Twenty Responses to Use With Telemarketers

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WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

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Illinois

0 posted 2000-05-22 11:54 PM

I don't know about y'all. But I sure wish I had something to say to these guys when they call. They NEVER seem to take NO for an answer!

So now you have something to say to them too! ROFLMBO!!!

"Twenty Responses to Use With Telemarketers"
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1. If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankrupcy and you could sure use some money.

2. If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died . . . "

3. If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business, how many
people work there, how they got into this line of work if they are married, how many kids they have, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.

4. This works great if you are male. Telemarketer: "Hi, my name is Judy and I'm with XYZ Company. "
You: Wait for a second and with a real husky voice ask, "What are you wearing?"

5. Cry out in surprise, "Judy? Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where she could know you from.

6. Say "No" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.

7. If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends, would you be my friend?"

8. If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood? Can you get out goat blood? How about human blood?"

9. After the Telemarketer gives his or her spiel, ask him or her to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you can't just
give your credit card number to a complete stranger.

10. Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company, and they can't sell to employees.

11. Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the receiver down, scream, "Oh my God!" and then hang up.

12. Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask him/her if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her back. When the Telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their home numbers say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The Telemarketer will agree and
you say, "Me either!" Hang up.

13. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.

14. Tell them it is dinner time, but ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner
conversation.

15. Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and ask if they could bring you some beer.

16. Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.

17. Tell the Telemarketer, "Okay, I'll listen to you. But I should probably tell you, I'm not wearing any clothes."

18. Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your momma?"

19. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . . louder . . . louder . . .

20. Tell them to talk very slowly, because you want to write every word down.

NOTICE: The above have all been tested and approved for use on telemarketers. No animals were harmed in the testing.

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

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Hurricane Alley

1 posted 2000-05-22 11:57 PM

LOL...I have caller ID..if I don't know you, I don't talk to you!!!

wayoutwalt
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since 1999-06-22

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TEXAS (it's all big)

2 posted 2000-05-23 12:02 PM

i was lissening to a radio commercial this guy wants to buy a bible but the shopkeeper wants to sell him a psychic's book and yadda yadda end of the story was that the psychic book was a best seller cuz it came with a book called 100 ways to get a telemarketer to hang up in 5 seconds so the guy bought a copy yuh yuh ...fun post yuh

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

3 posted 2000-05-23 12:09 PM

LOL Sharon! Guess I'll have to give you my number first then eh? LOL

Walt ROFL! If it had that I might just buy a copy too! But I have this now *G*

Alwye

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