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>From: conurebird1@aol.com  (Conurebird1)

>>I am tired of these telemarketers!!  I really am!

<B>  Ohhhhh - good one Russ!  I too HATE telemarketers.  Someone emailed me
once the way to get rid of them, put them out of business.  It makes a lot of
sense to me, so I'll pass it on to all of you.

Basically, telemarketers HAVE to make so many calls per hour, day, etc. in
order to make their quota of sales.  So, if they can't make as many calls, they
can't stay in business, right?  Therefore, if you slow the telemarketer down,
the company paying the telemarketer loses money, and will soon realize that
telemarketing is NOT profitable.  The suggestion put forth in the email is to
simply say, hold on a moment, please.... sit the phone down & walk away.

Then, they will wait at least a minute or so before hanging up on you.  If
everyone would do this, we could SERIOUSLY mess up their numbers.

Also - if you get one of those idiotic tape recordings, DON'T HANG UP.  The
computer dialing the numbers isn't actually trying to sell you anything.  Its
job is to record the time of day that you answered the phone, so that an actual
person can call at the same time another day & catch you at home.  What I heard
(not sure if this is right, but why not try it?) is that by hitting the # sign
6-8 times, it messes up the computer, as it doesn't "understand" that input. 
It will then "decide" that the number is wrong, and drop you from the list.

Feel free to pass this on :)