Telemarketers

[maxwell]

i was a telemarketer for a few years...did any of yal get sold tickets to some lame assed event like oldtimers hockey, alstarts baseball, shriners circus...etc...THAT WUZ ME YO!!! lmao...or a cal abotu your car for sale...then trying to sell ur car elsewere on our site rather then theres...lmao....freakin dope job...listening to all teh people freakin out made my day....some fo ym favorties were

 

you-how did u get my number...

 

me-is it in teh phone book?

 

you-click...

 

or the god old..hello and you hang up...

 

tip of the day...its protocall to hit teh "callback button" or "recall button" because you did not say yes or no...lmao fricken annoying i no...

 

so nextime u get one of tem on the phone jstu ask to be removed from the database...please and thankyou...

 

or they keep callin and calling and calling.....

 

 

there ya go clive...telemarketers thread!!! at it to teh poll!!!

[LynnF]

Wow....I got lots of those phone calls - especially at work. If I told you what I used to say you'd probably say that you remember me well

[Teck71]

the best was once the arthur murray shcool of dance call with a free lesson

 

Tm "you and your Wife just won a free lesson with the Arthur Murray School of dance"

Me "great I would love to dance .... does it matter that I am in a wheel chair"

Tm "umm ahhh click"

 

then 2 minutes later my business line rings same deal wife answers

Tm " you and your husband just won a free dance lesson"

Wifey " great I would love to get my husband dancing .... does it matter that hes in wheel chair"

Tm " umm ... click

 

hahahahaha i lkove screwin with their heads

[Teck71]

the worst are Debt collector

 

back when I was 20 I got into trouble over credit cards (note: don't drink on credit card, after getting laid off)

 

call comes in about the and very agressive collector comes on

 

DC" you need to pay this all off now"

me (after trying to get rid of him for 1/2hr) " so this card in insured right"

DC " what do you mean"

me "well if I was to say drive my car in to a tree at say 120km/h and die horibly in the crash, I'm insured right"

DC "um yes their is a life insurance"

me " good it will be paid tomorrow .... click"

 

Note to all you do this excpect the police and a councilor at your door right quick

 

(card was paid off the next month)

 

Teck

[Guest bigbadbrent]

hahahah Teck

 

Max, that was always funny when i'd ask u on msn if you went fishing that day

 

"no man, i bugged old people and tied flies "

[maxwell]

lmao amen dude....was nutty..had a solid 4 hrs too tye/prank...i mean "work".....

[Weedy1]

A classic

 

 

Click here if the movie does not play.

[reevesr1]

When my wife answered the phone and it was a telemarketer, she would act very excited about everything they would say. She would say "really, that's FANTASTIC" and "I can't believe it" all the while ramping up the excitement level. She says you could here the telemarketer getting excited as well. When they would say "would you like to purchase one?" She would say, in the exact same excited voice "absolutely not!"

 

I actually felt sorry for the telemarketer. My wife would laugh for hours.

[Teck71]

That is hilarious, I'll have to remember that, for next time

[LynnF]

When my wife answered the phone and it was a telemarketer, she would act very excited about everything they would say. She would say "really, that's FANTASTIC" and "I can't believe it" all the while ramping up the excitement level. She says you could here the telemarketer getting excited as well. When they would say "would you like to purchase one?" She would say, in the exact same excited voice "absolutely not!"

 

I actually felt sorry for the telemarketer. My wife would laugh for hours.

 

I am so doing that the next time!

[lonefisher]

I reallly really hate the new thing they keep callin me with now..... you answer the phone and the automated voice (yeah not even a human that can hear the abuse I sling) says something like "macy's ect ect ect" I swear at the automated voice on the off chance someone is listening and hang up..... Happens a LOT lately..... How do you get rid of that one max?

