what are good things to say when they call? i wanna know cuz theyre starting to call alot lately. today some1 similar called and said "hi this is dave from somewhere... how would you like to do this this and this, and have a dinner for two and then stay somewhere for only $99 per person? you also get to play games and blah blah blah" i couldnt think of anything to say so i hung up b4 he was done listing his crappy activities. i think it would be fun to yell at some1 else that keeps telling you about stuff after u said u arent inetersted.

My friend's dad did this once... He pretened like he was interested in the telemarketers deal and kept asking all these questions, and then after like 5 minutes said "Oh sorry, Ia m not interested." and hung up. Or after they are doen saying all the crap they ahve to say (which they say a VERY fast) be like "Oh osorry, let me go get one of my parents." I did that once and the lady on the other end sighed REALLY loud. I was like "Ha! that's what you get for bothering us!" but i didn't say that.

Oh man, when my brother answers it and they ask for my dad, he goes "Thanks a lot for reminding me. He just died last night. What are you thinking? We are mourning!!" its great He also pretends that my parents just got a really messy divorce and he's like, "No, he's not here. He's in jail for beating my mom." Yeah, it's funny when he does it. lol

I've got caller ID, so rarely do I get caught in a telemarketer's net. In the event that I do, I interrupt as politely as I can, and I tell them I'm not interested.
I don't have the heart to hang up or yell at anyone. I sort of feel bad for them. Just doing their jobs I guess.

Telemarketers are just plain annoying. It would be a cold day in Hell before I became one. For one thing, many people hate people who work in this kind of professions. Second, I wouldn't get a lot of business because I'd probably get a lot of rejections. Whenever my father answers their calls, he simply tells them, "You know, we are not interested and could you please take us off whatever list you have?" He makes it short, simple, and clear and then hangs up.

I know. i'd hate to be one. i mean I hate to even pick up the phone to call a friend, let alone a stranger!

I also heard that telemarketers have their bosses standing right behind them while thye make a call and if a person ahngs up on them, their boss yells at them.

Well I usually just let the answering machine take the call and if it turns out to be someone I want to talk to, I'll pick up the phone. Whenever I do happen to pick up the phone and a telemarketer is on the other end, I'll just say that I'm the babysitter or something and that the homeowners are not home. :lol:

i just tell them to hold on a minute and then hang up on them.

Sarah there was one time where the only job i could get was to be a telemarketer and the tric is to say "NO" twice or say "im not interested please take me off your list." They might call back a couple more times but just keep saying it and they will leave ya alone... :D and they can't call after 9pm it's against the law

I always pick up the phone, and then after they ask to speak to ''so-and-so'' I slam the phone down as hard as I can!!! :p (teach them!!!)

Originally posted by MonarC
Sarah there was one time where the only job i could get was to be a telemarketer and the tric is to say "NO" twice or say "im not interested please take me off your list." They might call back a couple more times but just keep saying it and they will leave ya alone... :D and they can't call after 9pm it's against the law
I've tried doing that before but some of these telemarketers just won't take "NO" for an answer so rather than be rude I just started lying by saying that the homeowners are not in.

oui- c'est bibi! *pause* ne parle!! ne parle!! *hang up*


also i have an air horn from a harbor that i keep by the phone...yeah.

they never call again. :lol:

Originally posted by Titania
oui- c'est bibi! *pause* ne parle!! ne parle!! *hang up*


also i have an air horn from a harbor that i keep by the phone...yeah.

they never call again. :lol:

:rotflmao:

Do this. When they call, tell them to hold for a few minutes while you 'discuss' this with your family, and be away for like 20 minutes. When you get back to them, (They'll still be there since they're so pathetic), say "Yea, I'll have a large with sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, and green peppers, and make that deep dish." When they tell you they're not the pizza guy, say "WHAT??? I spent 20 minutes making this precious decision! This is the last time we order from you!" And hang up. Gives me a laugh every time.

Or like Kayla said, say that that person is dead or had problems like "They were just arrested for a raping spree in our area" or some excuse like that. It's great!

Originally posted by Titania
oui- c'est bibi! *pause* ne parle!! ne parle!! *hang up*


also i have an air horn from a harbor that i keep by the phone...yeah.

they never call again. :lol:
i have an air horn i might try that. lol.

