How do you deal with telemarketers?
by 
Squirrel Face
ANSWERS: 20
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I don't :)
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I keep having them repeat themselves until they give up and hang up on me. Once when I was drunk I told them that I would listen if they spoke only in Pig Latin. next thing I heard was a click.
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"I'm not interested. Do not call here again, and remove me from any and all calling lists."
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Do-Not-Call list.
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I say, "Lo siento, no hablo español." I live in Spain and it works every time.
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They're trying to feed their families just like everyone else
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I politely tell him/her that I am not interested and get taken off the list. No attitude, they are just trying to earn their living and probably deal with enough of people's displaced tempers all day. Sometimes, I'll even make a joke.
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I talk to them well and tell them to include me in their do not call list :) !
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Ask them to give you their home phone number and tell them you will call them back at home later.
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I registered with the national do not call list
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I don't and they are history in a 1/2 second.
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I have caller ID, so I don't pick up.
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With alacrity! Not really. I just always wanted to use that word :) I politely tell them I'm not interested and hang up.
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Make them repeat four or more times. Most give up after the 2nd........LOL
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I don't. I usually hang up when they ask if I am "Mrs. Stiltz" If they don't know that Mrs. Stiltz has been dead for five years, they must not know us well enough to be calling. ~+~
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I act angry and say "I'm going tell my mommy on you and you'll be in big trouble."
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i'm on a do not call list, but before that, i'd say no thanks and hang up when they started their spiel
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I don't; however, when my brother was little, say 10, he answered the phone when one called. He told the telemarketer my parents went to a box factory. When asked when they were expected to return, he replied that he did not know for certain because box factories were such interesting places. You get to see all different sizes and styles, corrugated or not, all different colors, etc. He went on for about 15 minutes before the guy hung up. :D
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I like Jerry Seinfeld's way of handling telemarketers... (I paraphrase) "Hello, is this Mr. Seinfeld?" "Yes it is. Who's calling?" "Well Sir, this is Bob from Publisher's Clearinghouse and..." (He interrupts) "I'm kind of busy right now Bob. Why don't you just give me your home number and I'll get back to you a little later on tonight." "Well Sir, I don't give out my home number." "Why? You don't like strangers calling you at home?" "No Sir." "Well neither do I." (click) (previously posted by me at http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3560878)
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I try to sell them something. I have it all written down.
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