The Do-Not-Call List has been Blocked....Again!!!!

[Katahu]

Can you believe this dump??!!

http://www.msnbc.com/news/971734.asp

Hundreds of millions of people around all of America will suffer from these darned telemarketers if this judge keeps blocking the list from being set.

How will you be affected by this?

[OTTOL]

I stopped being nice, and just hang up, when they call these days................presto-problem solved, and it didn't even take an act of Congress.  ;D

[Blade]

When they call (not local people) I tell them to f*** off and get a life, then hang up. I may be extremely rude but I HATE TELEMARKETERS!!!  >:(

[Deputy]

Oh oh, I love telemarketers. They are great to vent your steam on. I have lots-o-fun. First, I ask to speak with the manager or supervisor. I wan't to deal with them. I will go with it, change voices many times (pretend to be somebody else - while obiously being the same person) then, near the end, after they think they have convinced me (after being on the phone for about half an hour) I say, wait, I already have you're competitors product, and its much better. Then, I slam the phone down on the hook. Then, I press *69, and call them back, and try to sell them something.

[Katahu]

Those who support telemarketers have always said that if such an industry were to fall, many thousands of people will lose their jobs.

First off, what kind of an idiot ever chooses such a job? Really. What kind of an idiot ever wants a job in which all you do is bother people over the phone and the only reply that you get is "KISS MY HAIRY A**!!!!!"...?

Telemarketers are nothing more than a niusance. They are like roaches: for every one you get rid of, 10 more pop out of nowhere.

(phone rings) ring....ring....ring...

Katahu - Hello?

Telemarketer - Hi. We are calling you to see if you are interested in buying....blah blah blah yatta yatta yatta ranna ranna ranna......Are you interested?

Katahu - Yes.

Tele.  - Ok, what's your address?

Katahu - 123 Fake St. Nowheresville, Nevada 12345.

Tele. - And your credit card number?

Katahu - ********** (katahu doesn't really have one, so he makes one up)

Tele. - Uh, sir. Are you being honest?

Katahu - NO!!!! Now STFU and go away.

LOL LOL LOL LOL

[Deputy]

Hmmm, that gives me an idea. Give them a fake credit card number, and insist that it is now, only 3 numbers long.

[Paz]

[OTTOL]

 Since We have caller ID, We normally just don't answer any calls that don't give a number, if it's anyone important they will leave a message, telemarketers never leave messages.
 If a call comes through that shows an unfamiliar number and one of us is feeling curious, We'll answer, if it turns out to be a telemarketer, We just hang up, no "Goodbye", "I don't think so" , No Thanks", or "Lick my left one", just hit the off button and that is that.
You just know they are still doing their sales rap on the other end of the line, until they ask a question and discover there is no one there. Buh-Bye.

 I mean c'mon, Telemarketers are just telephone spam slingers, (kind of).

My favorite is the telemarketeer (I did spell it that way on porpoise) who DOES leave a message. It's usually computerized or at least pre-recorded or "canned". Who, on this planet, replies to those?! That would be like speeding tickets on the "honor system", or maybe a self performed, do it in the comfort of your own home dental procedure.

[Polynomial]

u just leave the phone off the hook and go and eat . . .

[ozzy72]

I don't have this problem anymore. I'm on the list as "That madman that doesn't speak Hungarian!"
I find after about a minute of demented Scotsman in a temper (my favourite accent), they hang up

Ozzy

[Craig.]

First off, what kind of an idiot ever chooses such a job? Really. What kind of an idiot ever wants a job in which all you do is bother people over the phone and the only reply that you get is "KISS MY HAIRY A**!!!!!"...?

there are two ways of thinking in this, i am not sure how it works in the US. But here, the callers from the UK are getting paid upwards of $10 an hour to sit on their asses and make these short kiss my hairy ass calls:) add to that some get paid commision for what they sell, these people can earn upwards of $400 a week. if your wondering i was desperatly looking for a job and this was one of the options but in the end it never happend, my temper would get me fired for yelling back at customers:)
now the other thing is, alot of them here are actually from India, pakistan, and asian countrys. these are the ones i hate most, mainly because they are litterally programed to say a script so you can barely understand them if they have to deviate from it, plus they are annoyingly persistant and have on occasion called two or three times when they dont get a yes, having dealt with those personally i have found a stiff call again, and you'll regret it usually works, that or a quick carry on and i will be calling immagration also has a good effect. generally these people are hired because they are cheap labor and there is an endless supply of them. bit like the computerised systems. they seem to call at god awful hours.

[Scottler]

I didn't vote, because I'm a telemarketer.  haha j/k

Seriously though, I didn't vote because I don't mind when they call.  Honestly.  I have entirely too much fun with them when they do.

Once when a girl called trying to sell me a vacation, the conversation went like this:

Girl:  We're offering travel packages, including airfare, at the absolute lowest price available.  You won't be able to find a price lower than this.

Scott:  I doubt it.

Girl:  You doubt what?

Scott:  I doubt you can beat the prices that I can get.

Girl:  No, you won't be able to get a lower price.

Scott:  Are you sure?

Girl:  I guarantee it.

Scott:  Can you beat twenty dollars round trip?

Girl:  What?

Scott:  Can you beat twenty dollars round trip?

Girl:  Well....no....but there's no way you'll be able to get that price either.

Scott:  You're wrong.

Girl:  There's no way on earth you can get that kind of price.

Scott:  Don't be so sure.

Girl:  You're telling me that you can get airfare for twenty dollars round trip?

Scott:  That's what I'm telling you.

Girl:  How?

Scott:  I'm a flight attendant for Continental Airlines.

Girl:  Silence.

Scott:  Hello?

Girl:  Really?

Scott:  Yes.

We continued to talk about my job, and I even gave her the number for inflight recruiting, until her boss got on the phone.  I think he had a little thing for her, because he got all crazy jealous that I was flirting with her.  She said she was going to call back when she got home and off the clock, but the boss guy was an a$$ and she quickly changed her tune.  lol

Now, I don't even have a home phone.  Everything Sarah and I do is with our cell phones.  Problem solved.  lol

[Paz]

 Hey, I've done that before, flirt with the cute sounding ones, "Hey baby, let's not talk about vinyl siding... let's talk about you for a minute."
That really throws them off, when they try to get back on topic and you keep flirting they usually hang up.

[Tequila Sunrise]

If its a cordles phone I go along with it and put the mouthpiece next to a very large speaker or amp and make a hell of a lot of noise

[Hagar]

You guys must have time to waste. I simply hang up. End of story. LOL