you today? etc or something like that. Got a chick a few weeks back that wanted to speak to the 'person who paid the phone bills.' I asked who she wanted to speak to. "The person who pays the phone bills." I had a bit of time up my sleeve so I thought I'd try and see who would hang up first, her or me. She kept wanting to speak to the 'person who pays the phone bills,' and I insisted that she give me a name. "Lady' I said in my best phone manner, I can not give you the name of the person who pays the phone bills unless you tell me who you want. To which she replied "The person who pays the phone bills." I went on to say that the privacy act prevented me from telling her the person who paid our phone bills. Quick as a flash she replied "Yes I know that's why I can't give you a name." ............Click..................She won. :girlfight:

Skyyrder

[bandit_girl]

The most ironic thing is that i used to work for a telemarketing company.
I lasted (with my sanity barely in tact) over 6 months and here were the lovely benefits:
The pay was shit, the co-workers were assholes and the amount of verbal abuse i recieved over the phone everyday was enough for me to tell the bosses to stick the job up their asses.


Bare in mind that these telesales people DO NOT GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOUR DOING (they don't see you) AND ENJOY annoying the shit out of you, especially right in the middle of what your doing, whatever time of the day!! It's in their pre-job quota.

Okay ...that's my winge for tonight!

[NighthawkNZ]

The most ironic thing is that i used to work for a telemarketing company.
I lasted (with my sanity barely in tact) over 6 months and here were the lovely benefits:
The pay was shit, the co-workers were assholes and the amount of verbal abuse i recieved over the phone everyday was enough for me to tell the bosses to stick the job up their asses.


Bare in mind that these telesales people DO NOT GIVE A SHIT WHAT YOUR DOING (they don't see you) AND ENJOY annoying the shit out of you, especially right in the middle of what your doing, whatever time of the day!! It's in their pre-job quota.

Okay ...that's my winge for tonight!

sorry for abusing you, hanging up in your ear... farting in your general direction... and...

oh wait no i'm not I meant to do all that :D


:lol:

[The Lone Rider]

Has anyone had some people phone you up and offer you a set of kitchen knives if they let you do a presentation to you at your house (presentration on an home air cleaning product no less) ? They phoned Geeks place and she thought it was a friend of mine and gave them my new number. Then for months they kept ringing me asking when they could come over.

At least if you are so inclined, if you are in the states you can dial *69 and it rings who just rang you right back - you could really give them an ear full, if you are so inclined.

[bandit_girl]

sorry for abusing you, hanging up in your ear... farting in your general direction... and...

oh wait no i'm not I meant to do all that :D


:lol:

:bleh: It's people like you that made me realize that i did the right thing!!!:msn-wink:

Although on the MINIMAL occasion on the job, i did meet some celebrities and a couple of funny barstards over the phone.
There were those who tried to sell me something whilst i was selling them something, :doh:
Some even tried to chat me up and freely gave me their phone numbers, :devil2:
I kept them for lata ron,lol.:rolleyes:

[onearmedbandit]

Ask them what they are wearing. Be firm about this. Demand to know what they are wearing.

[skidMark]

Ask them what they are wearing. Be firm about this. Demand to know what they are wearing.

lol i did telemarketing for one day..youth suicide prevention well not even 1 day...in my 2 hours i earnt $4 and left without being paid...fuckit LOL

worst thing ive ever ever ever done.:Oops:

[devnull]

Best way to deal with telemarketers....

http://joshualowry.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c225203796f21900c2252ab8c18e1d.html

[NighthawkNZ]

Some even tried to chat me up and freely gave me their phone numbers, :devil2:
I kept them for lata ron,lol.:rolleyes:

gave you there phone numbers that you just rang... errr :Pokey: thats inteligent :lol:

[Laava]

I have given to some charitys, Barnados, Riding for the disabled etc, so I give them a small chance but otherwise.....click!
Loved the link from devnull!:laugh:

[MotoGirl]

Slingshot must have the most aggressive telemarketers around.

[Mikkel]

Usually hang up before the spiel comes. That's after "Good evening Sir how are you today? etc or something like that. Got a chick a few weeks back that wanted to speak to the 'person who paid the phone bills.' I asked who she wanted to speak to. "The person who pays the phone bills." I had a bit of time up my sleeve so I thought I'd try and see who would hang up first, her or me. She kept wanting to speak to the 'person who pays the phone bills,' and I insisted that she give me a name. "Lady' I said in my best phone manner, I can not give you the name of the person who pays the phone bills unless you tell me who you want. To which she replied "The person who pays the phone bills." I went on to say that the privacy act prevented me from telling her the person who paid our phone bills. Quick as a flash she replied "Yes I know that's why I can't give you a name." ............Click..................She won. :girlfight:

Skyyrder

Owned ;)

If you're flatting, just say "All four of us? But we only got two handsets..." Imagine having a flat meeting with the speaker thing on and four flatties and a telemarketer talking all at once. Add beer and it can only become awesome!

