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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194044 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 15:08   |
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Viking
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YOURE A FUCKING TELAMARKETER!
GO TO HELL! FUCKIN STOP CALLIN DURING DINNER!! DAMMIT!!
I usally ask them realy retarted questions than I end it with somthing confusing than I say hold on ill get me credit card or somthing and just walk off and watch TV and I make sure they can hear my laughfing at the TV too!
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| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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Awesome l337 people= Icedog90, Blazea58, Canadacdn, Crimson, jonwil
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194048 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 15:48 |
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Dave Mason
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Scuse me for not wanting to be hassled by companies at 8pm on a Sunday night, never mind the rest of the week, about double glazing which I already have, questionaires that I don't care about and cheaper insurance that I don't need.
How you people get our numbers is beyond me, we've had our number removed from the phone book and the numerous "lists" and we still manage a few courtesy calls every now and then.
www.myspace.com/midas
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194049 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 15:49 |
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luv2pb
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Your an asshole and should be put to sleep if you screw with, swear at or hang up on a telemarketer. Yes they are annoying but the people on the other end of that phone are just doing their job and don't need bullshit from immature morons. They are just trying to get through the day and earn an honest living like the rest of us. Simply tell them not to call this number again and say good bye.
btw, they call at dinner time becuase they know that is the best odds of you being home dip shit.
N00bstories Director Of Operations
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194061 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 16:45 |
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Dave Anderson
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I just got a sales call and this I wanted to share.
Here is the conversation from my last call...this is what I really hate.
Me: Hello.
Them: Hello, is Mr. Jeff Anderson there?
Me: He is not available, may I take a message?
Them: No, but can you tell us when the best time to try back later would be?
Me: Is this a sales call?
Them: No, we are calling to try save you money on your television service.
Me: So it's a sales call...
Them: Well...(Pauses for about 3 seconds)...Yes.
Me: *Hangs up.*
I hate when sales representatives do that. It's annoying.
David Anderson
Founder, Software Consultant
DCOM Productions
Microsoft Partner (MSP)
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194064 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 17:04 |
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NukeIt15
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Registered: February 2003
Location: Out to lunch
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Human telemarketers don't annoy me anymore. They go away when you tell them you aren't interested and you can have them place you on the do-not-call list by asking them to not call again.
Mechanical ones, on the other hand- they piss me off to no end. You know the type; they call and there's no way in hell you can hang up until they're done with you (seriously...you hang up, come back 5 minutes later and that digitized voice is still blabbering on about something or other). Mechanicals make me want to kill things, especially when I've got other calls I want to make.
Telemarketers aren't the ultimate form of phone evil, though. Call waiting is. Nothing, and I mean nothing annoys me quite like a person who calls me and then proceeds to put me on hold while they yak on the other line. I frankly don't give half a shit how important that other call is, you called me. You are wasting my time. My answer to things like this anymore goes something like this:
Caller: Hi, how are you?
Me: Fine, you?
Caller: Great. Hey, could you hold a minute, I've got someone on the other line...
Me: No.
Caller: What?
Me: I won't hold.
Caller: I have to take this call.
Me: Fine. Just don't expect me to be here when you get back.
Caller: I'll call back then.
Me: I won't answer.
Caller: Why not?
Me: Whatever you want to say to me, you can say it now or not at all. If it was important enough to call me about before you called whoever else you want to talk to, you can let them wait.
Caller: I don't understand why you can't just hold for a minute.
Me: I don't see why I should have to. Have fun on the other line.
*click*
What's even worse is when someone like that calls for someone else living in your house and then makes you hold as if they were someone who you wanted a call from in the first place.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194079 is a reply to message #194036] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 18:23 |
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M1Garand8
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I'll probably tell them: "wrong number" because we got too many strangers calling to my house. =/ Normally, I get real confused when salespeople start calling my house and kept telling wrong number. =/
Damn stupid telephone company. For example, a guy dials a number which is different from my house and the tele company somehow patches that guy to my house number instead. And that happened on handphones too, one guy dialled a totally different number from my hp no and my tele company actually patched it to my hp..... =.=
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194101 is a reply to message #194048] |
Mon, 27 March 2006 20:23 |
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| DJM wrote on Mon, 27 March 2006 17:48 |
Scuse me for not wanting to be hassled by companies at 8pm on a Sunday night, never mind the rest of the week, about double glazing which I already have, questionaires that I don't care about and cheaper insurance that I don't need.
How you people get our numbers is beyond me, we've had our number removed from the phone book and the numerous "lists" and we still manage a few courtesy calls every now and then.
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Generally, if you politely ask to be placed on a do not call list and don't hang up right away, it'll be processed within 3-4 weeks. Otherwise, "not interested" works. Harassing the person doing their job isn't going to do anything. Generally, kids that think they're tricky don't make me think twice anymore. I'll usually try back in about 2-3 days to see if I can catch an adult, otherwise we just place them in a list for a six month callback.
(And no, I'm not one of those "lol insurance guys." I call previous AOL customers and either set them up with Verizon DSL + AOL or a three month AOL trial.)
cause = time
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| Re: OT: What do you do to sales people on the phone? [message #194163 is a reply to message #194036] |
Tue, 28 March 2006 11:50 |
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Crimson
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Since most of the dialers are automated, when I see an obvious telemarketer on my caller ID I just do the pickup/hangup. I assume that if a person were on the other end, they just got nothingness or my call was never given to a rep.
My brother fucks with them -- it's hilarious for us listening and often the caller as well. He makes up a character on the spot and asks stupid questions. He does that to wrong number callers, too. He pretends that the person being called is indisposed at the moment and goes on and on about it.
I'm the bawss.
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