What do you say to tele-marketers when they call.

[TwoLaneBlackTop]

Usualy i look at the caller idea and dont pick up but some times I like to mess with the person at the other end of the line.

Any one else like to mess with the telemarketers minds? What are some of the better lines you used?

 

[equalizer442]

after placeing a huge order i tell them that im 13

 

[TRBON8R]

When they go into their sales spiel, I just quietly set the receiver down on the counter. I let them talk to themselves. It's hilarious when you walk over and pick up the receiver 2 minutes later and some knucklehead is still busy talking to himself. Hehehe.

 

[Two Lane]

My bud screams:

"NEVER CALL HERE WHILE THE BRADY BUNCH IS ON!!"

and slams the phone down.

 

[Blown&Injected]

please remove me from your call list

that comment stops the sales talk and stops lots of calls

In July the national do not call register will be ready to go in to action

 

[Tom Tom Turbo]

my roommate usually tells them that I passed away this morning or we start talking to them in Sweedish Chef language. Since they can't hang up on you, sometimes we just tell them about our day and ask them if they know any answers to our homework.


A simple no habla espanol works too!

 

[Rogue Leader]

I told one "I just ate my dog"....

"Sorry I am in the middle of dropping a deuce..."

"No Speak English"

"would you like to join my cult????"

"hes not here, im the guy thats robbing his house"

 

[y26]

"I'm busy right now let me call you back"

 

[Quick6]

I like to tell them I am really interested in what they are selling and want to buy it, then I tell them someone is at the door and to hold on while I answer it, I lay the phone down and come back in about 5 min and tell them to hold on till I get rid of the neighbor and I keep doing this until they finally give up and hang up You would believe how long some will wait.

 

[Gokou]

"You know (insert their name here), that sounds really great and all but the voices in my head are telling me not to buy anything today."

 

[jon_we4]

Ive had this happen to me ...

I'll call someone who ordered from us ...or we are working on their car. Their wife picks up the phone and I'm like "Hi this is Jon from Speed Inc --- is "insert name" home?"

and they are "WE DONT TAKE THESE PHONE CALLS!" and hang up



which makes me call back and leave a message saying how I was asked to call or it was about their car.

Jon

 

[TRBON8R]

Originally posted by jon_we4
Ive had this happen to me ...

I'll call someone who ordered from us ...or we are working on their car. Their wife picks up the phone and I'm like "Hi this is Jon from Speed Inc --- is "insert name" home?"

and they are "WE DONT TAKE THESE PHONE CALLS!" and hang up



which makes me call back and leave a message saying how I was asked to call or it was about their car.

Jon

LOL Jon. I know what you mean. I'm in a business where I rarely have phone contact with my customers. Generally no news is good news. Once in a while when I have to contact them by phone I have to scramble to try to quickly convince them of who I am before they hang up on me thinking I'm a telemarketer! I feel your pain!!!

 

[pat83t]

I answered once and when they said my name I just said yes with a slight accent. They went through thier whole speel then I told them I only spoke spanish (in english ). Another person comes on the line and goes through the whole speel again in spanish this time. I then turned around and said Parle vu francias??. Then another person came on and did the speel in french. When they got done. I said in english (no accent) I am sorry but we are not interested.

Another one I let get done with thier speech and said that it sounded really good. I then said " I would like some time to think about this, just give me your home number and what time you set down to dinner and I will call you back.

 

[fighterjet gn]

i tell them : that person is in jail right now, or that person is presently in a mental institution . also my uncle was a little crazy, he said whenever you want the JEHOVAH WITNESSES to stop coming to your house, answer the door naked and you'll never be bothered with them again.

 

[Taffy]

I just hang up. Too bad Discover Card called me every day till I amswered. They sure are some persistant bistards. ERIC.

 

[TRDirks]

I usually dont answer but occaisionally I am expecting a call and pick up the line without looking at the "Out of Area" notification. Most of the time I just tell them that I dont use ar cant use what ever it is that they are selling. Some examples are:

Them: Hi, I am calling from verizon high speed I-net and we are running a special now...Blah, Blah.

Me: I don't have a computer.

Them: Well, Sir you would need a computer for this service.

Me: Oh, I see.

Them: I am sorry to bother you. Good Bye.
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My all time favorite:

Them: Hi, this is your local newspaper calling and we are offering 8 weeks of free delivery and the Sunday paper at half price for life can I sign you up to start delivery tomorrow?

Me: I can't read.

Them: Oh.....Ummm......Oh my....(long pause)..................
sorry to bother you...(click)
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I do realize it is just a job that they are doing and I make it a point not to just hang up on them, but I just can't resist messing with some of them

 

[Pronto]

I got caller ID so if it's blocked I don't answere. A long time ago a young woman called trying to sell subscriptions to the newspaper that I already have delivered. I started asking questions about her and really got her going. If I wasn't married I could have picked her up.

 

[Evans Ward]

We let the baby babble to them or put one of the children on. My 13 year old will go into a spiel about signing them up for a credit card of their own. The other day one was really persistant and I went over to the piano (can't play much) and decided to play them a concerto. I don't think they hung around very long?

 

[buickboy]

I just tell them tht they are terrible at their job. They say "what do you mean", I say "cause you are not getting a dime out of me"

 

[DavzGN]

My wife's former boss, used to tell the caller's he was busy, but if they gave him his number, he would call back when he was done. The caller would start giving an 800 number, and her boss would stop them and tell them that he wants their home number so he can bother them when they are at home.

A guy I once worked with, who used to do telemarketing said that one way to get off the list is to spend 20 minutes on the phone with the caller and then finally say no. The caller now has only 40 minutes to make their hourly quota. If this happens a few times the number is flagged by the telemarketing company as one to not call.

David
87GN