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Article #785Re: Wanted- Telemarketing Job (Perth)
From: David Bromage
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 00:00
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mmalone@staff.iinet.net.au wrote: >In wa.general Duc-Minh Pham <stiles@mermaid.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote: >> so what if she wants a job as a telemarketer? it's her choice. it's >> you who is being contemptable, with your useless, sarcastic >> response, david. > >No, he's perfectly correct. Telemarketing is an intrusive, >obnoxious and annoying technique. Like spam, they don't >ask if I want their call. They just call. The only thing >that keeps telephones useful is that it costs them 25c a call. Not always. I've had telemarketers call my mobile phone, too. When telemarketers call a fixed phone I usually hang up immediately, but if one calls my mobile at peak rates I'm quite happy to let the dollars tick over while I listen to their spiel, ask questions, THEN hang up. :) Cheers David
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,b2a2441ae0d37c13 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public X-Google-Thread: 1056b9,b2a2441ae0d37c13 X-Google-Attributes: gid1056b9,public From: dbromage@metz.une.edu.au (David Bromage) Subject: Re: Wanted- Telemarketing Job (Perth) Date: 1997/10/05 Message-ID: <6172uu$6rc$1@gruvel.une.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 277931875 References: <34365F7D.4DF1@echidna.stu.cowan.edu.au> <6142je$61i$1@gruvel.une.edu.au> <615lg4$9fv$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au> <615qbo$ove$1@opera.iinet.net.au> Followup-To: wa.general,aus.general Organization: University of New England, NSW, Australia Newsgroups: wa.general,aus.general