A Telemarketer Called Me At 5 O'Clock in the Morning!

Ha! Ha! I wrote that article on Anger management. Hope it helped. Here is the link
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Seriously, these marketers are going crazy. Very soon they will forcibly barge into our homes, leave their stuff, take money out of the wallet and go! Just like that.

Anyway as long as it's on telephone do like i do. Whatever the stupid telemarketer is selling, try selling the same thing back to him/her. Few days back this happened

T: Sir i was wondering if you are interested in a loan.
I: You want a loan?
T: No Sir, Do you want a loan?
I: If i wanted a loan i would have called you. So tell me how much do you want.
T: No Sir, why are you joking?
I: what is the rate you are offering?
T: 11.5% Sir
I: I will give you 10%. So tell me how much do you want?
It goes on and on and finally the chap is exasperated and bangs the phone down. This way you ensure that at least that one will delete your number forever.

Wow, that is absolutely crazy. I would have been furious! +1.

I'll have to try that some time. When I was pregnant, they didn't want to call. I made one cry because I was "mean" (hey, she called me and wouldn't take politeness for an answer while I was busy). Another one got snippy with me because I was being less then kind.

I even told one telemarketer that my father had just died and we were in the middle of making funeral arrangements (that one called for my dad). But, I've never tried the pretending to sell their stuff back to them.

On a less hostile side note, I do understand that their job isn't easy. I know that they're just trying to make a living, and they have to put up with a lot of crap.

But, come on! Have a little common sense about when you choose to bother someone at their home, and for the love of all that is lovable, accept that sometimes it's the WRONG time!

Honestly, I know that they're told not to take no for an answer. But, I really do think that they'd sell more of their crap if they would take no for an answer.
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If it weren't for the delirium that had settled in from the lack of sleep, I'm pretty sure I would have made him cry. ;)

But, yeah, that's never happened to me before. I've gotten calls at 8 or 9 in the morning, but never before the sun was even up!

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I am sorry to hear that you were bothered from your slumber by an obnoxious salesperson. I think I would have reacted differently--probably with a few colorful words as well!

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Otherwise, I would have sounded like a drunken sailor in a bar fight.

However, when the company proceeded to call back, multiple times, that afternoon, I was quite a bit more colorful. I did try to maintain a clear head, but I don't think I succeeded very well. I actually wrote the update on all that utter ridiculousness last night.

Here's the update on what happened when they started relentlessly calling back...
http://www.xomba.com/the_13th_ring_of_hell_telemarketing_nightmare_update

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My wife and I get plagued by telemarketers every day and we've found that having an "excuse list" next to the phone really helps. For instance, our local rag isn't worth the paper it's printed on, so we offer the excuse that "We read our news online because we believe that killing trees for newspapers is unkind to the environment." In this day and age, how can someone overcome concern for the environment?

Another favorite, since my wife hyphenates her last name and telemarketers will give themselves away by addressing me as Mr. "Hypenated Last Name" or even Mr. "Wife's Last Name" is to say "there is no one here by that name".

Sometimes I have grace for the callers, but there are times when I don't want to be bothered, so even if they ask for me by name, I say "he's not home right now, can I take a message?" If the company is at all legitimate, they will identify themselves and the nature of their business, but mostly they will "call back another time". If they try to nail me down on a best time to call, I will tell them "he's in and out all day, so there really isn't a 'best' time."

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I like the comment selling the telemarket whatever they are selling it actually does work. My question is how do you stop the automated calls?
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Now the phone rings at a very odd hour and an automated voice starts talking. How do you yell at a machine? Or try to sell it the same thing it's trying to sell you? How do you tell it to stop calling you? All on my cellphone too.

I like the idea of keeping an excuse list. Knowing me though, I'd forget to look at it, lol.

I tell them I'm not in a lot. I think I'm going to start telling them that I moved and didn't leave any forwarding information.

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He got a call one morning from a telemarketer. He told them, " How about you give me your number so I can call you back at your home. Then you can tell me how you like it. LOL

No, "gizmo" is not the brand name, but there is a device that has been marketed that plugs into your phone line like a caller ID box. When one of the nefarious salespeople call you, all you have to do is press the button on the device and a pre-recorded message says something like "This number does not accept sales calls. Kindly remove it from your call list" before hanging up the phone.

No muss, no fuss.

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This may be an obvious question, but are you on the Do Not Call registry? That should get rid of most such calls, except for those from polling organizations and charities.

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Lokesh
ya, i agree with that... you should enroll youself on do not call registry... i have enrolled on Vodafone and i nver get such calls at all...

It is easy to enroll these days... A link is placed on website of every telephone network on their wesite or jus call customer call and tell them...

But crazy story though.. nice one to enjoy but irritating to experience....

Engraved Vocal-Tract in my early-morning throat: "Good Luck! but take-me-off-your-list"

I sometimes join phone-lists JUST SO I can say that! lol

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That's a really good idea! I have got to start keeping up with technology.

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I'm sorry they got your cell phone number. I know how much that can suck.

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That's funny! My father once told them that he couldn't take down a message because he had no arms or legs. LOL.

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It wouldn't have mattered because I was stupid enough to request additional information online. Ofcourse, they aren't legally allowed to call before 8 a.m., but apparently something was wrong with this guy's computer, he's on the east coast, and I'm on the west coast. His computer or his brain, whichever, didn't take time zones into account.

But, I do believe we are on the national do not call registry.

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Are you trying to say that I'm too verbose? Or too serious? ;)

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I'll look into the Vodafone.

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;)

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I'm just glad we have time to enjoy the fruits of each other's knowledge-gardens!

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Does it 'red-flag' your phone-number; I mean, does it automatically block your number even if some company tries to add it to the company-database AFTER you sign up for "Do Not Call?" or do you have to 'trust' that all the number-grubbing companies dutifully check their new numbers?

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"As you wish"

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I'm not saying 'you're typically too verbose!' ('Your words are the nourishing droplets of the purple rain!')

I'm saying that I'm sure most people are expecting deep wisdom to pour forth from the pages of the PangeaCat Bytes and Blurbs, and so it's good to know that even the most intellectual of us Earth-Angels can take a break from being as 'verbose' as one might expect!

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When somebody calls you and start promoting a product. Automatically tell the salesperson to put your number in the "DNC" or Do Not Call List. With that the company will not call you for a long period of time. Actually there's a LAW regarding the DNC stuff but its only applicable to Telemarketing companies. Some companies calling our households were Research Firm, those conducting surveys and getting your opinions or the service you received from that particular product.

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