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"mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike A better gotcha is to refuse to answer any questions until they answer some of your questions. Make your questions completely OT like, "What is your water company called", or "Who are your colleagues". |
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I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is
supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike |
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:30:24 -0000, "mh"
wrote: I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike You've never wound them up enough for them to ring you back repeatedly for the next half hour? -- Get away from it all http://www.travelfreebies.co.uk/thomson-holidays.htm Late deals, mega cheap flights and bargains |
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"mh" wrote in message
... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. |
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"mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? I ask for their phone number prior to answering any of their Q's and it always get the repsonse.. brrrrrrrrrrr..... -- Vass ................... '02 YZF-R1 |
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"Ali Mac" wrote in message ... "mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Mary |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... "Ali Mac" wrote in message ... "mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Mary The problem with this approach is that the company should filter out telephone numbers which are registered with TPS. Some telesales companies purchase lists of numbers from unscrupious sources where the numbers aren't filtered out. It is the fault of the telesales companies and they deserve all that they get. |
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mogga wrote: You've never wound them up enough for them to ring you back repeatedly for the next half hour? Yup. ;-) -- *If horrific means to make horrible, does terrific mean to make terrible? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"ABC" wrote in message ... "mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike A better gotcha is to refuse to answer any questions until they answer some of your questions. Make your questions completely OT like, "What is your water company called", or "Who are your colleagues". And, if it's a female, ask what colour knickers are you wearing, that stops them instantly. I haven't yet had a man calling, but if it was, I might ask whether he likes going to bed with other men! Alan |
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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Oh dear, I didn't know you read this newsgroup, I just posted a rude comment! Alan Mary |
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mogga wrote: You've never wound them up enough for them to ring you back repeatedly for the next half hour? -- Get away from it all http://www.travelfreebies.co.uk/thomson-holidays.htm Late deals, mega cheap flights and bargains The first thing is that they can never pronounce my name correctly so that is always a give away. I then always ask them where they are calling from and of course they always lie and say that they are calling from somewhere in the UK. I then challenge their accent and they then say it is becuase they are Indian to which I reply that I know a few Indians and have worked with plenty and none of them have an accent like they do. At that point they usually give up and hang up but I did have one persistant cow who had the nerve to phone me back and tell me not to be racist. And there was me thinking that there with there lies and arrogant attitude it was them being racist not to mention that it is my phone so I will talk to or not talk to who ever I damn well please. Kevin |
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"ABC" wrote in message ... Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Mary The problem with this approach is that the company should filter out telephone numbers which are registered with TPS. Some telesales companies purchase lists of numbers from unscrupious sources where the numbers aren't filtered out. It is the fault of the telesales companies and they deserve all that they get. We get very few such calls, perhaps two a year. I get more wrong numbers. What I dislike more is text messages from numbers I don't recognise and which don't give names yet the messages seem to be designed to make the recipient interested enough to ring back. For example, one yesterday said something like, "we're leaving early for our holiday tomorrow, i'll think of you". I never have rung back. Mary Mary |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Oh dear, I didn't know you read this newsgroup, I just posted a rude comment! I ignore rude comments. They say more about the sender than about me. Mary Alan Mary |
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wrote in message oups.com... Alan Holmes wrote: "ABC" wrote in message ... "mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike A better gotcha is to refuse to answer any questions until they answer some of your questions. Make your questions completely OT like, "What is your water company called", or "Who are your colleagues". And, if it's a female, ask what colour knickers are you wearing, that stops them instantly. I haven't yet had a man calling, but if it was, I might ask whether he likes going to bed with other men! Alan ..and find yourself on the wrong end of a sexual harassment lawsuit. Remember they are probably recording whatever you say. In these days where burglars can potentially end up suing their victims, you can't be too careful. They won't sue as they are in breach of the TPS regulations. If they do try to sue for sexual harrassment, then you can counter-sue for bypassing the TPS filter system. Some of the telesales companies know full well that numbers they call are TPS-registered but they don't give a damn. