Today's Telemarketer... I Am NOT Happy!

I do the same every time. I just say sorry you wasted your time but i'm not interested and hang up and i do it the minute i realize that it is a telemarketer.

I heard my neighbor respond to a telemarketer a few weeks ago, and I loved his response.

He said, "George, is that you? I'm so glad you called. I've been trying to reach you. Grandma isn't well and she's in the hospital and you have to get there soon. She's been asking about you. Oh, and that dog you left with us? You really need to come and pick her up. The FBI was here looking for you too. What have you done now?"

My neighbor just kept talking and talking and talking and the telemarketer could not get a word in...so he finally said, "You're crazy" and hung up. Mission accomplished.

I don't give them the time of day. We are on the not call list either. The people you do business with can still call you. I often just hang up. In your case I would just have said that I don't own a home, don't have a mortgage, am debt free, and wouldn't take his money if it would be for free, lol.

OMG, every telemarketer that calls my house just keeps talking. I cant get a word in edge wise most of the time. Normally I say NO THANK YOU but they keep talking so I say, I'm hanging up on you now and I hang up. Right now we don't have that NO CALL LIST but it's coming into effect very soon here. I cant wait to go on it and the second one calls, I will say very loudly, to please take me off their list and then I'll hang up. Telemarketers are used to being hung up on. Everyone does so don't feel bad for hanging up on the guy.
The best thing I did to a telemarketer one day was try to sell them a car over the phone! They tried talking to me about God knows what and I said, well let me ask you something, I work for such in such car dealer and wanted to know if you would like to come in and test drive a new car. We have a 5 star crash rating and it has won the award for best in its class. So what day would you be available to come in for a test drive and we'll find a vehicle that fits you perfectly. By the time I was done my little speal, the telemarketer was speachless and said, have a nice night and hung up!! I just wish I could do that all the time but I usually don't have the time to do this so I just hang up on them.

As soon as I know it's a telemarketer, I just hang up. Period. I don't apologize, say goodby or anything else. I know some people think that's impolite, but I didn't ask them to call, and they're usually interrupting something I'm doing, so I don't owe them anything.

I give them once chance to stop talking to me or else I hang up. I tell them that I'm not interested and that I am on the Do Not Call list which means they are breaking the law. If this does NOT stop them I hang up. I feel like they sometimes are paid more for the longer they keep you on the phone, regardless of whether or not you actually buy anything. I mean, that may not be the case but I feel like some places pay them in that way so I'm not going to give them the satisfaction of keeping me on the phone. You get one chance, and then you're done.

Firstly you have a right to feel angry, he is invading your own private space, that's why I hate telephones, and some of my friends know that I will not answer the phone, unfortunately I have to have a landline because of the internet. I am not the most polite people on the phone and the fact that it's ringing in the first place puts me in a bad mood, it's disturbing my peace and it's demanding my attention, how dare it! I say no thank you straight away and end the call as soon as, if they don't take the message then I will put the phone down on them, I will then dial 1471 to find out what their number was, sadly most of the time, it says caller withheld their number, never had anyone ring again but as you said you don't know they have your details you don't know what they could be doing with it. If you are rude to them could they get revenge? Sinister I know, but not everyone is like that! Oh and to use your first name is far too personal for my liking, it's easy in hindsight for people to give you advice but when you are the phone and in the moment you can never remember everything you should do or say, only afterwards, but, by then as you know it's too late!

I don't 'let them in the door' so to speak.

As soon as I know it is a telemarketer, I say that I'm not interested, ask them to please take me off their list, say thank you, and hang up.

I don't do it in a nasty way, I just do it and I'm done with it. They don't take it personally unless someone is really rude, they just move on to the next call. I don't think any of them are talking about me in the break room.

okay, here is the thing,


I was a telemarketer for 7 y ears.

they have to go on with the spiel or lose their jobs, it is as simple as that, and yes they have families to support as well and a thankless job, full of stress because as nice as you were there are people who are will yell scream swear at the threaten to kill them etc. And they still have to do their spiel.

With a good telemarketing firm, they have to make an offer 3 times, and get a no 3 times and then they can let you go,

so you might start a conversation

with


listen to me,

no, no, no, I have said no three times you are obligated to cut the call now


if that doesn't work, hang up, don't worry about feeling bad about it, we were so relieved when the people would hang up, it was release us from bugging them, for the sake of waiting for the three no's.


the other thing, you said you were on the do not call list,

he didn't answer he was supposed to,

demand to speak to his supervisor, and tell the supervisor this guy wasn't listening to you, and you are on the do not call list,

he might not want to let you through but demand in a very authoritative voice, he will either pass you through or get scared and hang up.

no if that doesn't work,

you see although the do not call list works for most companies it won't for all. Also once they know you are on the do not call list you will still get calls for up to 31 days, it takes that long to go through the system.

but there are unscrupulous companies that just does not give a rats behind,

there is not much you can do about them, unless you can trace the call.

If they leave the phone per chance, like you start 69 and find the number see if you can google it,

then if you get the goods, take it back to the Direct association Associate 1120 avenue of the americas in New York,New York 10036-6700
Telephone: 212.768.7277
Fax: 212.302.6714

Important Numbers:
Consumer Information (Manage Your Mail)
consumer@the-dma.org 212.768.7277, ext. 1888
Member Relations/ Customer Service
customerservice@the-dma.org

and make an official complaint.

good luck

normally, If it's a live person I say, "Would you like to buy some insurance" normally they just hang up, and we do not get another phone call from that particular telemarketer. If it's a recorded person, I click to speak to a live person, and then kindly ask to be removed, and they normally do it, and that does work, or if they provide the option to be removed by click 9-or 1-or something else, I/we do that.