There should be a law...
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hehe. To be honest, I'm very civil on the phone. I'm getting better at interrupting a motor-mouth and saying "Sorry for interrupting but I am really not interested." but it can still be hard at times. I'd see if your wife's civility can be used towards "no calls during dinner time." Take it off the hook. Civility towards your own family first.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
Bah. If I'm feeling mellow I say "We don't take sales calls!". If I'm cranky, I tell them "Bugger off!".
Software Zen:
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I had one of these the other day, telling me that the factory warranty on my car was about to expire. Well, I just bought a "new" car (2001 VW), so I was curious about it's supposed warranty. I pressed "1" to speak to a representative, basically to ask them what car they were referring to and then to tell them "politely" to please never call me again. Well, I pressed "1" and after 30 seconds of silence I was disconnected. Not to be dissuaded, I called them back on the number that they had called me from, and got the unavailable message from the phone company. I'm curious as to how exactly this is a scam? These people are obviously too stupid to scam anyone, since it is impossible to actually get in contact with them. Oh well, I guess I'll get back to sending out name corrections in reply to all these emails that have me confused with someone else...
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On some phone systems, pressing a number (1 or 9?) allows them to make long distance phone calls on your number. They don't need to talk to you afterwards. I get them all the time claiming to be a credit card company with problems on my card. :laugh:
"Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..." "There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."
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There should be a law that prohibits the obfuscation, spoofing, or otherwise transmitting anything other than the actual phone number you're calling from. I just got a call from the number 123-456-7890. The funny thing is I knew exactly who it was - an automotive warranty service that has been widely identified as a scam.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001Have a real live police whistle hanging by your phone. If one of 'em gets through - or you have had a bad day and just feel like it - hold the whistle to the mouthpiece and blow it as loud and long as possible.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Here in the US the person receiving calls can block calls that won't show the number but it doesn't work very well. Businesses can still call in ,the id shows 'no data'. To stop pesky telemarketers we have the Do Not Call list we can sign up for, but it doesn't work really good either.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
Dirk Higbee wrote:
To stop pesky telemarketers we have the Do Not Call list we can sign up for, but it doesn't work really good either.
That's not the list's fault.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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We get the same calls on our home number. I wish I knew which car they're calling about since we've got cars from model years 2000, 1992, and 1970. Which warranty is about to expire...? :~
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
Big Daddy Farang wrote:
Which warranty is about to expire...?
The one that suffers a major problem the very next day.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Big Daddy Farang wrote:
Which warranty is about to expire...?
The one that suffers a major problem the very next day.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
I guess I should start answering those calls then. If it's not too late, that is. The messages always say it's my last chance. Yet they keep calling. Go figure.
BDF A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. -- Moliere
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I had one of these the other day, telling me that the factory warranty on my car was about to expire. Well, I just bought a "new" car (2001 VW), so I was curious about it's supposed warranty. I pressed "1" to speak to a representative, basically to ask them what car they were referring to and then to tell them "politely" to please never call me again. Well, I pressed "1" and after 30 seconds of silence I was disconnected. Not to be dissuaded, I called them back on the number that they had called me from, and got the unavailable message from the phone company. I'm curious as to how exactly this is a scam? These people are obviously too stupid to scam anyone, since it is impossible to actually get in contact with them. Oh well, I guess I'll get back to sending out name corrections in reply to all these emails that have me confused with someone else...
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Before they changed their number to 123-456-7890, it was 702-... a number in Las Vegas. I looked that phone number up on google and sure enough, there are other people complaining about it. BTW, it seems you've wasted your time pressing 1, because they'll just keep calling. Other people are complaining about that too.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Bah. If I'm feeling mellow I say "We don't take sales calls!". If I'm cranky, I tell them "Bugger off!".
Software Zen:
delete this;"Can't talk now, the dog just crapped all over the kitchen floor" :laugh:
Steve
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There should be a law that prohibits the obfuscation, spoofing, or otherwise transmitting anything other than the actual phone number you're calling from. I just got a call from the number 123-456-7890. The funny thing is I knew exactly who it was - an automotive warranty service that has been widely identified as a scam.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001posted here before, but this tele-marketer conversation is a classic - Bob & Tom Show ("telemarketer stumbles on murder scene") [^]
Steve
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Hi, this is Whizzo-Tech-Bang calling with a fantaaaastic new product. Our all new SensiIntelliRoboVox(tm) VoiceMail system will play the message you want your callers to hear, sweet for Mum, hatefull for Telemarketers(*), threatening for the College buddy who wants to borrow your car yet again. Just type in the number and choose from any of 16 custom(**) and 8 prerecorded messages! (*) SensiIntelliRoboVox(tm) VoiceMail will prioritize calls from Whizzo-Tech-Bang, deleting any others necessary to make room. (**) Proprietary Whizzo-Tech-Bang SuperDuper Microphone sold seperately
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me :doh:
:laugh: :laugh: ROFL :laugh: :laugh:
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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There should be a law that prohibits the obfuscation, spoofing, or otherwise transmitting anything other than the actual phone number you're calling from. I just got a call from the number 123-456-7890. The funny thing is I knew exactly who it was - an automotive warranty service that has been widely identified as a scam.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Dirk Higbee wrote:
To stop pesky telemarketers we have the Do Not Call list we can sign up for, but it doesn't work really good either.
That's not the list's fault.
"Love people and use things, not love things and use people." - Unknown
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
DavidCrow wrote:
That's not the list's fault.
nope, it's a programming issue, I believe. :)
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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"Can't talk now, the dog just crapped all over the kitchen floor" :laugh:
Steve
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Heh, heh, heh. I've become somewhat stale, and usually resort to my all time favourite: Me: "Oh, yeah. Cool. Hey, do you guys have incoming phone-lines at your company?" Them: "Yes sir, we do" Me: "Cool. How about advertising, do you guys do that?" Them: "Yes we do, we advertise on ......." Me: "Oh. Okay. Well pardon my foolishness, but what the hell makes you think I'm unable to contact you if I want what you've got?" Them: 'click'... Either that, or I start trying to sell them something. It's always too funny hearing them become increasingly agitated as you waste their time, offering them some crap they don't want.
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Ah, I have my very talkative 5 year old son pick up the phone and chat with the nice salespeople. Usually it ends with him making some type of gaseous noise and laughing uncontrollably. For some reason I find it just as funny as he does. The wife however, just doesn't get the (three stooges-like) humorous quality of it though. :-D :sigh:
Heh heh.... I answer the phone, let them say their bit, then start talking to them as if they were my friend: "Hey, how is your family? Are they all healthy?" "Uh... yeah." "How's the weather where you are, do you like your work?" "uh, fine, yeah, I'm in school, so I can't get too many jobs." "Must suck when they're irate with you for calling during dinner." "Yeah, but not all of them" "What are you studying" "I'm sorry, but my manager is sitting here and I can't talk on the phone right now, really I need to get back to the business" "I hear you, I want to get back to dinner." "oh, well are you interested?" "No, sorry, but good luck with your efforts" "click"