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Alan Holmes wrote: "ABC" wrote in message ... "mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Mike A better gotcha is to refuse to answer any questions until they answer some of your questions. Make your questions completely OT like, "What is your water company called", or "Who are your colleagues". And, if it's a female, ask what colour knickers are you wearing, that stops them instantly. I haven't yet had a man calling, but if it was, I might ask whether he likes going to bed with other men! Alan ..and find yourself on the wrong end of a sexual harassment lawsuit. Remember they are probably recording whatever you say. In these days where burglars can potentially end up suing their victims, you can't be too careful. Also don't forget the more people that sign up for TPS (and BT's version of it) then the less people these telesales companies can legally call. THey will try and resort to immoral or unethical practices to get their call to you. |
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ABC wrote: Also don't forget the more people that sign up for TPS (and BT's version of it) then the less people these telesales companies can legally call. THey will try and resort to immoral or unethical practices to get their call to you. Yes, we're TPS registered, ex-directory, and have caller id. When the occasional cold caller gets through that lot, the spiel would often be "you recently took part in a survey....". I don't think so. |
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"ABC" wrote in message ... wrote in message ..and find yourself on the wrong end of a sexual harassment lawsuit. Remember they are probably recording whatever you say. In these days where burglars can potentially end up suing their victims, you can't be too careful. Also don't forget the more people that sign up for TPS (and BT's version of it) then the less people these telesales companies can legally call. THey will try and resort to immoral or unethical practices to get their call to you. I hate the idea that TPS will sell your number to "legitimate" third parties. What's BT's version? I can't find anything about it on their website. |
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mh wrote: I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. [...] I got a call from what appeared to be an automatic (but interacting) system the other day; babble, babble, babble, ... I wasn't listening; when I said my usual "thank you, goodbye", it demanded that I answer yes or no. I was busy at the time, so I didn't allow the experiment to continue. Jon C. |
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:40:40 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , mogga wrote: You've never wound them up enough for them to ring you back repeatedly for the next half hour? Yup. ;-) Cool. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :) -- Get away from it all http://www.travelfreebies.co.uk/thomson-holidays.htm Late deals, mega cheap flights and bargains |
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"Peter Lynch" wrote in message
... I got a call from what appeared to be an automatic (but interacting) system the other day; babble, babble, babble, ... I wasn't listening; when I said my usual "thank you, goodbye", it demanded that I answer yes or no. I was busy at the time, so I didn't allow the experiment to continue. Yes, I got one of these calls today, it was asking me how many Sky boxes I had and would only take yes/no answers. Since this had some novelty value (now worn off), I played with it, trying to find out how good its voice recognition was. Surprisingly good actually. I said 'bugger' to the one I had and it hung up. cheers, clive |
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from "mh" contains these words: Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Start talking normally, then suddenly scream, shout "No, the knife" and drop a few pans and things on the floor and make gurgling noises. Then sit very quietly. "Mr King? Mr King, are you alright?" They sounded really worried! Alternatively, the "Stream of consciousness" method. "Oooh, I'm so glad you called. I've been stuck in this flat all on my own for days 'cos my leg hurts so much and it's so good to have someone to talk to after all, the doctor won't come out and the district nurse only stays about two minutes and the neighbours are ever so good but never stay long enough for a good long natter and I'm had such trouble with my waterjbexes and then theres the sciatica and did I tell you the man over the road's spying on my with his WWP aerial and even though I've knitted some bloomers and a hat out of fine silver wire to keep out the rays he's still looking into my head and putting in all sorts of dirty thoughts about the vicar I mean some of the things I've been thinking about haven't even got a name for or at least not a name I've ever heard and the vicar's such a nice man though that wife of his is dreadful it can't be right to go out wearing those sorts of clothes when you're the vicar's wife even in the summer and certainly not when it's not far of freezing and there's an east wind blowing but then that seems to be the sort of thing they do these days I blame the soaps on TV 'cos they're all run by the drug companies to make people depressed so they need more drugs to keep them happy but the government and the aliens behind it tell them to make people wear less clothes to get us ready for global warming which is all a plot by the aliens so that the worlds warm enough to suit their reptile natures 'cos they're all lizards, and I don't mean lounge lizards like that George Lazenby though he wasn't as good as Roger Moore but the best Bond was Sean Canary but he's a Freemason and we