Edit: Oh, another good one: "Yes, that sounds interesting, but I'm quite busy right now. Can I have your number and I'll call you back sometime later?"
Alternatively, start hitting on the person at the other end - asking them out. Perhaps start with: "Oh, I've been waiting for you to call..."

[deanohit]

I have let the ones trying to seel me some thing go through their whole sales pitch before then when they asked if I wanted to sign up, I replied "oh, you want to sell me something, I thought you were another debt collector!" Then hung up. They don't call back after that.

[Pancakes]

The dialling back thing wouldn't work here anyway cos the calls are almost certainly on a VOIP line, IF you get thru you could get anyone there.

I tell them I'll do their syrvey if they pay me for mu time $20 for 15 minutes or part thereof. Only one has taken me up on it and it was a radio survey, they sent me a cd for a 5 min survey. Sweet!

If you ask what the parent company is and request to be taken off their list and they call you back you can get them fined and get some money out of them too, and there's not that many companies doing this in NZ (compared to how many calls you get).

[Mental Trousers]

I hope you were at least wearing pants when you answered the phone Indy.

[Curious_AJ]

knowing him, he was probably not wearing pants...

[Finn]

Just hang up - easy.

I got a good one though... get home last night and there's no DSL light on my router. I call Telecunt and get this smart arse bitch with voice recognition asking questions like I was 85 years old and trying to set up DSL. I found that if you start swearing at her, she stops and transfers you to the operator. I ended up getting this gay guy who told me my router is not supported by Telecom so they can't help me. I told him that he was going to burn in hell for being gay and rang back to speak to someone less emotional. Same thing again on the swearing, get transfered to a loverly Indian chick who said it was obviously a fault with the exchange and got onto it. However, it turns out that a technician will visit me between 8am this morning and 5pm Thursday. The expect me to wait around. Morons.

[The Pastor]

FYI,

dont just hang up, say "please dont call this number ever again" or "can you block my number from your system"

If you hang up it gets coded as a "try again" and you will get called in 2 or 3 days.

most of the people who work there are in high school or at uni (shifts start at 5pm), dont hate the player, hate the game.

[Curious_AJ]

this is true... they're just doing their job... the company is at fault for sending helpless people to call the masses that don't want to be called...

[Pancakes]

Nah you can hate the players! People should refuse to do this job. The companies don't do it cos of a high success rate, they just have good returns for the low labour costs involved.

Telecom, just say "operator" it will try to talk you out of it by asking you to say your request but say Operator again and it will put you straight through. I have had Telecom pay my line rental and give me $70 credit on my last account because one call failed to go through. But I do have the advantage that I used to wokr for them (Marketing) and know how to talk to them. The ppl on the phone can't normally do juck-sh*t, talk to a manager and keep on calmly that you want some resolution or your off!

[cold comfort]

Don't even let them get that far... even if it is a real person telemarketer...


"Hello I from Sky..." Click

"Hello I am doing a surv..." Click

"Hello do you need your chimney..." Click (ferk sake we don't even have a chimney that needs cleaning)

"We have a very important message..." Click

Marvels of technology-caller id! Comes up as "private" Either work or telemarketers. I never answer either!

[bane]

easy!

All calls go through answer phone (whether we are home or not) - they never leave a message just hang up. Automated calls do the same.

Friends and family know we will pick up if we are there.

[MotoGirl]

Oh, another good one: "Yes, that sounds interesting, but I'm quite busy right now. Can I have your number and I'll call you back sometime later?"

I love that idea! I'd probably say something like "Can I call you back later, say when you're having dinner?"

[deanohit]

I love that idea! I'd probably say something like "Can I call you back later, say when you're having dinner?"
Suprised no one has put this up yet:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hllDWSbuDsQ

[The Pastor]

Nah you can hate the players! People should refuse to do this job. The companies don't do it cos of a high success rate, they just have good returns for the low labour costs involved.



YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SURVEYS.


HERES A TIP FOR ALL U SUCKERS WHO WANT TO DO ONE,

THEY ARE ALL BIASED, THEY ARE JUST GETTING "YES TICKS" IN THE YES BOXES SO THEY CAN THEN SELL SOMONE SOMTHING.

THERE IS NO "TYPE IN WHAT I SAID" BOX.

THEY ARE A WASTE OF TIME.

AND THE MONEYS NOT BAD, BETTER THAN SUPERMARKET WAGES.

[Flatcap]

The easiest way to avoid telemarketers is to get rid of your landline - who needs one of those in this day and age?

[Curious_AJ]

yeah, i never use the land line unless I'm calling someone back for something, which I never do...

everyone always knows to contact me on my cellphone..

oh, and kind of on the topic... as my job (at hells pizza) I have to do a thing called "call-backs" .. every night I have to do at least 3 of them..

