Bleh! What's with recorded telemarketers?
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I just got another telemarketer. heh.<br><br><br><br>
A few weeks ago someone left a message on my machine looking for investors... it sounded like such a scam. *L*<br><br><br><br><br><br>
I think I will make my next number unlisted.
A few weeks ago someone left a message on my machine looking for investors... it sounded like such a scam. *L*<br><br><br><br><br><br>
I think I will make my next number unlisted.
I love it when they call me and tell me that I've been preapproved for their Mastercard/Visa. I usually let out a squeal of joy and say "Oh THANK YOU JESUS, I never thought I'd ever be able to get credit again for the rest of my life!!" That usually gives them pause . . . <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
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"><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="">They are illegal in the united states. Write your state attorney general with all information you have about them. You may also be able to sue them in small claims court. I have some links to some sites that tell about this. The problem has been getting worse lately, so we need to try to stand up for ourselves. OH has an online complaint form for the attorney general. Your state may have one, too.
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<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by Bankruptor</i><br><br><b>I love it when they call me and tell me that I've been preapproved for their Mastercard/Visa. I usually let out a squeal of joy and say "Oh THANK YOU JESUS, I never thought I'd ever be able to get credit again for the rest of my life!!" That usually gives them pause . . . <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""></b></div>
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I like how they try to make you feel special about getting preapproved.
<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by Bankruptor</i><br><br><b>I love it when they call me and tell me that I've been preapproved for their Mastercard/Visa. I usually let out a squeal of joy and say "Oh THANK YOU JESUS, I never thought I'd ever be able to get credit again for the rest of my life!!" That usually gives them pause . . . <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="
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*L*<br><br><br><br>
I like how they try to make you feel special about getting preapproved.
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<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by Marie</i><br><br><b>Recorded telemarketers are illegal? Really?</b></div>
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From the Telephone Consumer Protection Act:<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">From Subpart L - Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
No person may<br><br><br><br>
Initiate any telephone call (other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party) using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice,<br><br><br><br>
To any emergency telephone line, including any 911 line and any emergency line of a hospital, medical physician or service office, health care facility, poison control center, or fire protection or law enforcement agency;<br><br>
To the telephone line of any guest room or patient room of a hospital, health care facility, elderly home, or similar establishment; or<br><br>
To any telephone number assigned to a paging service, cellular telephone service, specialized mobile radio service, or other radio common carrier service, or any service for which the called party is charged for the call;<br><br><i><b>Initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called party, unless the call is initiated for emergency purposes or is exempted by sec. 64.1200(c).</b></i><br><br>
Use a telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a telephone facsimile machine.<br><br>
Use an automatic telephone dialing system in such a way that two or more telephone lines of a multi-line business are engaged simultaneously.</div>
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Some good sites to help you with telemarketers:<br><br><a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/" target="_blank">http://www.junkbusters.com/</a><br><br><br><br><a href="http://webmill.com/prvtctzn/" target="_blank">http://webmill.com/prvtctzn/</a>
<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by Marie</i><br><br><b>Recorded telemarketers are illegal? Really?</b></div>
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From the Telephone Consumer Protection Act:<br><br><div class="quote-container"><span>Quote:</span>
<div class="quote-block">From Subpart L - Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
No person may<br><br><br><br>
Initiate any telephone call (other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party) using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice,<br><br><br><br>
To any emergency telephone line, including any 911 line and any emergency line of a hospital, medical physician or service office, health care facility, poison control center, or fire protection or law enforcement agency;<br><br>
To the telephone line of any guest room or patient room of a hospital, health care facility, elderly home, or similar establishment; or<br><br>
To any telephone number assigned to a paging service, cellular telephone service, specialized mobile radio service, or other radio common carrier service, or any service for which the called party is charged for the call;<br><br><i><b>Initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the prior express consent of the called party, unless the call is initiated for emergency purposes or is exempted by sec. 64.1200(c).</b></i><br><br>
Use a telephone facsimile machine, computer, or other device to send an unsolicited advertisement to a telephone facsimile machine.<br><br>
Use an automatic telephone dialing system in such a way that two or more telephone lines of a multi-line business are engaged simultaneously.</div>
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Some good sites to help you with telemarketers:<br><br><a href="http://www.junkbusters.com/" target="_blank">http://www.junkbusters.com/</a><br><br><br><br><a href="http://webmill.com/prvtctzn/" target="_blank">http://webmill.com/prvtctzn/</a>
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Telemarketers are sooooo annoying! Every few weeks I get a recorded message on my machine from this one stupid telemarketer about how I can win some trip by signing up for whatever it is he is talking about. I'm so sick of hearing his voice of my machine! (at least they call while I'm at work so I dont actually have to answer the phone!)
