SpikeyLee

Just like the topic says.

I hate it when telemarketers call me to sell me stuff and be a total dick about the whole process! This woman called me from Bell Long Distance about 5 minutes ago and kept me on the phone for a good 5 and a half minutes after I repeatedly said no! She pulled every guilt trip in the book (ie. "If it's free, why not sign up for it?" "It's safer to have a long distance plan in case of emergencies!" etc.) I tried being polite in the beginning by telling her no, but Hulk got angry after a long time and finally told her to put me on their DO NOT CALL list and hung up on the beotch. :fustrated

A note to all your current or future telemarketers: People can generally deal with telemarketing calls, but be polite and when the person says that they don't want it, then GIVE UP. I know that they're just doing their job, but when the person has said no 20 times, you've moved beyond trying to sell something and into the territory of harassment. If you're nice then I'm nice, but be an *** and that makes Hulk (and people in general) ANGRY!!!!!

A few telemarketers are ruining it for the rest of them. Hmmm, kinda like the argument that a few "ricers" that street race, ruin it for all the other car enthusiasts!

At least Bell won't be calling me anymore! I just had to vent, thanks!

imported_gatherer

best thing to do is get there name and ask to speak to a supervisor ....(get name, the full name, after you get the name then ask for supervisor) basically at bell WTF were they telemarketing for??? I didn't knwo that was done here??? well anyways when the supervisor is on the phone explain to them that you had already told this person how you didn't want this service and how you felt disgusted with the guilt trips they were trying to put over on you. then ask for credit due to the time of yours they've wasted.... they'll say they don't offer credit for that ... tell them you just want 20 dollars for the hassle they've put you through and that you hear that Telus and sprint are offering great deals on long distance and local service and without the credit you'd think of trying a different company to find out if you can better customer service... ( if they are with bell then they will most likely be part of customer service) after you say that .. see how muchthey give you in credit....

please note that you can also be asked never to be called again for sales pitches... they have to comply and remove you from their list.

SilverCRXSi

Ya could always get the Telezapper, removes ya from their lists.
But I wonder if its upgradable since its just a matter of time before the telemarketing companies catch on.

There are things you can do to reduce your chances of getting on their lists...

SiR-Racer

lol i doubt they'd give you a penny credit regardless of what you say to the supervisor. :working:

so what's the TELEZAPPER?

SilverCRXSi

Blocks and removes your # from their list.
Check out the website for more info:
http://www.telezapper.com/

But that works once you're on their list. To get off the list and prevent being put on it there are simple measure to minimize telemarketers.

PULOVR

better way.....next time they call, ask them if they can hold while you switch phones.......put them on hold, and never pick it up again. They will eventualy give up and hang up their side of the call.


That's what I do.

Biggy

hahahaah im gonna try that next time those ******* call me, yesterday i was passed out alseep from working a night shift my brother yells in my room the phones for me i pick up and its some ******* trying to sell me something, i didnt even hear wut he said im like **** u...click then i yelled at my brother for waking me up and went back to sleep hehehe

Tish

ok, I had to post this.....it's long, but worth reading


Getting Your REVENGE On The Phone Company
One thing that has always bugged me, and I'm sure it does
most of you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be
interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer.
I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating
as they were to me. The call was from AT&T and it went something like this:


(swallowing)

Me: Hello

AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T...

Me: This is AT&T?

AT&T: Yes This is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: YES! This is AT&T, may I speak to Mr. Byron please?

Me: May I ask who is calling?

AT&T: This is AT&T.

Me: OK, hold on.

At this point I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes
thinking that, surely, this person would have hung up the phone.
ate my salad. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver,
they were still waiting.

Me: Hello?

AT&T: Is this Mr. Byron?

Me: May I ask who is calling please?

AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...

Me: Is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes this is AT&T...

Me: This is AT&T?

AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Byron?

Me: Yes, is this AT&T?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: The phone company?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.

AT&T: Yes sir, we are a phone company.

Me: I already have a phone.

AT&T: We aren't selling phones today Mr. Byron.

Me: Well whatever it is, I'm really not interested but
thanks for calling.

When you are not interested in something, I don't think you
can express yourself any plainer than by saying "I'm really not
interested", but this lady was persistent.

AT&T: Mr. Byron we would like to offer you 10 cents a
minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Now, I am sure she meant she was offering a "rate" of 10
cents a minute but she at no time used the word rate. I could
clearly see that it was time to whip out the trusty old calculator
and do a little ciphering.

Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?

AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my
interest) Yes sir that's right! 24 hours a day!

Me: 7 days a week?

AT&T: That's right.

Me: 365 days a year?

AT&T: Yes sir.

Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!!! That's
amazing!

AT&T: We think so!

Me: That's quite a sum of money!

AT&T: Yes sir, it's amazing how it adds up.

Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560, and if you send an annual check, can I get a cash advance?

AT&T: Excuse me?

Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.

AT&T: What are you talking about?

Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day,
$1,008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in
knowing how you will be making payment.

AT&T: Oh no sir I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay
us 10 cents a minute.

