Topic: Get rid of telemarketers (Poor ma's telezapper)
started by: WillyPete
Posted by WillyPete on Jun. 29 2002,18:27
< http://home.attbi.com/~dakine/defeat.htm >Has the tones to record to your ans machine - they think your number is non-existant.
Posted by Beldurin on Jun. 29 2002,18:31
nah...here in Indiana we have this little list that you can get your name on that says telemarketers from in-state are forbidden to call you. It's awesome.
Posted by just_dave on Jun. 29 2002,18:33
We got one too here in Kentucky .. its nice our number of calls has dropped drastically..dave
Posted by Wolfguard on Jun. 29 2002,20:37
I just keep the 120db air horn i used to start paintball games with by the phone.Talk real quiet so they turn up the volume to hear you and blast them with the air horn and hang up.
They never call back...
Posted by Beldurin on Jun. 29 2002,20:57
rofl...can always count on you for a sane, rational, mature solution that works out in everyone's best interest.I love it!
Posted by Rhydant on Jun. 29 2002,21:12
i kind of like telemarketers. its fun to fuck with them.
Posted by Darth Liberus on Jun. 30 2002,02:57
sweet! thanks for the link.the other thing that helps is screaming "PUT ME ON YOUR DO NOT CALL LIST!" and hanging up. Telemarketers are required by federal law to maintain a Do Not Call list. If you ask to be put on it, they must do so, and they cannot call anyone on that list. But you have to ask to be put on the list specifically - "don't call me again!" isn't good enough.
Posted by Bob_the_Cannibal on Jun. 30 2002,06:35
I love fucking with the telemarketers. if you have nothing to do, and aren't expecting a call, string them along, or, try to sell something to them... 
I prefer asking to speak to their supervisor, and ask who they bought my name from, and keep going up as far as I can, until I get an answer. then I ask what their number is, and tell the people at the first agency, not to call me.
then I talk to the list seller, and tell them to remove me from _their_ list. cut my telemarketer calls by about 30%. Not easy, and takes a while...
Posted by Beldurin on Jun. 30 2002,09:43
heh...one called for me once while I wasn't home. My roommate answered...here's an approximation of the call.TM=telemarketer, RM=roommate
TM: "Is Mr. Price there?"
RM: "No, he's at a funeral."
TM: "Oh, is Mrs. Price there?"
RM: "It's Mrs. Price's funeral."
TM: silence....
Posted by TonyDennis on Jun. 30 2002,09:53
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