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I've never heard a recorded telemarketing message! I seldom even get telemarketers. I do get Jehovah's Witnesses though. <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/grin.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=""> I think the 'heathen' must ooze out of my pours and attract them.
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<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by majake</i><br><br><b>i like recorded telemarketers, they are the only people i feel comfortable hanging up on. Otherwise i have to stay on the phone explaining that i dont want what they are trying to sell.</b></div>
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Really? Heh, I just say "ok great... this sounds good, hang on a second please." Then I lay the phone down next to one of my speakers and put on some (really bad) Yoko Ono music I downloaded and go about my work. I've often wondered how much they endure before hanging up.
<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by majake</i><br><br><b>i like recorded telemarketers, they are the only people i feel comfortable hanging up on. Otherwise i have to stay on the phone explaining that i dont want what they are trying to sell.</b></div>
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Really? Heh, I just say "ok great... this sounds good, hang on a second please." Then I lay the phone down next to one of my speakers and put on some (really bad) Yoko Ono music I downloaded and go about my work. I've often wondered how much they endure before hanging up.
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You should record yourself saying "No thank you" over and over, and when a live telemarketer calls play it to them.<br><br><br><br>
I was screwing around with a telemarketer about investment oportunities. After the initial call (where I expressed an interest in those opportunities), the next time they called back to organise a meeting time I said "Oh, Kurmudgeon has gone away for a few weeks" (I disguised my voice).<br><br>
So after a few weeks they called back and I kept organising a date for them to call back to see if I had spare time to discuss it. This went on for a while, then I finally told them I changed my mind about it all. The guy (it was always the same guy) sounded quite annoyed.<br><br>
Didn't cost me a cent, only required a few minutes of my time every few weeks, and gave me satisfaction.
I was screwing around with a telemarketer about investment oportunities. After the initial call (where I expressed an interest in those opportunities), the next time they called back to organise a meeting time I said "Oh, Kurmudgeon has gone away for a few weeks" (I disguised my voice).<br><br>
So after a few weeks they called back and I kept organising a date for them to call back to see if I had spare time to discuss it. This went on for a while, then I finally told them I changed my mind about it all. The guy (it was always the same guy) sounded quite annoyed.<br><br>
Didn't cost me a cent, only required a few minutes of my time every few weeks, and gave me satisfaction.
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<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by majake</i><br><br><b>i like recorded telemarketers, they are the only people i feel comfortable hanging up on. Otherwise i have to stay on the phone explaining that i dont want what they are trying to sell.</b></div>
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As soon as I figure out what it is, I talk right over them and say, "Sorry not interested" and hang up.<br><br><br><br>
When I have more patience, I ask who they are and tell them to put me on their do not call list. If they violate that more than twice in the next year, you can sue for $500.
<div class="quote-block"><i>Originally posted by majake</i><br><br><b>i like recorded telemarketers, they are the only people i feel comfortable hanging up on. Otherwise i have to stay on the phone explaining that i dont want what they are trying to sell.</b></div>
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As soon as I figure out what it is, I talk right over them and say, "Sorry not interested" and hang up.<br><br><br><br>
When I have more patience, I ask who they are and tell them to put me on their do not call list. If they violate that more than twice in the next year, you can sue for $500.
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