Me: Wait a minute here!!! Didn't you say you'd give me
10 cents a minute. Are you sure this is AT&T?

AT&T: Well, yes this is AT&T sir but......

Me: But nothing, how do you figure that by saying that
you'll give me 10 cents a minute that I'll give you 10 cents a
minute? Is this some kind of subliminal telemarketing scheme? I've read about things like this in the Enquirer you know. Don't use your alien brainwashing techniques on me.

AT&T: No sir we are offering 10 cents a minute for.....

Me: THERE YOU GO AGAIN! Can I speak to a supervisor
please!

AT&T: Sir I don't think that is necessary.

Me: Sure! You say that now! What happens later?

AT&T: What?

Me: I insist on speaking to a supervisor!

AT&T: Yes Mr. Byron. Please hold.

So now AT&T has me on hold and my supper is getting cold. I
begin to eat while I'm waiting for a supervisor. After a wait of a
few minutes and while I have a mouth full of food:

Supervisor: Mr. Byron?

Me: Yeth?

Supervisor: I understand you are not quite understanding
our 10 cents a minute program.

Me: Id thish Ath Teeth & Teeth?

Supervisor: Yes sir, it sure is.

I had to swallow before I choked on my food. It was all I
could do to suppress my laughter and I had to be careful not to
produce a snort.

Me: No, actually I was just waiting for someone to get
back to me so that I could sign up for the plan.

Supervisor: OK, no problem, I'll transfer you back to the
person who was helping you.

Me: Thank you.

I was on hold once again and managed a few more mouthfuls.
I needed to end this conversation. Suddenly, there was an
aggravated but polite voice at the other end of the phone.

AT&T: Hello Mr. Byron, I understand that you are
interested in signing up for our plan?

Me: Do you have that friends and family thing because you
can never have enough friends and I'm an only child and I'd really
like to have a little brother...

AT&T: (click)

barrieciv

That was hilarious! I don't think I could do that...

Nova_Dust

Well, telemarking is a form of sales. And if they could choose, I am sure they rather do something else then punching key pads and talk on the phone all day.

Back in University, I did a short term telemarketing part time job thingy (survery rather) and it was not a good feeling when people hung up on you and stuff. But my job was to make calls so that's what I did. So after that experience, I treat them nicely when I get the calls and if I am really busy, I just tell them please call me back some other time.

SpikeyLee

lol, that's a good idea! I should demand credit for wasting my time! They wasted precious vegging out in front of the tv time! (and yes, it really was Bell Long distance... maybe Bell contracts out the work??? They were trying to sell me some Bell First Rate plan or some crap like that that had 7.9 cents/minute at anytime... kind of a rip off if you ask me, I'll stick to my calling cards!)

Or I just like the idea of putting them on hold. I know that it's mean, but once before I told the person that they're looking for was dead. They didn't call back again after that. (I'm mean, yes I know)

SiR-Racer

NICE!!

i gotta try that sometime

1SicCiv

All I do is just hang up...I know its rude but sorry my time is much more valuable then haggling to get a telemarketer off the phone...

imported_echien

I'm a telemarketer

After doing my job I have more appreciation for other telemarketers.

But seriously guys think about it, the person on the other line has your name and phone #, it isn't that hard to get your address as well.

I don't think it ever pays to be overly mean to people.

Nova_Dust

Agree.

A job is a job.

pinky_gurl20

If you politely say you're not interested, that should be the end of it. If the person keeps persisting, then I hang up.
About a month ago, I had someone calling every day for a week about a newspaper subscription. I told the lady never to call me again and hung up.... haven't heard from them since

EK7_DriftMania

haaa..haha..... that is pure jokes, thanks for sharing.

PULOVR

And what would you do with this info? I would consider that a threat. IMO.

imported_echien

Agh.. I didn't threaten anyone,

I was saying be careful, don't be overly mean to people especially people who spend all day getting rejected and have access to your name, phone # and address. You don't want to be the straw that breaks the camels back.

then I said I don't think it ever pays to be overly mean to people.

I'm a little confused at how that might seem like a threat?

Forbidden

If you guys are gonna handle marketing you have to annoy them with their own systems

Know the credit card things coming in the mail asking for you to sign up for a credit card

Well since it is already paid for (the letter) take coupons you find in the mail and put it back into their envelope labelled (business only)

This is business, you are giving them coupons which can save them millions of dollars if everyone returns them with coupons



Along to telephones

Someone calls and tries to interest you, you usually just hang up, or if you're bored and want to make something frustrating turn into the marketer's frustration you do what they always do to you


Please Hold
Put phone against radio
or better yet a video game or some other unrelated sound

Your piano practice, an alarm clock, a tv, a friedge (be creative)

There's always the sales person one
They are a bit tricky, always carrynig their clipboard or briefcase

What you need is a sign that says no silicitators/peddlars etc etc
Probably enforced with a viscious picture of some terrible kangaroo and assorted animal beside the sign with a salesmen in it's teeth



Now if only there was a way to get back at internet advertisement