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Article #270Re: Ultimate Revenge on Telemarketers
From: The Real Bev
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:34
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:34
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Logan Shaw wrote: > C. Massey wrote: >> I have been known to start the call just as they want, then just set the >> phone down and walk away. Once I came back about two minutes later and he >> was still talking. > > My number is on the do-not-call list. So if they do call, I have a > surefire way to get rid of them. I ask them for the exact name of > the business that is calling and the business's street address and > phone number. If they ask why, I tell them I need that information > for the FCC complaint form. > > For some reason, after I ask for that information, they no longer seem > to want to keep me on the phone to try to sell me stuff. Instead, they > suddenly become panicked and desperate to get off the phone absolutely > as soon as possible. You must have smart telemarketers. The ones I bother to ask spill their guts without a qualm. -- Cheers, Bev =================================== New sig on order, watch this space.
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