Fed up with calls from telemarketers, Richard Herman of the UK issued
an ultimatum: Call again and he would start charging £10 per minute
for his time.

Herman's warning went unheeded. He continued to receive calls, despite
being on the UK's Telephone Preference Service (similar to the Do Not
Call list). So, he started keeping track of the minutes and recorded
each call on his computer. Then, true to his word, he sent an invoice
to offender.

The invoice went ignored. But Herman would not go gentle into that
good night. He took the marketing company to small claims court and
won for 19 and a half minutes of annoyance. Multiply 19.5 by 10 and
you see that Herman took home about £195 for his troubles, not to
mention the righteous thrill that comes with sticking it to the man.

After the ruling, Herman told the BBC, "It cheered me up to think that
actually instead of being the victim of these calls I can actually
defend myself against them to put the boot onto the other foot." But
Herman isn't done yet. "I continue to receive further telemarketing
calls, albeit from other companies. And I say to them every time now,
that I will charge them £10 a minute if they call again."

Now that he's an expert on stopping the calls, he's sharing his
knowledge. He's started his own site: Say No To Cold Calls. The site
features tips and tricks on how to sue telemarketers who won't take
"Please, for the love of God, stop calling me" for an answer.

Below, you can listen to Herman recount the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...225232323.html

Too bad it wasn't Cardholders Services.

On 10/29/2012 7:16 PM, Metspitzer wrote:
Fed up with calls from telemarketers, Richard Herman of the UK issued
an ultimatum: Call again and he would start charging £10 per minute
for his time.

Herman's warning went unheeded. He continued to receive calls, despite
being on the UK's Telephone Preference Service (similar to the Do Not
Call list). So, he started keeping track of the minutes and recorded
each call on his computer. Then, true to his word, he sent an invoice
to offender.

The invoice went ignored. But Herman would not go gentle into that
good night. He took the marketing company to small claims court and
won for 19 and a half minutes of annoyance. Multiply 19.5 by 10 and
you see that Herman took home about £195 for his troubles, not to
mention the righteous thrill that comes with sticking it to the man.

After the ruling, Herman told the BBC, "It cheered me up to think that
actually instead of being the victim of these calls I can actually
defend myself against them to put the boot onto the other foot." But
Herman isn't done yet. "I continue to receive further telemarketing
calls, albeit from other companies. And I say to them every time now,
that I will charge them £10 a minute if they call again."

Now that he's an expert on stopping the calls, he's sharing his
knowledge. He's started his own site: Say No To Cold Calls. The site
features tips and tricks on how to sue telemarketers who won't take
"Please, for the love of God, stop calling me" for an answer.

Below, you can listen to Herman recount the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...225232323.html

Too bad it wasn't Cardholders Services.


Don't get me started.

Frigging Rachel of cardholder services is somewhere in Asia.

Ton of stuff about them, some funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILa5P...eature=related

On Oct 29, 6:48*pm, Frank wrote:
On 10/29/2012 7:16 PM, Metspitzer wrote:





Fed up with *calls from telemarketers, Richard Herman of the UK issued
an ultimatum: Call again and he would start charging £10 per minute
for his time.

Herman's warning went unheeded. He continued to receive calls, despite
being on the UK's Telephone Preference Service (similar to the Do Not
Call list). So, he started keeping track of the minutes and recorded
each call on his computer. Then, true to his word, he sent an invoice
to offender.

The invoice went ignored. But Herman would not go gentle into that
good night. He took the marketing company to small claims court and
won for 19 and a half minutes of annoyance. Multiply 19.5 by 10 and
you see that Herman took home about £195 for his troubles, not to
mention the righteous thrill that comes with sticking it to the man.

After the ruling, Herman told the BBC, "It cheered me up to think that
actually instead of being the victim of these calls I can actually
defend myself against them to put the boot onto the other foot." But
Herman isn't done yet. "I continue to receive further telemarketing
calls, albeit from other companies. And I say to them every time now,
that I will charge them £10 a minute if they call again."

Now that he's an expert on stopping the calls, he's sharing his
knowledge. He's started his own site: Say No To Cold Calls. The site
features tips and tricks on how to sue telemarketers who won't take
"Please, for the love of God, stop calling me" for an answer.

Below, you can listen to Herman recount the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...elemarketers-w...

Too bad it wasn't Cardholders Services.

Don't get me started.

Frigging Rachel of cardholder services is somewhere in Asia.

Ton of stuff about them, some funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILa5P...ature=related- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Sounds like she was from NYC by the accent

Listen to Tom Mabe telephone call. Hilarious. The one about the cemetery
plot telemarketer and the suicidal victim is hilarious, although a little
dark. I love messing with them if I have the time. When they figure out
you cost them fifteen minutes or half an hour, they will definitely take you
off the list.

Some questions to ask any time there is a break in the conversation:

What color is your underwear?

Do you have a dog? I had a dog named Skippy, but I think Dad shot him.