I Usually Hold down a Phone Dial. It Makes this Loud Buzzing noise in their ears :D

Im so sick of telemarketers. They call here like 3 times a day.

Originally posted by Chad Doody
I Usually Hold down a Phone Dial. It Makes this Loud Buzzing noise in their ears :D

Im so sick of telemarketers. They call here like 3 times a day.
:lol: thats funny

I am what I guess you'd call a "telemarketer", except I am not in the business of selling things, I call people for clothing donations for charity, which I do very well because people like to donate and help the blind. But OMG.......having said that, I am SICK TO FRICKEN' DEATH OF TELEMARKETERS who want your money and all that. :mad: I try to be as pleasant as possible with people who want to sell me newspaper subscriptions and all that--and I HATE it when they TRY to get me to go for it anyway...:rolleyes: On the phone, I don't try to get people to donate, they usually want to donate anyway if they have something. We don't ask for money. But listening to some people I work with, I wonder, why the hell am I here? I answered a friend's question about modern art today, he was doing a crossword puzzle and the word he was looking for was Dada, and I explained to him what it was, and he said, "Gee, Greg, you're so smart! What the hell are you doing working HERE?!!!":lol: And I'm thinking, why AM I????

Btw, Dada was a "nihilist" European art movement in the early 1900's that began during the First World War. It was considered "art of the absurd" and reflected the breakdown of society. As I understand it, it was a rejection of traditional art forms in a culture that had collapsed and traditional views of art were no longer necessary or possible.

My mom always pretends to be a little kid on the phone and then hangs up.

I usually tell them that my dad or mom dosent like here anymore (even though they really do).

Btw, did I mention the word "Dada" was pulled at random from a French dictionary? It's the French word for rocking horse.:read: :idea:

Originally posted by Crimson_and_Clover
i just tell them to hold on a minute and then hang up on them.
Ha ha ha!!!

But what about neo-Dadaism?

The minute they start talking, which is usually to say, "How are you?" I say, "What's the nature of your business?" and the instant I establish they are selling something, I hang up. The truth is, though, there is nothing you can do to them during the call that will cut down on the number of calls you will get in the future, because the next time, it will be someone entirely different. Fortunately, my local phone company recently began offering a feature called "Call Intercept," that shuts them out pretty effectively, so I've had a few months of peace. Even that doesn't cut down on the number of attempts, but they no longer get through to me.

My dad pretends to speak Chinese.

And I've been living at school for like 8 years according to him.

Originally posted by King Chad Doody
I Usually Hold down a Phone Dial. It Makes this Loud Buzzing noise in their ears :D

Im so sick of telemarketers. They call here like 3 times a day.

Only 3?? I onc got 3 in 20 minutes. It never fails...I could be online for 3 hrs...the minute I get off, the phone rings. I rush to it, thinking someone was trying to call while I was online...and it's a damn salesperson.


If you ever get on of those telemarketing calls that you answer and no one is there, they're just tryinfg to find out when you're home. Push the # key like 6-7 times...it throws off the computer and they won't call for awhile.

I have a friend who's semi-fluent in Spanish, and she just starts talking completely in Spanish when a telemarketer calls her house.
I have Caller ID, and I've been instructed never to answer calls that are "Out Of Area", so I don't deal much with telemarketers.

:) The best way to eliminate telemarketing calls is to sign up for the national do not call list. Once you sign up on the list, telemarketing centers in and out of your state have a three month grace period to remove your names from their "sucker's" lists.

My parents are on the no call list. We couldn't stand the constant calls we got ranging from credit card sales to chimney sweeping services. The telemarketers were starting to get fresh with us, even if we said no thank you/not interested politely. We were never rude to telemarketers. I understand that they have a job to do, but I couldn't stand the rude, persistant telemarketers.

The list works and we don't get pesky solicitation calls anymore. Last week I got a police charity call, but I told them I wasn't interested and hung up. Charity solicitors are exempted from the no call list since they're non-profit agencies. But I hear they've ripped off millions of people who donated to them. They only give about a quarter or less from each donation they collect to charity and keep the rest for themselves. That's a ripoff!:mad:

I have caller id so I only pick it up if I know who it is otherwise they can leave a message on the voice mail

Have anyone heard of the 'Do not call list"? You enter your info and by certain date they can't call you anymore. I have caller ID and know who is calling but when I get a call in rare occasions now I just politely tell them to SCRAM:mad:

Originally posted by MonarC
Sarah there was one time where the only job i could get was to be a telemarketer and the tric is to say "NO" twice or say "im not interested please take me off your list." They might call back a couple more times but just keep saying it and they will leave ya alone... :D and they can't call after 9pm it's against the law

We've had ones that don't know the meaning of the word no. You could yell it at them and they still harp on, like pissing me off is going to help sell something.

