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Article #9368Re: The Aunt Marsha Game: A New Weapon Against Telemarketing
From: Rich Greenberg
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 15:28
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 15:28
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In article <sf7qiv0it525ujsdp1c339i22ijiigd3kg@4ax.com>, Scott in Aztlan <qinencnyn@lnubb.pbz> wrote: >"Not interested, thanks" loud enough to break their stride and then I >immediately hang up - I don't wait for them to acknowledge or say goodbye or >anything. As the receiver is going down, I usually hear a snippet of the >telemarketer's response; sometimes it's "OK, then, thank you for your time" but >more often it's "but don't you want to save money?" or even an uninterrupted >continuation of their script (i.e. they just keep talking, pretending not to >have heard me). More often than not, "they" didn't hear you, because its a recorded message, not a live teleslime. -- Rich Greenberg Work: Rich.Greenberg atsign worldspan.com + 1 770 563 6656 N6LRT Marietta, GA, USA Play: richgr atsign panix.com + 1 770 321 6507 Eastern time zone. I speak for myself & my dogs only. VM'er since CP-67 Canines:Val(Chinook,CGC,TT), Red & Shasta(Husky,(RIP)) Owner:Chinook-L Atlanta Siberian Husky Rescue. www.panix.com/~richgr/ Asst Owner:Sibernet-L
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107518,db99b3ddd6fc6ef X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 10e835,f9b2b7c17ac99a9e X-Google-Attributes: gid10e835,public X-Google-Thread: 1028a6,db99b3ddd6fc6ef X-Google-Attributes: gid1028a6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,db99b3ddd6fc6ef X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-03 08:28:07 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!panix5.panix.com!not-for-mail From: richgr@panix.com (Rich Greenberg) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,chi.general,la.general,oc.general Subject: Re: The Aunt Marsha Game: A New Weapon Against Telemarketing Date: 3 Aug 2003 11:28:06 -0400 Organization: Organized? Me? Lines: 20 Message-ID: <bgj9m6$b3g$1@panix5.panix.com> References: <2iiniv0bmv4t5v4dvik7lf5nh2ee65ruvu@4ax.com> <020820031139046418%222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid> <vioq1vn0s6uef3@corp.supernews.com> <sf7qiv0it525ujsdp1c339i22ijiigd3kg@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1059924486 27623 166.84.1.5 (3 Aug 2003 15:28:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 15:28:06 +0000 (UTC)