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VGFreak877 Buzz Blob Level: 28  Posts: 288/294 EXP: 123189 For next: 8149 Since: 03-15-04 From: Hillsborough, NH Since last post: 60 days Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I'm sorry, but this has to be the most menial job on the planet. Your responsibility is too call random people on a list from their database and ask them to buy your product (and pretty much piss them off). What some telemarketers are doing now is putting you on a program that they will send you free stuff on a trial basis for a period of time before charging you automatically. (And then you have to call a certain number that they send you in the mail to cancel this "subscription.") It's a new strategy that I think will get a lot of people into trouble. (If it's not new, then it's new to me.) Anybody else have problems with telemarketers or have any stories of telemarketer experiences? | |||
fabio Chuck Level: 45  Posts: 142/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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| I think just about everyone has problems with telemarketers these days. Anyway, these annoying people just keep on calling my house so much that sometimes we have to disconnect the phone line so that they won't be able to bug us. I didn't know that the can put you on certain programs. Do they even tell you if they already put you on some program or do they just put you on a program without letting you know? (edited by fabio on 07-18-05 05:42 PM) |
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Danielle Local Moderator  Level: 76  Posts: 991/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Call and take your name off the database. It's magical. | |||
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Keikonium Banned Level: NAN Posts: 1853/-2459 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 04-02-04 Since last post: 63 days Last activity: 9 hours |
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I have a kinda funny story about a telemarketer. I had like 5 call my house within a day, and eventually I just picked up the phone. They were advertising some food product I think . Anyway, I just kept asking them questions saying just answer this last one and I will buy your product. I asked them all kinds of questions that had nothing to do with the product. They kept saying they weren't going to answer the questions, but I just kept asking. It went on for like 15 minutes before they hung up.Now I heard somewhere that they weren't aloud to hang up on a potential client. Is that true? Anyway, they pissed me off so bad with all their calling, I decided to piss them off by questioning them to death. It was quite fun actaully  ! |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 4665/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I do telemarketing occasionally. It's the most hilarious job ever, especially when you have a tape recorder. |
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Sukasa Boomboom Error 349857348734534: The system experienced an error. Level: 57  Posts: 1336/1981 EXP: 1446921 For next: 39007 Since: 02-06-05 From: *Shrug* Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| We never have problems with telemarketers because we've been taken off the list, and threatened to sue the company that was calling us. it worked. | |||
Possessed Metal axe Level: 17  Posts: 140/161 EXP: 22987 For next: 1756 Since: 06-28-05 Since last post: 100 days Last activity: 94 days |
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| I remember when we used to get calls. One time I remember it went like this... Me: Hey, mom there's a telemarketer on the phone, asking for the lady of the house. Mom: Tell them we don't want any...and tell them to take us off that list. So of course I translated... Me: *on the phone* Hey! We don't want anything you have. And we want you to take us off that list of yours. Okay!?! Female Telemarketer: But sir if you'll just... Me: Shut up! Why don't you leave me alone. I'm on the edge of a mental breakdown. All I needed was love. Can you understand that? Do you know what love is, miss? She hung up and never called back. |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 9338/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Some of my friends have done the job. The money isn't bad but the challenge is staying with it. A lot of people just don't have the willpower necessary to keep calling and dealing with people. Add to that the fact that the odds of you working for a not-very-ethical company are pretty good... |
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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 182/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Actually, I think telemarketing would be a great summer job. You could really add some humor into it, like calling people ma'am when you can tell they are a guy. =P Snika |
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Cruel Justice XD Level: 55  Posts: 965/1384 EXP: 1253266 For next: 60923 Since: 03-20-04 From: Darkwoods Penetentiary Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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One less person I'd give my phone number to!  I kinda think it would be fun but then again, stupid. |
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad!  Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47  Posts: 690/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| I get a lot of calls from telemarketers...and they drive me crazy! I remember one time I was with a group of friends, and we were discussing funny things we could say to telemarketers if they called. One of the best ones we came up with is to act like we suddenly fell in love with the person's voice, and to repeatedly come on to them as they try to sell their product. Now I just need a telemarketer of the opposite gender to call, and I can put this into action! |
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86  Posts: 3153/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by CheesePieOkay, best idea ever... Though, why does it have to be the opposite gender? (Gets multiple stares from people who dont exist)  |
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 5903/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Two good ways to get rid of them: 1) Call a number that doesn't exist. Record that beeping sound it makes (use a good high-quality recorder; a tape probably won't work). Play that when you answer the phone. Automated dialers will assume the number is invalid and remove it! (Telezapper does this.  )2) Just answer, and if it's a telemarketer just keep on talking "I can't come to the phone, leave a message, BEEP" and hang up. Though if you tell them to stop calling you and remove you from their list, they have to. And don't buy that "we just call random numbers" excuse. One, they can keep a list of who not to call, and two, nobody does that because they'd get tons of modems and invalid numbers.  |
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Cornellius Buster Beetle Level: 33  Posts: 311/460 EXP: 224182 For next: 4997 Since: 06-04-04 From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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| "Call soon ! Call in 30 mins and get 30 $ off !!" And the very same commercial been on tv for what, 1.5 year ? |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 2289/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I dislike telemarketers, but I don't get many calls from them. Last one I got the telemarketer went "Hello little girl, can I speak to your mommy?" so I hung up.  I don't sound that young.. |
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad! Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47 Posts: 702/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| Oh, oh, I got another idea! When a telemarketer calls, you talk to them and try to sell them a product of your own! They'd be so confused! I'd love to hear their reaction. | |||
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HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 5938/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by Tarale When they do that you just get a dog to bark at them or something. |
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