There's really only one word I can use to describe telemarketers that gets the full of my opinion. ****ers

I always say hello and if i know there selling me something i just hang up. like today someone asked me if i had something about a broken glasss i just hung up right away.

The Do Not Call List has worked very well for me. I probably only get 1 telemarketer a week now as opposed to the 20 or so I was getting before I registered.

I used to get bombared with phone calls from telemarketers. But then I put my name on the Do Not Call List and now I only get maybe 1 or 2 each week. Not so bad.

One time when a telemarketer called my house, I told him that my father left us and my mother locked herself in her bedroom and wouldn't come out for weeks. Then I pretended to start crying and he asked me what was wrong and I said, "You have dredged up painful memories!" and he started apologizing. Than I decided to **** around with his mind. He asked me if I was in school and I told him that I was. He asked me if I was on the cheerleading squad. Now, I have NEVER been a cheerleader and I NEVER EVER would be one, but I told him that I was just to see what he would say. He said that he bet I was a good cheerleader and let out one of those manly, grunty, perverted laughs, then asked me if I wore short little cheerleading outfits and that he bet I looked good in the little skirt. At that point, it got pretty weird. This telemarketer was trying to hit on me. I told him that I had to go and he was like, "Okay, once again I'm sorry for bring up those painful memories. Please take care of yourself, alright? Everything will be okay. Just hang in there." It was amusing.

Another time...

*ring ring*

ME: Hello?
LADY: Hello! I am calling on behalf of <insert some company name here... I forget> and I was wondering if you are interested in -
ME: Hold on, hold on.
LADY: What?
ME: What's your name?
LADY: <Insert name here... I forget what she said her name was so I'll just call her Lisa.>
ME: Okay, hi Lisa.
LADY: Hi. Now, about why I am calling...
ME: Who is this?! Is this Lisa?!
LADY: Yes, it is.
ME: Oh, okay. Just checking.
LADY: Anyway... I want to know if you or anyone in your household is interested in -
ME: LISA?! LISA! IS THAT YOU?!
LADY: What?
ME: Oh my god, Lisa! This is Lisa, right?
LADY: Yes! Yes, this is Lisa, like I said before.
ME: Alright, I got it.
LADY: Okay, now, back to what I was saying -
ME: Wait.
LADY: What?
ME: Uh... who is this?
LADY: Ma'am, I am trying to do business here -
ME: Lisa! This is Lisa! It's Lisa, isn't it? Am I right?
LADY: Ma'am!
ME: Lisa, what is your home phone number?
LADY: I am sorry but I can't give you that information.
ME: YEAH, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ANNOYING *******S CALLING YOUR HOUSE, NOW WOULD YOU?!
*Click*

I've had some fun times with telemarketers.

Originally posted by Sourbabie
Another time...

*ring ring*

ME: Hello?
LADY: Hello! I am calling on behalf of <insert some company name here... I forget> and I was wondering if you are interested in -
ME: Hold on, hold on.
LADY: What?
ME: What's your name?
LADY: <Insert name here... I forget what she said her name was so I'll just call her Lisa.>
ME: Okay, hi Lisa.
LADY: Hi. Now, about why I am calling...
ME: Who is this?! Is this Lisa?!
LADY: Yes, it is.
ME: Oh, okay. Just checking.
LADY: Anyway... I want to know if you or anyone in your household is interested in -
ME: LISA?! LISA! IS THAT YOU?!
LADY: What?
ME: Oh my god, Lisa! This is Lisa, right?
LADY: Yes! Yes, this is Lisa, like I said before.
ME: Alright, I got it.
LADY: Okay, now, back to what I was saying -
ME: Wait.
LADY: What?
ME: Uh... who is this?
LADY: Ma'am, I am trying to do business here -
ME: Lisa! This is Lisa! It's Lisa, isn't it? Am I right?
LADY: Ma'am!
ME: Lisa, what is your home phone number?
LADY: I am sorry but I can't give you that information.
ME: YEAH, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ANNOYING *******S CALLING YOUR HOUSE, NOW WOULD YOU?!
*Click*




:rofl: That is funny as hell





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I have a friend whose Mom acted like she couldn't hear the telemarketer and responded with "What? Huh?" and stuff like that over and over 'til the person finally hung up :lol: . I have to admit it IS funny, but I don't know if I could be that rude to one even if it is a pathetic job.

