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"Telesales are pushing their luck"

I need to think of some new tactics to defeat them.

tell them the time is inappropriate for you at this moment and if they let you have their number you will promise to ring back at a time inapropriate for them!! always pi$$es them off!

Lucy Jane wrote:
> Oh would you now!!! Wait till you get home..

No I wouldn't. They're about to lie to me about their product/service. So i'm lying back to them. Durrr.

Cycloon wrote:
> I mean, I just pick up the phone, say 'Hello?' then say 'No, he's not
> here', then 'Bye!'.
>
> Simple.

Yeah, but they phone back sometimes.

I just say, "Go away" and hang up.

What are they going to do? Kill me?

Cong_Man wrote:
> If they are male agree with everything they say and start flirting
> with them, the way you normally would with a woman. "You have a
> lovely voice" and "I bet you're a big strapping handsome
> lad" work well, camping up your voice is also very effective.
>
> If they are female, be more direct "I'll buy it if you'll sleep
> with me" scare them off VERY quickly.

Oh would you now!!! Wait till you get home..

Omnia Vincit Amor wrote:
> What if they go along with it?

It hasn't happened yet and I've been answering cold calls for a large corporation for over a year now.

The Hibernator wrote:
> I hate telesales... the pause at the beginning, the Bombay accents,
> the sometimes pausing at the beggining but followed by hanging up
> even though you've said "hello".
>
> My method of defeating them is usually the hang-up plus the F-word
> just beforehand - content and style may vary with each phonecall.

Yeah, it's such a tragic waste of my time.

I mean, I just pick up the phone, say 'Hello?' then say 'No, he's not here', then 'Bye!'.

Simple.

I recently had a telesales person call me from a company I use as they were calling 'to inform me' about a new product they were promoting. I've no idea what it was about and didn't take them up on it but did end up chatting to the guy on the other end for maybe 10 minutes about football :)

If they are male agree with everything they say and start flirting with them, the way you normally would with a woman. "You have a lovely voice" and "I bet you're a big strapping handsome lad" work well, camping up your voice is also very effective.

If they are female, be more direct "I'll buy it if you'll sleep with me" scare them off VERY quickly.

Timmargh wrote:
> [URL]http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/[/URL].

You're scraping the barrel there. Must be your illness.