Ha ha ha Slingshot

[davebullet]

The way you really get them is ask them who they want to speak to. Regardless of their response, tell them that person died yesterday.

Stops them in their tracks every time.

[p.dath]

I have to say I get really sick of all the charities that ring up at work asking for money all the time.

I no longer have a home phone line at home anymore. That solved that issue.

[Gareth51]

I've been getting accosted at the local Caltex petrol station at the Basin Reserve by sales people of late - can't even get petrol without someone trying to sell me some overpriced cleaning product!

The local Shell tries to sell you the choc.bars on the counter so try this.Pick up a couple,wait till they ring it up and then say no,and put them back,wait till they take it off then pick them up again and say yes.Keep repeating until they get pissed off and then tell not to ask you in future and wont have the problem of trying to make up your mind

[Mully]

The local Shell tries to sell you the choc.bars on the counter

In their defence, they have to - in case you're a mystery shopper.

It's like gas stations asking bikers if they want a car wash.

[hayd3n]

free national calls slingshot 2 slingshot
free d loads 1am-7am
Neva had a problem
and free pizza hutt delivery's

[mctshirt]

The local Shell tries to sell you the choc.bars on the counter so try this.Pick up a couple,wait till they ring it up and then say no,and put them back,wait till they take it off then pick them up again and say yes.Keep repeating until they get pissed off and then tell not to ask you in future and wont have the problem of trying to make up your mind

Mully is right - you're just making someone's life more of a misery than it already is. Just say no and get on with your life or hunt down the prick responsible in Shell's marketing dept and put his (or her) bloody severed head on the front of your bike as a warning to all the other fuckwits in marketing who believe that this unimaginative bullshit and spying on employees is an acceptable way to justify their salary.

[davereid]

Slingshot are totally, and utterly useless in every way. I had to threaten the small claims court and CGA to get out from their contract, after 6 months of continous disconnections, slow speeds (when it connected, etc) and never, ever had a reply from their "help" desk. I proved pretty conclusivly that there was nothing rong with my local network, but hteir universal answer was to reset the router.

We had IHUGS satellite system (Farmgate ?????). It hardly ever worked, and it cost a small fortune. Endless hours spent waiting for a person on the helpdesk, who would blame my P.C. and insist I reboot. Of course I had already done that many times. Got no service what-so-ever. Eventually I cancelled my direct debit authority. Suddenly, even though my acount was paid a month ahead, all stopped, email account closed, and all web mail lost.

Will never go back there, and I make sure word-of-mouth spreads the message !

[Mom]

Why didn't I know this last night? Hells teeth, I would have ahd a field day!

[Virago]

Slingshot are currently doing a big telemarketing campaign.

Their calling policies:
- If a child answers, hangup.
- If an answer machine / service answers, hangup.
- If it sounds like a business greeting, hang up.

For my business, I divert the land-line to my cellphone when out of the office, which means I pay the cell-phone cost. After receiving around a dozen "hang-up" calls from the same number, I phoned the number back - fucking Slingshot.

[Marknz]

i find that simply hanging up once you've realised what they are is not a bad ploy... saves a whole lotta stress.

[Mom]

i find that simply hanging up once you've realised what they are is not a bad ploy... saves a whole lotta stress.

Yepper, but they keep on at you. This is the first call from slingshot I have received. I am looking forward to the next one

[Gremlin]

i find that simply hanging up once you've realised what they are is not a bad ploy... saves a whole lotta stress.

Doesn't always work... I hung up some call... phone rings... "Hi, we seem to have got cut off back there..."

[Goblin]

That's the only good thing about dialup! slingshot hehe! No annoying unwanted phonecalls.

The rare occasion the puter is off, phone rings an its the blardy telemarketers and telebeggers.

My boy once told the woman...mummy's on the toilet doing poooos! She never called back either.

I'd like to know how to stop someone using my address as a false address for the cops tho. Nearly every month I get infringement notices and court notices for fines for Christopher John Jolly. RTS and they keep coming. Take them into courthouse and tell them he doesnt live here...and they keep coming.

[crazyhorse]

I had one tonight - about saving the kiwi's - same thing, tries to make you feel guilty by saying no - whats with that? There are so many good causes out there - you can't possibly support them all...??

[Owl]

Slingshot are currently doing a big telemarketing campaign.

Their calling policies:
- If a child answers, hangup.
- If an answer machine / service answers, hangup.
- If it sounds like a business greeting, hang up.

For my business, I divert the land-line to my cellphone when out of the office, which means I pay the cell-phone cost. After receiving around a dozen "hang-up" calls from the same number, I phoned the number back - fucking Slingshot.

That would fuck me right off!

Here's my bitch.

I pay $46 for a telecommunication service to improve my life, use at my convenience and make it easier for family and friends to get hold of me (not big on cell phones). The only reason I switched to broadband years ago was to free up the phone so my very ill mother could get hold of me promptly.

So what gives telemarketers the right to use a service I pay for, for their own gain and render that service temporarily useless to people that do matter?