Phone Marketers

Once my brother answered a call on his mobile from a telephone company trying to get him to switch to their service.

My brother got into a heated argument with her about the different services and benefits that they offer, asking her seemingly stupid questions such as "do you provide good telephones?".

He kept this up for about 8 minutes, until his final question was "What about Siemens? Do you have siemen?" to which she replied "No - I don't have any semen".

There was a short pause and then she quickly hung up.

 

Wow, a guilt trip marketer. They really do try everything.

Or maybe it was ihs first day... Most phone marketers are students who do it as an extra job, at least around here.

I find the way to get rid of them is to tell them you don't have any money. They swiftly lose interest.

 

We get them a lot, especially on our house phone, most inconveniently at dinner time. I am usually polite, cos I figure they're just trying to make money to feed themsleves (it's not like it's a hugely lucrative job) and they prob get crap from a lot of people. So I assertively say that I am very happy with my phone plan and that I'm not interested in changing.

I know this is slightly not on topic, but it's to do with annoying things on the phone, plus it's funny:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtEp5yc-g3A&feature=user[/YOUTUBE]

 

It happens more then you would think

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bF5bVi5wKQ[/YOUTUBE]

 

Ooh, try and sound drunk. And maybe ask personal questions in a slurred tone of voice.

 

Were I live you can put yourself on a do not call list and if they end up calling you they can get charged a lot (I for get how much) and when you tell them this they say "Oh, I'm so sorry" and hang up right away. It's aways quite funny

 

i HATE telemarketers!!! they're soooo annoying!!!!! they call our house more than our friends and family members do! i swear!!! everytime i pick up the phone, i say something mean and say quit calling! we dont want anything!! and then hang up...lol

 

I like leading them on then hanging up right before it seems like I'm going to buy something

Giving the phone to my 6 year old female cousin works too

 

Is anyone NOT annoyed by telemarketers?

What is even more annoying is the fact that usually they're looking for the last people tha thad my phone number - they don't even want to talk to me!

I have to confess that I did keep the guy from a competing cell phone company on the phone a long time - just to keep him from making any other sales during that period. :badgrin:

 

Well for a while I used to answer the phone in a foreign accent just saying 'Allo? Then if it was someone for my parents I'd speak normally and give the phone to them, but if it wasn't, if it was a phone marketer or someone I knew, I would just start speaking French, and see how long it took for them to hang up.

 

We also have a 'do not call list' operating here. I put my home and mobile (cell) phone numbers on it the day it started...and I haven't had one spam call since

 

We have that here too, and it does seem to work. I get maybe one a month, and that is usually the automated one telling me I've won a prize.

 

One of my brother's jobs is a phone marketer. We make fun of him all the time, saying that he spends 5 hours getting hung up on lol.

 

i always hang up
o:

and i wonder if they like kill themselves
after getting hung up on

i think it's embarrasing
Q_Q

 

i know a bunch of people that have made horrible comments like:
"that person died earlier in the week" *hang up*

one of my friends said:
"MOM, you can milk the cows LATER!!!! TELEPHONE CALL!!!" *hang up*

and....my all-time favorite!!! (my dad)

"I'm busy right now....is there any chance i could call you back later? perhaps at your home phone if you've left work? no? you don't want that? good, now you know how i feel."