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"Telesales are pushing their luck"

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

Puddin' wrote:
> I'm going to get a job in Telesales....beware people!

It'll be better then your last telephone work....

gerrid wrote:
I'm always tempted with "Hi Darren where do you live?", but I can never be bothered. I usually say "I think you have the wrong number goodbye"

Heh heh - I'll have to try that one.

I'm going to get a job in Telesales....beware people!

These days I just hang up if there's a long pause. i always know when it's telesals because the 2nd line in my room isn't used to recieve calls, as no one has the number.

My favourite is when Tulip Mobile or whoever ring up offering you a new phone for free (Yeah wow what a good deal like I can't get that already), and the obviously Indian person on the other end of the line, who you know is called Sandeep or Bujha says "Hello my name is Darren...", I'm always tempted with "Hi Darren where do you live?", but I can never be bothered. I usually say "I think you have the wrong number goodbye"

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.

I do blame them

Hey its not really the fault of the poor person that has to make the dreaded call. Blame the people at the top who threaten them with no wages if they don't make any sales...

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

I had a call the other day guareteeing me £1000 cash if the woman couldnt save me money on my BT phone line. I quickly pointed out that I was on Telewest and asked when i'd recieve the money.

She hung up.

Chr1s wrote:
> Make sure you can make a good job of the accent first though or you will look stupid.

Don't you mean, "sound stupid"?
And I thought that was the point..