[maxwell]

When my wife answered the phone and it was a telemarketer, she would act very excited about everything they would say. She would say "really, that's FANTASTIC" and "I can't believe it" all the while ramping up the excitement level. She says you could here the telemarketer getting excited as well. When they would say "would you like to purchase one?" She would say, in the exact same excited voice "absolutely not!"

 

I actually felt sorry for the telemarketer. My wife would laugh for hours.

 

LMAO!!!! thats freakin awsome dude....

 

lonefisher..imnot sure dude...listien too teh full recording...if theres a ...pres this button and we will leave u teh f*** alone ..do it..or u will probably halfto call them and all that automated b.s lalalal hopeu give up so we can keep callin............i hate technology sorta.....

[bulltrout]

all i ever do is start asking them if they've found Jesus yet and they usually hang up...lmfao

[Taco]

I luv the the jackamoe who leaves the 15 min automated messages in my voice mail FBOA <_<

[Weedy1]

I used to be a night manager 25 years ago for a telemarketing company in Edmonton. We sold coupon books that were sponsored by a couple of local radio stations.

 

The books were actually a very good deal if they were used. There was free golf, bowling, oil changes,meals, the list went on. Everything was free, no two for ones or discounts.

 

The guys that owned the company canvassed local business's for the free stuff in the book . These guys could make you give up your mother if they wanted you to. I remember the primary owner coming in one day saying he had just sucked the local lube company out of 5000 free oil changes. (Most would never get used in this type of system.) They were pros, with many years experience working North American cities. They were however crooks, gamblers, drug addicts and con artists.

 

There would be a crew of about 30-40 people working the phones from 9am to 9pm. The people working the phones were of all types. Kids, moms, retired folk, they even had a schizophrenic fellow that lived in a van working the phone. There was a bonus system for the sellers which comprised of making the best poker hand out of the cards they received for each of the books they sold. The bonus money could be quite high if you were a good seller. The place was ran like a casino, really fast paced,high energy type of environment.

 

Some of the people working the phones were quite unbelievable also. These were the type of salesman that would turn around the pranks people answering the phone would play on them and in turn sell them a book. It was a game amongst the better sales people. When a product is "sponsored" by a local radio station that can go a long ways. It was quite funny to hear people's reactions when they the radio station's names. At least 50% of the time they thought they had won something. I would have to verify the orders by phoning the customer after the solicitor was done with them and explain to them the book cost $44.95 and there would be a driver coming to their door. Tough job I know. Can you believe that some people still thought they had won something even when the driver would show up at their door?

 

Delivery was the real smart part of these guys system. Even if the people thought they had won something when the driver showed up at their door they felt obligated to buy anyways. After all most of the drivers were good looking guys due to the fact it was primarily women that would purchase the books. Pretty smart stuff.

 

Now here's the interesting part of it all:

 

-The 3 owners were averaging $300,000+ each per year. (I knew the book keeper well.)

-The managers $50-100000 / year on commission.(Good coin for working 4-9:30PM)

-The drivers made commission.

-The majority of the solicitors? Sweet FA..............

 

I wonder what that coin would equate to in today's world?

 

I just don't seem to get calls from these kind of companies anymore. did everyone catch on?

[reevesr1]

Now here's the interesting part of it all:

 

-The 3 owners were averaging $300,000+ each per year. (I knew the book keeper well.)

-The managers $50-100000 / year on commission.(Good coin for working 4-9:30PM)

-The drivers made commission.

-The majority of the solicitors? Sweet FA..............

 

I wonder what that coin would equate to in today's world?

 

I just don't seem to get calls from these kind of companies anymore. did everyone catch on?

 

Weedy 300K in 1982 would equate to 594K today. Here is a conversion site:

Inflation Calculator

[ladystrange]

oh god i get that macys one at least 3 times a week.

 

i love the collectors. because they dont get paid unless you pay them, but there isnt anything that says you have to pay them and you go direct to the company you owe money to. LOL

 

i havent had one in years though.

