Tele-marketers

[Scuba_Steve]

Get rid of your home line & they stop calling, funny that. Naked broadband FTW

[Gremlin]

I just say "no thanks" and imeadiately hang up.

Very few call back.

One rang back, saying "Hi, we seem to have been cut off back there"

Was rather speechless You think of plenty of responses later like "What, like this?" *click* but at the time...

[MSTRS:Me]

One rang back, saying "Hi, we seem to have been cut off back there"

Was rather speechless You think of plenty of responses later like "What, like this?" *click* but at the time...

I had one ring back 3 times after being polite and then hanging up.
Which is why, when Gupta rings, it now generally goes ... Hello, am I speaking to*... FUCK OFF! *click*

*variations are "Is this the billpayer?" or "My name is Andrea and I'm from..." etc The response is still an emphatic and oh so rude FUCK OFF!

[Swoop]

If everyone just hangs up on them, or tells them to "fuck off" they are obviously just going to keep you on their database.


I went through a phase of getting a few calls and always stop them by saying "I formally require you to remove my details from your database AND any others you have access to".

Works a treat. No hassles any more.

[ducatilover]

I hate 'em.
But while desperate for money last year I decided to try it. I didn't last long, you feel like/are a right wanker just ringing people up and trying to sell 'em some solution to a problem that doesn't exist, 'till you convince 'em it does.

I just tell them no and to put me down as not interested, do not follow up.



Sent from my office in L.A, using your I.P

[nathanwhite]

Best one I heard was from my little brother. Silly bugger phoned up to ask if we wanted to participate in a survey for his masters (or whatever) about alcohol consumption. Even promised a free somethingarather at the end.

I reckon it was about fifteen minutes he kept them on the phone.

"Do I get free beer?"... well what's the point then? ... free pass? Sounds interesting... Will there be free beer there?.... oh ... Do I at least get to drink beer? ... Howabout now? ... But its about alcohol consumption isn't it? ... So there is no beer drinking involved. That's alright, I'm more of a whiskey kinda guy anyway. This one time I ... Oh, but I was telling you something amazing, nobody could believe it actually happened."

He finally tells the guy that he's a minor and doesn't drink at all. Hangs up in despair when the guys keeps going.

[misterO]

Put them on hold with an important message of your own:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?sns=fb&...14U%26sns%3Dfb

[awa355]

The phone rang, A towelhead accent said Hello, is this mr ***? I replied " fuck off gollywog" and hung up.

A minute later the wifes mob sounds. Her Zimbabiwan work mate texted to say she just tried phoning my wife. I was not very popular for a while.

[leathel]

I often think I should have some fun with them and leave the phone on the desk while I "search" for the smoker/ oldest/ bill payer etc etc and make Random noises, play some out there music or something

But I just say fuck off or hang up

[Karl08]

I used to enjoy it when my youngest would answer the phone and try and engage the telemarketer in conversation...

[Maha]

HRV are another one...and some Double Glazing outfit, they read of a prompt card (sounds so false) I let them get to the end of the yabba and tell them ''not interested''...but that is never enough, because they continue to ask dumbshit shit questions like ''have you heard of double glazing sir''...hasn't everyone? I tell them we have central gas heating and we are totally insulated, then its goodbye from me.

I am however, on the Canteen call list and get calls from them several times a year, which I am happy to slip them some money, don't really buy what they are offering at the time, a donation is nice and easy.

[Oakie]

I heard of someone (may even be on You Tube) who when rang said "I'm Detective so and so, the person you called was murdered earlier this evening. Now can you explain how you know him" .... "Oh you don't know him? ... Well why are you calling a deceased man you don't know? Can I have your name please" etc etc .... It went something like that anyway.

[carburator]

somedays its interesting..

ring ring.
Hello New Zealand Aumunition supplies limited, Carb's speaking..

er.. hi im dave from HRV

Hi Dave, so what do you want to kill today.. and don't forget todays special on 7.62mm
buy 1000 rounds and the next 1000 are 10% less...

er I don't want to buy anything Im trying to sell HRV ..

Sorry Dave the last unit we took out to the range and shot the shit out off, should have
seen wha the 50 does to it...

( silence on the other end )

So dave, guess your not in the market for some 7.62 then.....

[Laava]

Put them on hold with an important message of your own:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?sns=fb&...14U%26sns%3Dfb

Hands up if you listened to the whole 3.03min!

[Maha]

I just took a call from Niagara health bla bla?...anyway, the ramble was about all sorts of joint/back pain and ''do we suffer from any that she had read out''...''no no, we all fine''...''ok sir, well you do sound young''....

''Ok then bye bye''.....click.