all know what they're like they're hand in glove with the other aliens, the ones that are trying to stop the lizard men they look like little goldfish in fact that was what they masqueraded as for years being given away to little children at fairs so as to spread their influence across the world before making their play for world domination did you know that their bowls are that shape because it focuses waves in the ether that they use to communicate with their space ships which are all in orbit around Venus which isn't the hot sulphurous planet they're now pretending it is but more like the Perelandra all wet and fishy which is why they live there in the first place though it isn't really their home world at all and they use the National Grid to control the thoughts of anyone wearing a bicycle helmet so anyone wearing a helmet is under the control of the aliens but they don't know it all the helmet factories in the world are under the control of the fish people who make their money by collecting all the lost socks from the insides of tumble dryers and selling them at car boot sales but not washing machines that franchise is owned by the frog people who are their sworn enemies.... HELLO ARE YOU STILL THERE?" -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:30:24 -0000, "mh" wrote:
|I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is |supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. |Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they |cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me |suppress my anger at these scumbags. |When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell |them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the |stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was |doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. |My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. |Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? I have several killer comments which are guaranteed to shut them up, all of them more or less true. When they are trying to sell me adverts in local papers, I say "that would be no use for customers in Chile". Was that your computer which rang me a minute ago, and hung up before I could answer it? No I am with ???? (a competitor) and so on. -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies. |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Mary Fisher" wrote in message . net... Like it. I usually still say I'm registered with the TPS and could they not call me. Mostly they say 'Sorry' very politely and hang up. Same here. Oh dear, I didn't know you read this newsgroup, I just posted a rude comment! I ignore rude comments. They say more about the sender than about me. If you ignore them how do you know they're rude? -- Chris Green |
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Richard Cole wrote:
When you have the info go to LOL! You really think you would be able to get all that info? They hang up before you have anywhere near enough. On the Indian call centers I constantly repeat "I'm sorry, I can't understand a word you're saying" One chap we did have a great larff with. We passed him from one of us to the other pretending to be different departments while standing the phone by the radio for a few minutes before passing him on again. That one went on for 4minutes 30s or so before he hung up. :¬)) -- http://gymratz.co.uk - Best Gym Equipment & Bodybuilding Supplements UK. http://trade-price-supplements.co.uk - TRADE PRICED SUPPLEMENTS for ALL! http://fitness-equipment-uk.com - UK's No.1 Fitness Equipment Suppliers. http://Water-Rower.co.uk - Worlds best prices on the Worlds best Rower. |
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"mh" wrote:
I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Recently I've had some pratt from the bank repeatedly ringing me out of hours to discuss how they can "assist my business to expand". They always start off by saying "I'm Jo Bloggs calling from...." at which point I interrupt them with "No you're not". This always seems to throw them as they will then try to prove that they really are who they claim to be, to which I respond by dismissing the "proof" they offer - such as by pointing out the bank is closed. This can go on for quite a while if I'm /really/ bored. John -- John White, Electrical Contractor |
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mogga writes: You've never wound them up enough for them to ring you back repeatedly for the next half hour? I had one ring me back and threaten to beat me up. Does that count? -- Andrew Gabriel |
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Guy King wrote: Alternatively, the "Stream of consciousness" method. Absolutely fooking brilliant. ;-) -- *42.7% of statistics are made up. Sorry, that should read 47.2% * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Peter Lynch writes: Yes, I got one of these calls today, it was asking me how many Sky boxes I had and would only take yes/no answers. Since this had some novelty value (now worn off), I played with it, trying to find out how good its voice recognition was. Surprisingly good actually. The moral is that it looks like the end of the line for telesales _people_ as this system must work out cheaper. I believe it's not legal in UK though, not that this seems to worry many of them. -- Andrew Gabriel |
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"mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me suppress my anger at these scumbags. When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then tell them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Get an answerphone. Sylvain. Mike |
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Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote: Get an answerphone. I find 'blank' messages on the answerphone perhaps more galling than cold calls. -- *Proofread carefully to see if you any words out or mispeld something * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"Sylvain VAN DER WALDE" wrote:
"mh" wrote in message ... I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they cannot be held to account... Get an answerphone. Mine once filled its tape with 30 minutes of "You have won a holiday in Florida...press 9 to claim your prize. (pause) You have won a holiday in Florida...press 9 to claim your prize..." John -- John White, Electrical Contractor |
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On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:45:50 GMT, "Sylvain VAN DER WALDE"
wrote: | |"mh" wrote in message ... |I am a TPS (telephone preference service) subscriber which means nobody is | supposed to phone me trying to sell the usual cr@p. | Although it works well, I am getting a lot of calls from abroad where they | cannot be held to account...however I have a new game which helps me | suppress my anger at these scumbags. | When they call, I answer their questions for about twenty seconds, then | tell | them there is somebody at the door and would they hold on. I start the | stopwatch, put the phone on mute and speakerphone, get on with what I was | doing and listen for the hello, hello, are you there ? beeeeeep. | My current record stands at 4m 07seconds from (by the accent) India. | Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? | |Get an answerphone. My answerphone message once said "Hi this is Dave Fawthrop's anti salesperson device. If I would want to talk to you leave a message, salespersons should ring off now" -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies. |
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 07:37:23 +0100, "Bob Mannix"
wrote: | |Well indeed but you aren't getting at the company you are just getting at |the caller who gets paid for the number of calls they make. The company |isn't hurt at all and a low-waged person in a **** job just gets less money. |That's why I don't succumb to temptation and always hang up politely but |firmly and instantly. Then they just ring you back, or worse, hit the "failed to contact" key on the computer, which then rings you again at some indeterminate time :-( -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies. |
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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message ... On Thu, 3 Aug 2006 07:37:23 +0100, "Bob Mannix" wrote: | |Well indeed but you aren't getting at the company you are just getting at |the caller who gets paid for the number of calls they make. The company |isn't hurt at all and a low-waged person in a **** job just gets less money. |That's why I don't succumb to temptation and always hang up politely but |firmly and instantly. Then they just ring you back, or worse, hit the "failed to contact" key on the computer, which then rings you again at some indeterminate time :-( Never had a later call back and only once had a call back immediately. "We seemed to get cut off". Then I deemed it acceptable to be rude! If you make it a definite "No, I'm not interested" they tend to cut their losses as they are, after all, interested in leads not just calls. I did succumb to their charms once when I was offered (before I could put the phone down) a free holiday if I took the Oxford Mail for a month free. Couldn't really see a catch (other than remembering to cancel it after three weeks) and there wasn't one. We got a free room for two nights in a nice hotel and just had to have breakfast and dinner there which was a bit more than we would have paid normally but not too bad. Well worth it as it turned out. Can't think they made much business out of that but that's their look out! -- Bob Mannix (anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not) -- Dave Fawthrop dave hyphenologist co uk Google Groups is IME the *worst* method of accessing usenet. GG subscribers would be well advised get a newsreader, say Agent, and a newsserver, say news.individual.net. These will allow them: to see only *new* posts, a killfile, and other goodies. |
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from Steve contains these words: Nothing like a bit of old fashioned bull****. "No I don't have any windows" Or the door to door window people... "Er hang on" steps outside "Nope, still appear to have the windows there". or "Sorry, I use Linux" or, as happened to Dad, salesman called and told him all his windows were obsolete and needed to be replaced. Dad got it in writing and then asked the firm that had installed them the year before to replace them since one of their own salesmen told him they were obsolete. -- Skipweasel Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain. |
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Steve wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 14:30:24 -0000, mh wrote: Can anyone beat it, or have a better gotcha? Nothing like a bit of old fashioned bull****. "No I don't have any windows" followed by one of "I live in the basement" "I live in a nuclear bunker" "I bricked up my windows to save energy" etc The possibilities are endless. Steve A bit off this topic, but I see that Royal Mail employees have agreed to up the load they will carry. This is so that the RM can post more un-addressed junk through your letter box. It seems there is no way to stop this! |
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Broadback wrote: A bit off this topic, but I see that Royal Mail employees have agreed to up the load they will carry. This is so that the RM can post more un-addressed junk through your letter box. It seems there is no way to stop this! There's a mail preference service similar to the TPS and it really does work for the junk mail that the postman delivers. Now if only there were the same for leaflets, etc... -- *I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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