 

i think my favourite one was with one of those chain health clubs. i signed up when i was 12 - no adult signing, my mom didnt know. i just signed up and they guy who sold it to me was probably only 18 himself and was working commission. i went for a few years and paid my monthly dues. when i stopped going, i stopped paying. i get a call about a year later...

 

collector - can i speak with mrs tiana thompson (i'm 16 or so).

me - i'm not married

collector - humm, i'm calling regarding an outstanding debt with so n so health club.

me - ok.

collector - you havent paid in over a year and you owe +/- 1200 with interest

me - and?

collector - i'm calling to set up a payment plan

me- i dont have to pay

collector - pardon? you have an outstanding debt and you signed a contract you are obligated to repay this money

me- what contract?

collector - (getting really upset with me at this point) proceeds to explain how i signed a contract and agreed to pay and so on for about 10 min

me - after he finished telling me about this contract, i pause for a moment and say. the contract doesnt apply

collector - rants for a few more moments.

i decide to let the poor guy in on why the contract was not legally binding... gotta love grade 12 law class

me- i agree i did sign a contract, however i cannot be held legally responsible for complying with the conditions

collector - how's that?

me- i was 12

collector - what?

me - i'm 16, i signed the contract 4 years ago. i was 12. there is no parental signature on the contact. i was and still am a minor. i cannot legally enter into a binding contract and be held accountable, my birthday is on the membership, feel free to look up civil contracts... so they can eat the debt, besides, i havent been in a year.

collector - silence. i will notify the health club and have your membership cancelled.

me - i did that a year ago but thanks.

 

i dont think he was very happy about that but never got a call back.

had the same thing happen with my provinical medical plan when i was 17. gave them the same speech and added on that i was an orphaned dependant minor who's mother was unemployed and earnings were below the poverty line (on the books)

[bigbowtrout]

The head security guy at my work loves to tell them to hold on a minute then he just leaves the phone of the hook and laughs when he hears them saying hello hello but I'm going to crappy tire and getting an airhorn HAHA that should fix them.

[maxwell]

weedy that soudns EXACTLY like the place i worked...

[Guest Sundancefisher]

These are two great options for dealing with telemarketers.

 

1. If you have a young child say just a moment... or just hand the phone off. My 3 - 4 year olds could talk to the phone for hours about the fact the Elmo on TV does not talk back when you talk to it and that the Tickle me Elmo is not real.

 

2. Just say sounds great...tell me more about it. Then put the phone down quietly and go about your business. If you pass the phone check on it and hang up if the person is gone or say something like "man I am just speechless and lost in thought thinking about the potential opportunity...tell me more..."

 

3. Or my favorite is the following youtube clip...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waHJhb2wxo

 

Cheers.

 

Sun

[Nick0Danger]

I get calls from the herald once a month, however i already receive the herald every morning before work. No matter how many times i tell em they still think i want 1 more copy.

[Lundvike]

I get calls from the herald once a month, however i already receive the herald every morning before work. No matter how many times i tell em they still think i want 1 more copy.

 

They were doing that to us as well until we cancelled our subscription haven't heard from them since. We don't answer calls from area codes we don't recognize because of telemarketers and people doing surveys.

[mountainx]

They were doing that to us as well until we cancelled our subscription haven't heard from them since. We don't answer calls from area codes we don't recognize because of telemarketers and people doing surveys.

 

 

just tell the telemaketer "sorry I'm busy right now... give me your home # and I will call you back at super time tomorrow!!!!"

[maxwell]

a little stat i forgot from my own experience...3 outta 4 were callbacks....i rarely get calls anymore on my cell or home cuz i ask too get taken off the list, please and thankyou...

[ladystrange]

a little stat i forgot from my own experience...3 outta 4 were callbacks....i rarely get calls anymore on my cell or home cuz i ask too get taken off the list, please and thankyou...

 

 

i have tried that, but periodically they call again. like they forgot or something