One time they called me and asked for my parents and I said "They're not in right now can I take a message?" I said "Um, whats the best time to call back?" so I said "About half- past never :D" LOL

Originally posted by Sourbabie


Another time...

*ring ring*

ME: Hello?
LADY: Hello! I am calling on behalf of <insert some company name here... I forget> and I was wondering if you are interested in -
ME: Hold on, hold on.
LADY: What?
ME: What's your name?
LADY: <Insert name here... I forget what she said her name was so I'll just call her Lisa.>
ME: Okay, hi Lisa.
LADY: Hi. Now, about why I am calling...
ME: Who is this?! Is this Lisa?!
LADY: Yes, it is.
ME: Oh, okay. Just checking.
LADY: Anyway... I want to know if you or anyone in your household is interested in -
ME: LISA?! LISA! IS THAT YOU?!
LADY: What?
ME: Oh my god, Lisa! This is Lisa, right?
LADY: Yes! Yes, this is Lisa, like I said before.
ME: Alright, I got it.
LADY: Okay, now, back to what I was saying -
ME: Wait.
LADY: What?
ME: Uh... who is this?
LADY: Ma'am, I am trying to do business here -
ME: Lisa! This is Lisa! It's Lisa, isn't it? Am I right?
LADY: Ma'am!
ME: Lisa, what is your home phone number?
LADY: I am sorry but I can't give you that information.
ME: YEAH, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ANNOYING *******S CALLING YOUR HOUSE, NOW WOULD YOU?!
*Click*

I've had some fun times with telemarketers.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

That is too funny. :rotflmao:

what are good things to say when they call?Oh my......Do what this guy did,I dare someone :D

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com

I havent laughed this much in awhile :D


Here is an MP3 of it also:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020106081445/http://content.ytmnd.com/content/b/5/3/b535cbc71bf19df6b931d05f79546921.mp3

I wonder if the guy still makes spam calls??

I for one have always had a negative relationship with telephones. I hated them ringing when I was a child and have to stop what I am doing to run and answer the damn thing. Or some jobs I had of when the phone rang, I had to stop what I was doing and hurriedly answer the goddamn thing. One place had a policy of answering it in three rings. Sort of sucks for the customer who is standing in front of you who drove to your business to have to be interrupted by some lazy lout who wont leave the house. Or if my parents were talking on it there had to be silence in the house without the TV sound on. Or having people having access to us through that apparatus. I do remember before the advent of mobile phones how utterly ridiciulously prices phone bills were. The stupid bill would always be six pages long and the fee was outrageous. I spend very little on my mobile phone service. I make almost no phone calls.

No stranger should ever call someone they do not know. It should be illegal. I remember back in the early 00’s when the "Do Not Call" Telemarketing Bill passed the Senate 100-0. Everyone from the most liberal Democrat to the most Conservative Republican voted for this, because everyone hated telemarketers.

In the late 1990's I was home after a day of job hunting I was home waiting by the phone hoping an employer would call. Phone rang and I picked it up and it was some black girl telemarketer. I was angry and started to cuss her out and ask her why the "bleep" you are calling me!" She told me it was illegal to curse her on the phone. I told her that it's my phone you called and I can say what I want (as long as it isnt a threat).

I do remember me asking "Why dont you quit playing on the telephone and get a real job" "Dis is a real job!" No, it isnt. Calling people for crap they dont want isnt a real job. What, is calling someone selling a product or service will make the person think "Hey, I never knew I needed this until you called me!"

Now from coming home to see my parents, it is now "robocalls". The bastards are not hiring idiots anymore, and doing everything electronically with computer voices. All day long. If it was up to me, I would unplug the landline, go to the backyard and shoot it with my gun and put it in the trash. Problem is that on my Iphone (or I cant find it, a feature) where I can use the Wifi but phone calls are blocked. Dont call me, I will call you (if I feel like it).

