Automatic recorded phone calls

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

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

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

[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!

[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.

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?"