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There aren't enough words in the English language to describe my hatred toward them. Ug. Here's how I deal with them:
Telemarketer: Hello, may speak with Shinobi please?
Me: This is he.
Telemarketer: Hi, I'm with blahdeblah company. I'd like to tell you abo..
Me: *click*
Next time, I'm going to turn up my computer speakers and politely play this wav file into the phone and hang up. :D
I like to do the Seinfeld thing myself.
Yep I fuckin hate it! though I have a caller I-D so if it shows up as unknown I know it's them.
hahahaha that godzilla thing is great.
They are just working class people trying to earn a living.
Bastard calling while I'm eating dinner: "Hi, is Kidnemo there?"
Kidnemo: "Yes, this is him."
Bastard calling while I'm eating dinner: "Could I intrest you in.."
Kidnemo: "Could I put you on hold for a second please?, I have another call coming in."
Bastard calling while I'm eating dinner: "Sure, not a problem"
*click*
Wash, rinse, repeat.
I remember hearing some mp3 file a few years ago someone on the Shmups board posted where a British telemarketer (I don't know what the heck he was selling) called up this lady and her husband (total psycho!!!) got on the phone and absolutely destroyed the guy. Words can't describe the yelling that phone rep got. After he hung up the telemarketer's voice was shaking and you could hear him talking to his sup or someone. :lol:
Anyways, I just hang up on them or tell them to "Take my name off your calling list" which works right away 99% of the time. 'Cuz if you record the conversation and they don't grant your request to remove your name from their database right away (if they even hesitate in the slightest) you can take the tape to the public service commission and they will fine the company and give YOU the cash reward (around $5,000 from what I know). No joke. It's FCC law.
Well, since we moved and de-listed our new phone number, they don't call TOO much. Its still irritating though.
Thank God for Caller ID, I see "OUT OF AREA" on there, 99.5% of the time, its a telemarketer. The other .5% its one of our relatives from the Philippines :lol:
I might have to try that.Quote:
Originally posted by Kosh_H
Anyways, I just hang up on them or tell them to "Take my name off your calling list" which works right away 99% of the time. 'Cuz if you record the conversation and they don't grant your request to remove your name from their database right away (if they even hesitate in the slightest) you can take the tape to the public service commission and they will fine the company and give YOU the cash reward (around $5,000 from what I know). No joke. It's FCC law.
I also found another wav file I could use. :evil:
Telemarketer: Can I please speak with Braxton White?
Me: No sorry he's dead. *click*
Anybody know of any sites that have funny sound files of people messing with and insulting telemarketers? :D
GET A FOGHORN, AND BLAST IT IN THEIR EARS!
Kosh_H, here you go:
http://www.jimflorentine.com/download.htm
Thanks, JAYrm. :D
OK, I just listened to the \"retard\" track from that site. Pretty funny, gonna check out some more.
"Bitch" track is a good one!
eh, it's just ok really
My friends and I actually have contests to see just how long we can keep telemarketers on without them hanging up, actually, recently we found out that Telemarketers actually enjoy this because they get paid either way, so its not as fun anymore.
Agreed. I've listened so far to that one and "Dump" and "Retard." The only one that's really funny is "Retard." The thing about the "Bitch" track is that he sounds too angry (he needs to get a little crazier and have more fun with it) and the telemarketer "Rich" actually does a pretty good job of getting him back! Haha. I dunno, this Jim guy is alright. I think I could do a better job. I'm really good at making improv crazy voices. :DQuote:
Originally posted by SMBChick
"Bitch" track is a good one!
eh, it's just ok really
i bet it must absolutley suck to be one of those telemarker guys. I'd hate that job.
Telemarketers must have an extremely high suicide rate. Everyone hates them. Kinda like dentists. But at least dentists serve a purpose.