The simplest thing to do with telemarketer (or, as there are now nearly 20 years later, scam) calls is to not answer calls from unknown numbers.

You can also add your number to do not call lists, but most marketers just call anyway.

I thought Seinfeld's suggestion was pretty good. Tell them you are interested, but are too busy at the moment, ask for their home number so you can call them back later this evening .

And when they are reluctant to be bothered at home, point out the irony.

Some years ago I put my number on the do not call list but it didn't do any good because I was still getting scam calls.

Now in 2022, I have land line phone service through Spectrum cable. I manage my account on line, and there is a feature that allows the user to accept selected callers only, up to 30 phone numbers can be programmed in to accept calls from, and all other numbers are blocked. This works perfectly for me because there are less than 30 numbers that I want to get calls from. I programmed in the numbers that I want to accept calls from and those are the only calls I receive, no more calls from scammers and telemarketers. :)

I have to remind myself that "they" are trying to make some kind of a living like millions. I try NOT to be too harsh on them if I should answer my phone. I guess they could have pursued other professions like "cleaning and fixing toilets"....

Recently, a telemarketer offered to get me involved in the mass lawsuit against Camp Lejune over their toxic water, along with other U.S. Marines. However, I wasn't a Marine, nor was I ever anywhere near Camp Lejune.

Recently, a telemarketer offered to get me involved in the mass lawsuit against Camp Lejune over their toxic water, along with other U.S. Marines. However, I wasn't a Marine, nor was I ever anywhere near Camp Lejune.

Don't you see this, it's a hit and miss thing for these "workers".....just ignore them. I get so many far fetched calls, and I gently hang up.....

Note: The **** is censored in my post, but it is the derrogatory name I am giving to a character in the story. It is a four letter word starting with C and ending with K which can describe a rooster or a male member.
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I just remembered from the dustbin files of my brain that actually I was a telemarketer for four hours over 30 years ago. I dont know why, but I applied to this "job" (if it can be called that) and the guy who interviewed me was an absolute ****. So this will be his name, (the) ****. This was over thirty years ago, and although the **** was a young guy about my age, was extremely unfriendly and uncool. He said something along the lines that he didnt hire women because they didnt have the voice he wanted (or just he hated women). But why did the **** tell me this? I'm a male. So he did hate women but seemed to love the telephone. The **** saw my phone number on my application and knew where in the city I was from. Which means he has bothered thousands of people by phone over his tenure doing this.

Get to the phone desk and the **** gives everyone a half of a page ripped from the phone book afixed to cardboard. This is my list and these are the people I am to bother that day. I was told not to hang up the phone and always have the phone to my ear. We were selling tickets to a "50's Rock and Roll Review Show". However, I knew by reading the names of the people, that they were of a certain demographic (like you know that DeAngelo Q. Washington wasnt a Swede) and wouldnt be remotely interested in a Buddy Holly impersonation contest. Unfortunatly the **** sat next to me. Maybe if he wasnt sitting next to me and I was stoned off a doobie, I might have come to the realization that this job was a waste and this would be a fun time to sort of prank call the public. "Hey, DeAngelo....I am calling you wanting to know if you want to go to a 1950's music review? Hell no? Then kiss my white ass!" Then DeAngelo can call back and curse out the ****, since he is the boss.


There was a script we had to read, there is the phone and off we went. I do remember one seemingly elderly man who cracked me up after saying my spiel of "what the hell do you want?" But like I said, the **** sat next to me, furiously bothering people himself selling a crappy show that almost no one was interested in. But he noticed my quiet laughter, which probably sealed my doom. I think in four hours of this *****, I sold about five tickets。 I thought I did well, I mean who in their right mind except people on drugs or dementia patients would buy Sha-Na-Na tickets from some stranger calling them? I actually out sold the **** by one ticket. He sat next to me and know this. I out sold the b a s t a r d.

The **** fired me. Turned to me and told me to go home. I was fired. I was really angry about this but didnt say anything, but looking back, I think the **** was absolutely miserable and was an angry person who treated people like ***** because he knew he lived a worthless life randomly calling people everyday selling crap they didnt want and did it so much he knew the locations of every prefix in the city.

Note: The **** is censored in my post, but it is the derrogatory name I am giving to a character in the story. It is a four letter word starting with C and ending with K which can describe a rooster or a male member.Ah man!!