is been 5 minutes so far........

[lugeboy]

Man I love Telemarketers.
Me- Hello
TM- yes can I please speak with somebody in the house who resides there and is over the age of 18.
Me- Sure hang on a sec

itès been 5 minutes and he is still on the line........
I winder how many more posts I can in in this time

[Ryry4]

Keep him on the line all afternoon, you'd be doing everyone on his call list a favor.

[lugeboy]

HA HA HA
I heard him hang up and lone behold he calls back and says I think we got cut off, I told him no you were extremely rude to him he said hello like 5 or 6 times TM said well I didnt hear him I said you wont he is deaf and can only sign.... there was a pause, then a humph and a click. Oh what is better then messin with Tms during the day

[Ryry4]

:sHa_shakeshout:

[thepyrofish]

I just got a call here at work for some special travel BS. I spoke to the guy in broken French until he hung up. I like to mess with 'em, but I have no patience for the long-con.

[gramps73]

Funny
I have been lucky enough to have been drawn 3 times for 1 million travel miles...

[Ryry4]

I just got a call here at work for some special travel BS. I spoke to the guy in broken French until he hung up. I like to mess with 'em, but I have no patience for the long-con.

I bet ya the same guy called here a little while ago.

[FishingMOM]

Funny
I have been lucky enough to have been drawn 3 times for 1 million travel miles...

I get that call 5 times a day on the work phones.
Found out pressing 0 gets you removed from their list.
AMAZINGLY I havent had those calls in ages now.

[Greenshed]

Ha Ha,

Me, I always do the Jerry Seinfeld thing and say" just a minute I have something on the stove..."

[I-Love-Eyes]

Three Little Words That Work!
(1)The three little words are: 'Hold On, Please...'
These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting..

Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call, and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!

[Albertadiver]

Funny this is what all the ladies do that BB416 calls to go out on dates....

[Okotokian]

Sort of childish IMHO. You are dealing with someone who probably can't get a better job. Some of these telemarketing places participate in hiring people with disabilities.

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling. It serves no useful purpose except your own enjoyment. Now I have no problem jerking around scam artists, but not someone trying to legitimately make a living.

[chubbdarter]

i have a buddy who has a porno taped on his pvr....he says wait a minute im just finnishing up please hold....he leaves the phone near the tv and even after 1hour they are still on the line waiting.

[Rod1960]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5uhjJFTiE

[lugeboy]

Sort of childish IMHO. You are dealing with someone who probably can't get a better job. Some of these telemarketing places participate in hiring people with disabilities.

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling. It serves no useful purpose except your own enjoyment. Now I have no problem jerking around scam artists, but not someone trying to legitimately make a living.

Nah tired of saying no thank you, there getting paid anyways so mabye it puts a smile on there job

[FishingFrenzy]

Sort of childish IMHO. You are dealing with someone who probably can't get a better job. Some of these telemarketing places participate in hiring people with disabilities.

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling. It serves no useful purpose except your own enjoyment. Now I have no problem jerking around scam artists, but not someone trying to legitimately make a living.

:snapoutofit:

No fun in that. Telemarketers real job is stress relief.. Love messing with them!

Surveys are more fun. "Sir, What do you feel the Canadian governments biggest problem is" Me: "Too much beer.... eh"
"Sir, What is your favorite TV genre" Me: "Barnyard porn... or drama, thats a tough one"

:sHa_shakeshout:

[Ken07AOVette]

I love using the Abraham Simpson voice...

Hellooooo....

They start talking, wait 5 seconds


hellooooo.....


Same again, wait 10 seconds,right in the middle of the speech


Helloooo....


Wait, I have to poop....drop phone, come back



Helloooooo....

[birchy]

Three Little Words That Work!
(1)The three little words are: 'Hold On, Please...'
These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting..

Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.

Then when you eventually hear the phone company's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call, and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/telemarket.asp


I have a VOIP phone system that allows me to screen calls, so now when a telemarketer calls me I'll say, "I'm sorry but this is a really bad time, can you call me back in 10 minutes?" Every single one so far has said, "yes, no problem." Then I'll log in to my VOIP portal, select the number from the incoming call log, choose "screen call", and then either forward their number to a previous telemarketer, or put them on "virtual ring". So when the call, on their end they hear it ringing and ringing and ringing, but on my end, the phone isn't ringing at all. You can do lots of great stuff with VOIP!

Before that, I used to say, "i'm not interested, please don't call again" (like the above poster), then when they kept talking, I'd cut them off and say "NO, I said I'm not interested, do you respect that?" A few times I might have had to say it twice, but the respect line worked just about everytime..

[Okotokian]

Nah tired of saying no thank you, there getting paid anyways so mabye it puts a smile on there job
Why do I bother???? LOL :1041:

[Banger]

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling.

Well i dont think anything you do will stop "the next one" from calling. May as well get some personal enjoyment out of it.

[chubbdarter]

try screaming......PUDDLES

[Redfrog]

Sort of childish IMHO. You are dealing with someone who probably can't get a better job. Some of these telemarketing places participate in hiring people with disabilities.

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling. It serves no useful purpose except your own enjoyment. Now I have no problem jerking around scam artists, but not someone trying to legitimately make a living.

Good job young Jedi warrior. :) You are correct yet again.:sHa_shakeshout:

I enjoy the calls. They usually spring from the east=liberal and it gives me new meat for the conservative grinder.:)

I think I'll try to get a job as a telemarketer. I won't call anyone but when they call me I'll sell them a new ipad....whatever that is.:confused0024: Sorry I'm not up to speed on feminine products.