Uh... In that case... you'd guys probably want to run me over with a car if you spotted me on the street.... :bang:
Well, actually, I'm not a telemarketer, but I'm a tele-surveyist. I just make calls to ask people some questions on various subjects. 9 out of 10 times though, most people think I'm selling something so I have to QUICKLY tell them that I'm not. Still, 85% of my calls start and end with a four letter explitive and a hang up. Well, hours are flexible and the pay is ok... so... I'll live. After taking this job, I'm actually gonna hear these people out rather than hanging up on them right away. I'm not gonna buy shit over the phone, but I'll answer stupid questions.
Remember, we are people too!
no you're not.Quote:
Remember, we are people too!
Yea, shut up.
I usually just pick the phone up and scream into the reciever, then hang up.
Caller ID rules.
they usually call during dinner so then i stay on the line and chew my food really loud on the phone. Every time i hear thier phone pick up after mine i hang up before they even get a word out. The absolute worst is when you pick up your phone and they aren't even there because they dial 4 numbers at once and talk to whomever answers first. I'd say 65% of my telemarketer calls are hang-ups like that.
I like the foghorn idea.
That would be so F'ing funny.
I usually just don't pick up my phone.
wow - i didn't know that. I wonder if thats why my house always gets these seemingly "prank" phone calls. Sometimes they'd come in too frequently, and I thought to myself, who the hell has this much time on their hands to do something like this. Shit we're not enemies with anyone. Heh...I guess it was just the absent telemarketers all along. :lol:Quote:
Originally posted by stormy
they usually call during dinner so then i stay on the line and chew my food really loud on the phone. Every time i hear thier phone pick up after mine i hang up before they even get a word out. The absolute worst is when you pick up your phone and they aren't even there because they dial 4 numbers at once and talk to whomever answers first. I'd say 65% of my telemarketer calls are hang-ups like that.
At a recent point in time, my dad moved before the rest of us did. Whenever my mother got a phone call from a telemarketer asking for (his name), she would say "I'm sorry, but he's not with us anymore". They'd get depressed, say something along the lines of "Oh... I'm sorry", and hang up.
Here's one trick I use:
I will pretend not to be myself. They'll say "May I speak to Steve please?". I generally say "He's not here right now, may I take a message?". :lol: Kyah, hah, hah...FOOL!
I've not had to do this too much lately with Privacy Manager on my phone line.
One exception- at one time, I asked the lady on the other end "Are you one of those damn telemarketers? :mad: ". She said "uhhh... yes, sorta". What did I do next? CLICK.
I am surprised at the direction this is taking. You don't know the other person, so what makes you think you are justified in being an ass to him?
I come from the Big City, and, believe me, there a heck of a lot shadier work out there than being a telemarketing rep. The rejection they must get is bad enough, why must it have a rich venomous icing on top?
You don't want to talk to strangers? Screen your calls. Having a phone is like walking out in the street: you're bound to interact with people you neither know nor want to know. That's part of the deal.
Ask to be taken off the list. At least then you are taking some kind of action aimed at lessening the volume of calls. Maybe the guy on the other end just wants to raise a couple of hundred extra dollars to buy Mario, Star Fox, and Metroid Prime. Or maybe it's Despair trying to raise some Sin & Punishment funds.
I'm about to get a job as a telemarketer soon. They get pretty good pay for such an easy-to-get and easy-to-do job.
I usually answer the phone in a "funny" way. Funny being subjective to who hears it of course.
"Thank you for calling PPP, Pimps, Pushers, and Prostitutes. This is Pimp Daddy White Chocolate speaking, how may I help you?"
And Various other things. Most telemarketers that get hit with that are caught by suprize and are unable to schpeel me. Then I ask them to be removed from the list. It really does work.
Z-roe
P.S. Whats also sad is that you must understand that these calls have to be working to some degree for them to continue thier calling. Same with intrusive advertising. They wouldnt keep pouring money into this if it didnt get them more money in return. I just wanna know who the hell sits there and listens?
\"500 pounds of pork from Malasia? For only three payments of 265.95? Well how do I sign up for this amazing deal?\"
Z-roe