MeltandFlow
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Where do you get from my previous post anything about likeing telemarketers? My problem with your original post is prejudging by the way he sounds what he is. If you do it with a telemarketer, what do you do with people in real life. Small minded bigots just really piss me off. I'd rather live next to, work with, be friends with anyone but a bigot. Bigots are hate mongers, and in my opinion there is no worse.
While I'm posting, most telemarketers don't work for the company they are calling about. They work for a calling center that was hired to make the calls and sales pitch for them. Even companies as large as Dish. If this type of selling, just like spam, didn't work and wasn't cost effective, it would have died a horrible death long ago. So they don't care people, if your son is trying to eat road kill or not. You probably just gave them something to really laugh about over their coffee break.
If you really want to hurt them, then keep them on the phone longer. I mean really long, an hour, two, more. The longer they spend with you the fewer people they can call and bug. But again, be careful and never say yes. I always just tell them I am on the Do Not Call list and if they call me agian I will see them in court. I then tell them to remove my number from their list.
But be careful spoofing long distance telemarketers. They are trained that the first yes is all it takes for the switch and you will get slammed, crammed and screwed. So, call your phone company and tell them to put every precaution in place, all the pic blocks, etc. So you don't get switched or stuck with charges for stuff you didn't order.
Edit: When keeping them on the phone, a great way to do that is to ask them to hold periodically. Then just lay the phone down and go about your business. If you don't want them to hangup, you will have to pick the phone up occassionally and start to listen to their pitch before asking the to hold again.
While I'm posting, most telemarketers don't work for the company they are calling about. They work for a calling center that was hired to make the calls and sales pitch for them. Even companies as large as Dish. If this type of selling, just like spam, didn't work and wasn't cost effective, it would have died a horrible death long ago. So they don't care people, if your son is trying to eat road kill or not. You probably just gave them something to really laugh about over their coffee break.
If you really want to hurt them, then keep them on the phone longer. I mean really long, an hour, two, more. The longer they spend with you the fewer people they can call and bug. But again, be careful and never say yes. I always just tell them I am on the Do Not Call list and if they call me agian I will see them in court. I then tell them to remove my number from their list.
But be careful spoofing long distance telemarketers. They are trained that the first yes is all it takes for the switch and you will get slammed, crammed and screwed. So, call your phone company and tell them to put every precaution in place, all the pic blocks, etc. So you don't get switched or stuck with charges for stuff you didn't order.
Edit: When keeping them on the phone, a great way to do that is to ask them to hold periodically. Then just lay the phone down and go about your business. If you don't want them to hangup, you will have to pick the phone up occassionally and start to listen to their pitch before asking the to hold again.