Do you prefer Ovaltine or Count Chocula?

Is your mother dead? I don't know if mine is or not. Dad says she went on
vacation, but that was four years ago, the same time we got a new pool.

Do you know that phones give you ear cancer?

Are you a homosexual?

Do you wash your dog's privates when you give it a bath?

Let your imagination roam. Nothing like being marked off a telemarketer's
call list PERMANENTLY.

Steve

On 10/30/2012 12:23 AM, Steve B wrote:
Listen to Tom Mabe telephone call. Hilarious. The one about the cemetery
plot telemarketer and the suicidal victim is hilarious, although a little
dark. I love messing with them if I have the time. When they figure out
you cost them fifteen minutes or half an hour, they will definitely take you
off the list.

Some questions to ask any time there is a break in the conversation:

What color is your underwear?

Do you have a dog? I had a dog named Skippy, but I think Dad shot him.

Do you prefer Ovaltine or Count Chocula?

Is your mother dead? I don't know if mine is or not. Dad says she went on
vacation, but that was four years ago, the same time we got a new pool.

Do you know that phones give you ear cancer?

Are you a homosexual?

Do you wash your dog's privates when you give it a bath?

Let your imagination roam. Nothing like being marked off a telemarketer's
call list PERMANENTLY.

Steve



I've picked up the phone and talk to them like a man who's had a stroke.
It really gets hysterical when they go into their sales
pitch and I'm going "Hanng daag mogg goo bagg yugg doo". I can't
help myself at times. When the telemarketers for the local newspaper
call, I put on an act as an excited Chinaman who denies killing the man
and insisting that I already gave my statement to the police and talked
to the reporter and how I wish they would quit calling me about the
bloody murder with the decapitated body and guts pulled out and spread
around the room. ^_^

TDD

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...
On 10/30/2012 12:23 AM, Steve B wrote:
Listen to Tom Mabe telephone call. Hilarious. The one about the
cemetery
plot telemarketer and the suicidal victim is hilarious, although a little
dark. I love messing with them if I have the time. When they figure out
you cost them fifteen minutes or half an hour, they will definitely take
you
off the list.

Some questions to ask any time there is a break in the conversation:

What color is your underwear?

Do you have a dog? I had a dog named Skippy, but I think Dad shot him.

Do you prefer Ovaltine or Count Chocula?

Is your mother dead? I don't know if mine is or not. Dad says she went
on
vacation, but that was four years ago, the same time we got a new pool.

Do you know that phones give you ear cancer?

Are you a homosexual?

Do you wash your dog's privates when you give it a bath?

Let your imagination roam. Nothing like being marked off a
telemarketer's
call list PERMANENTLY.

Steve



I've picked up the phone and talk to them like a man who's had a stroke.
It really gets hysterical when they go into their sales
pitch and I'm going "Hanng daag mogg goo bagg yugg doo". I can't
help myself at times. When the telemarketers for the local newspaper
call, I put on an act as an excited Chinaman who denies killing the man
and insisting that I already gave my statement to the police and talked to
the reporter and how I wish they would quit calling me about the
bloody murder with the decapitated body and guts pulled out and spread
around the room. ^_^

TDD

We get lots of cold calls from India and suchlike.
I don't suppose that trick's gonna work with them.
The word over here was they paid up and he didn't actually take them to
court.
So, dunno which is the right story.

Someone, was it you? Sent a Youtube link. The caller pretended to be a
homicide cop, and kept the marketer on the line for a while. "You do know
that the deceased was a flaming homosexual. Were you romantically involved
with Mr. Jones?"

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"The Daring Dufas"
wrote in message ...

I've picked up the phone and talk to them like a man who's had a stroke.
It really gets hysterical when they go into their sales
pitch and I'm going "Hanng daag mogg goo bagg yugg doo". I can't
help myself at times. When the telemarketers for the local newspaper
call, I put on an act as an excited Chinaman who denies killing the man
and insisting that I already gave my statement to the police and talked
to the reporter and how I wish they would quit calling me about the
bloody murder with the decapitated body and guts pulled out and spread
around the room. ^_^

TDD

The word over here was they paid up and he didn't actually take them to court.

So, dunno which is the right story.


Not sure but I have taken relentlessly calling collection agencies to court over wasting my time with pretended debts and I did win.

You have to send them a letter first setting out your terms of business; buried deep in which is a clause providing for litigation in your local small claims court. You may have also to have buried even deeper within the terms that service of proceedings can take place at the place of calling (your home/office) on which eventuality you will send them a copy by certified post.

It IS a useful tactic to stop these calls although I also find a TeleZapper almost as useful in preventing them.

BY THE WAY: As far as I am aware, there is no script answer for "can you hold on for a second please?" followed by putting the phone down on the desk while you get on with your work. Also, 60-80% of calls which start with a statement that they are recording it for quality purposes will stop immediately if you say in response "In that case, hold on while I turn my one on as well"