I have to call back people who had deliveries throughout the day and ask them a few silly questions like "was your meal on time?" or "would you like to see anything improved with our service?" etc etc...

I get a few people who are just plain rude like "NO! *click*" and then some who are happy to answer them "sure sweety I have a few mins" and some who just go "sorry, love, I'm in the middle of something or I would" <-- that's better than having a rude comment flung at you...

even though it's not a huge part of my job, it's integral for us to get that feedback so we can better our service and food for the people...

just my 2cents..

[Lteejay]

**************Fuckers************

[Mikkel]

**************Fuckers************

Subtle... I like it :)

In the states the telemarketers apparently have automated dialing, so the machine just dials number like crazy and then "plugs in" the operator when contact is established.
You can fuck that system majorly by recording the "number not in use"/"invalid number" tone on your answering machine - since if the system picks that up it takes your number off THE LIST...

As for needing feedback - sometimes I get a feeling that a lot of feedback is collected and archieved never to be used again.

[Curious_AJ]

As for needing feedback - sometimes I get a feeling that a lot of feedback is collected and archieved never to be used again.

well, in some companies yeah.. but hell's competes against other hell's.. lol.. like our store cometes against the Birkenhead store, and we take things like "the pizza is too greasy" and fix it. so many things that are new "work place policies" are due to the info gotten in that god forsaken call-back book.

[Maha]

Don't even let them get that far... even if it is a real person telemarketer...


"Hello I from Sky..." Click

"Hello I am doing a surv..." Click

"Hello do you need your chimney..." Click (ferk sake we don't even have a chimney that needs cleaning)

"We have a very important message..." Click

"Hello I am from Lotto, you have..." Click......:doh: bit quick the phone there Nighthawk!

[ManDownUnder]

AND THE MONEYS NOT BAD, BETTER THAN SUPERMARKET WAGES.

... what a roaring success... "better than supermarket wages"???? Come on up - the weather's lovely...

[ManDownUnder]

**************Fuckers************

YES PLEASE!!! WHERE??? WHERE????

[Gremlin]

I have let the ones trying to seel me some thing go through their whole sales pitch before then when they asked if I wanted to sign up, I replied "oh, you want to sell me something, I thought you were another debt collector!" Then hung up. They don't call back after that.
I MUST try that next time...

I have done the following one, was quite funny:
Telemarketer: Hi, I'm calling from blah blah, blah blah
TM: How are you doing?
Me: Was great, but getting worse.
TM: (for some reason she actually followed this up) Oh, why's that?
Me: Coz you're on the other end.
TM: (nervous laughter) oh, I guess you don't want to speak to me?
Me: No *click*

They did pull a good one on me once tho. I hung up quite quickly, got phoned back, "Hi, we seemed to have been cut off back there" :blank: I was speechless... pity... anyway, I just hung up again. :laugh:

[The Pastor]

... what a roaring success... "better than supermarket wages"???? Come on up - the weather's lovely...
like i said, its good for students

[deanohit]

I love it Gremlin, that is hilarious!!!!
And they called you back, Hahahaha!

[Pancakes]

... what a roaring success... "better than supermarket wages"???? Come on up - the weather's lovely...


like i said, its good for students

Dude thats gonna be filed next to "better than a kick in the teeth" hahaha. There's so much better ways of making money. I'm not knocking anyone who does or has (especially AJ, KB discount miss?) but I've never worked at a gas station or pizza place or supermarket etc. You could try pinching (borrowing, we always return them) a few road cones. Blocking off the shop car-parks near a concert and selling the spaces for $20. If the shop owner turns up slip them a 'hundy and let them know their car will be watched like the crown jewels till they come back. Never had a complaint.

Sooo many ways to make cash if you've got a day/night up your sleeve.

[The Pastor]

Dude thats gonna be filed next to "better than a kick in the teeth" hahaha. There's so much better ways of making money. I'm not knocking anyone who does or has (especially AJ, KB discount miss?) but I've never worked at a gas station or pizza place or supermarket etc. You could try pinching (borrowing, we always return them) a few road cones. Blocking off the shop car-parks near a concert and selling the spaces for $20. If the shop owner turns up slip them a 'hundy and let them know their car will be watched like the crown jewels till they come back. Never had a complaint.

Sooo many ways to make cash if you've got a day/night up your sleeve.
I prefer to pay my own way.

[Pancakes]

I prefer to make easy money by linking demand and under utilised assets. Thats cool, horses for courses.

[The Pastor]

all im saying, is the people on the other end dont give too shits, they dont even laugh at you or anything. There is no point to getting smart, you'll just get called back later.

[NighthawkNZ]

Marvels of technology-caller id! Comes up as "private" Either work or telemarketers. I never answer either!

I just don't answer the phone anymore :D

[bandit_girl]

I meant private "mobile numbers", derrrrrr.lol