[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: No One Calls Me Anymore . . .

[Iggy McSnurd]

Iggy here:

Personally, I look at telematketers as any other kind of salesperson.  If
they're polite to me, I'm polite to them.  If they're rude or overly
aggressive towards me, I act accordingly.

My simple response to the polite ones (usually those calling for charitable
organizations...) is that "I'd love to be able to donate at this time, but
unfortunately we can't afford anything."  If they are persistent after that,
I bore them to death with a pitiful recollection of all the medical and
other problems I'm having financially... (I feed them a big line of bull...
and make it as miserable as realistically possible) until they hang up.  I
don't think I've ever had someone last more than 20 second with that
method...

For the exceptionally aggressive or rude ones, I try the first technique
initially.  If they get bad from there, I simply hold down one of the number
buttons for that loud tone in their ear for about 30 seconds, and hang up.
(Better yet, if I'm on my phone in the bedroom, I switch to speakerphone,
and put the earpiece right up against the mike to produce that loud,
screetching feedback...)

The worst one I had to deal with is the lady who called saying that the
company she worked for would give me 6 free magazine subscription, that I
could change at any time at will from a list any time, and for as many times
as I wanted, within the next 3 years.  They'd also send me a brand new
wristwatch as well.  (I hate wearing anything on my wrist.  I use a
pocketwatch, m'self...)  All they asked was a small fee to maintain their
company records and database... simply $4.95 a week, payable in one of three
possible plans.  When I pointed out that they were asking me to ultimately
pay $785 dollars for 6 magazine subscriptions that I could get on my own for
about $100 dollars at most by going directly through the magazines
themselves, she went from aggressive to rude with me and then hung up.

*yeesh*  Some people.  (And it's amazing how fast some telemarketers talk
when they're trying to tell you about how great a deal you're getting.
Seems to be a requirement to be a trained auctioneer, just to confuse people
or have them miss info when it goes by so fast.)


Iggy McSnurd
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