[Fisherpeak]

If it`s a woman (and the wife ain`t in the room) I usually start asking them what they look like,what they are wearing,what do you like in bed......"Sir,that`s not why I called" Yeah but since you are here........can you guess what I`m doing now Baby....
Ask for their home number.
I never seem to get call backs.Lousy way to meet girls.

[Jwood 456]

I remember I would monthly recieve this annoying automated vaction tellemarketing thing where I would first hear the abnoxious "Booong!", "Booong!" of ship horns. Then I would hear some sales pitch voice say something like "You Won A Free Vacation" then all of the other bla to bla to follow.:huh:

I also remeber that I would get this other telemarketer that would try to sell phone plans to me. As soon as I picked up the phone, they would say things like "What plan do you want to get?." in a loud pushy toan.:mad0030:, After trying to talk my way out of their sales pitch, :waiting4: I would just say "I've got to go now" and hang up.:argue2:

Those are just some of the more memorable incidents with telemarketers.

BTW this a funny audio recording of a telemarketing prank. http://www.maniacworld.com/Best-Telemarketer-Prank-Ever.html

[AxeMan]

Sort of childish IMHO. You are dealing with someone who probably can't get a better job. Some of these telemarketing places participate in hiring people with disabilities.

A more appropriate response would be to quickly say "Sorry, I'm not interested. Please don't call again. Thank you. Goodbye". Jerking the guy around won't stop the next telemarketer from calling. It serves no useful purpose except your own enjoyment. Now I have no problem jerking around scam artists, but not someone trying to legitimately make a living.

Don't you ever get tired of being nice?

[jacobin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl5uhjJFTiE

:lol::lol:

I listen to this about every 6 months, and it still makes me laugh my arse off.

I nearly choked that first time I heard it I was laughing so hard.

Priceless..

[elkhunter11]

I usually tell them that someone is at the door, then I go back to watching television until I hear the phone beeping after they hand up.

[berjerkin]

one time i told buddy to hang on a minute. then i proceded to take a shower and shave. he was still there after 20 minutes, so i told him to hang on again. he gav up after 45 minutes.:sHa_shakeshout:

[dumoulin]

What I find works great is if you tell them that the person they are looking for has died in a horrific car crash and has been burnt alive. They usually pause, then hang up. Another good one is to get wraped up in whatever they are selling and string them along and then ask really personal questions about their hygene or sexuality. Gotta have fun :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[Photoplex]

(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.

This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home.

What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call, and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!

My understanding for the cause of those silent calls is the following:

Company only hires 50 telemarketers. System dials 100 numbers at the same time, thinking that only 50 people will answer. 51 people answer their phones. 50 of the calls get instantly transferred to a telemarketer. One call has nobody to be transferred to, and you hear silence.

The UK government just cracked down on some big companies (one international bank) for this exact practice - they call it "silent calling" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12331160).

[pikergolf]

I remember I would monthly recieve this annoying automated vaction tellemarketing thing where I would first hear the abnoxious "Booong!", "Booong!" of ship horns. Then I would hear some sales pitch voice say something like "You Won A Free Vacation" then all of the other bla to bla to follow.:huh:

I also remeber that I would get this other telemarketer that would try to sell phone plans to me. As soon as I picked up the phone, they would say things like "What plan do you want to get?." in a loud pushy toan.:mad0030:, After trying to talk my way out of their sales pitch, :waiting4: I would just say "I've got to go now" and hang up.:argue2:

Those are just some of the more memorable incidents with telemarketers.

BTW this a funny audio recording of a telemarketing prank. http://www.maniacworld.com/Best-Telemarketer-Prank-Ever.html


My son loves these guys, he gets all excited, laps up the sales pitch, and when they want his credit card number he gives them all the information but messes up the number, they go thru that a few times before it slowly begins to dawn on the sales guy; no sale. When he told me this I almost hit the floor laughing because I know how much he would enjoy doing it.

[jacob1202]

or when they call you and the automated voice says hold please an agent will be right with you... them ones make me growly

[lugeboy]

My son loves these guys, he gets all excited, laps up the sales pitch, and when they want his credit card number he gives them all the information but messes up the number, they go thru that a few times before it slowly begins to dawn on the sales guy; no sale. When he told me this I almost hit the floor laughing because I know how much he would enjoy doing it.

I think I'll try that one tomorrow, I wonder if a visa number 4506 1234 5678 9012 with an expiry date of 12/25 is to obivious
:sHa_shakeshout::fighting0030::fighting0030::fight ing0030:

[Alberta Bigbore]

HA HA HA
I heard him hang up and lone behold he calls back and says I think we got cut off, I told him no you were extremely rude to him he said hello like 5 or 6 times TM said well I didnt hear him I said you wont he is deaf and can only sign.... there was a pause, then a humph and a click. Oh what is better then messin with Tms during the day

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha omg i think i pee'd a little :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[Arn?Narn.]

I just play with them


TM: we have a deal for you sir. We are installing alarm systems in your neighborhood and...

Mike:Are you saying people are trying to break into my house?

TM" No sir, what I'm...

Mike:well are they or aren't they?

TM" are they or aren't they what?

Mike: Trying to get in...can you see them?

TM" no sir, what we are offering.

Mike" Shhhhhhhh...i can hear one of them. Can you see them on your screen?

TM" I do not have a screen that...

Mike: shhhhhhhhhh.....one of em is inside....what's your name, I will need a witness... are you recording this on the camra?

TM: Sir is no Camera, we are offering...

Mike: I'm just ****tin ya man, I don't want an alarm, later...click

[BEL]

A buddy of mine just loves it when he gets one on the phone. He is retired and says getting one on line just makes his day. He will talk and talk and talk, not letting the telemarketer get a word in edgewise. Too funny to hear him tell you about his many conversations. BEL

[827rotax]

This one from a radio show is awesome Tom Mabe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW7MQ-8jJGg