How to deal with those cold sales calls

"Jono" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones formulated the question :
>
>> I just tell them to bugger off and hang up. Never had the same
>> caller twice..!
>>
>
> I'm surprised there isn't some forum somewhere where telecanvassers
> post telephone numbers for people they've rung who were rude!

Mine would be top of the list.

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R. Mark Clayton wrote:
> "Martin Jay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> In message <[email protected]>, Aaron Whiffin
>> <[email protected]> writes
>>
>>> That's what I do, just put them on "hold" and wait a few minutes.
>> When I was bored I led one these annoyances up the garden path and then
>> put them on hold. They kept asking me to end the call. Presumably they
>> had no way to end it themselves.
>
> Generally their instructions are never to hang up themselves, although you
> will notice that the with-held ones often do when challenged.
>
I've had one hang up on me before, I even knew who they were and I was
in the process of telling the caller that I'd already complained about
their previous breach of the TPS.

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> well I have made them interesting in fact I am now looking forward to the
> next.

"I got a new contract 2 months ago - can you remove me from your
database please ? - thanks !"

Lez Pawl wrote:
> well I have made them interesting in fact I am now looking forward to the
> next.
>
you forgot to post your number

"Jono" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones formulated the question :
>
> > I just tell them to bugger off and hang up. Never had
> > the same caller twice..!
> >
>
> I'm surprised there isn't some forum somewhere where
> telecanvassers post telephone numbers for people they've
> rung who were rude!

Don't give 'em ideas..!!

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Jono" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Ivor Jones formulated the question :
>>
>> > I just tell them to bugger off and hang up. Never had
>> > the same caller twice..!
>> >
>>
>> I'm surprised there isn't some forum somewhere where
>> telecanvassers post telephone numbers for people they've
>> rung who were rude!
>
> Don't give 'em ideas..!!
>
> Ivor
>

Ooops!. though I can't be the first one to have thought that one up.

I've worked places with telesales & I've heard them swapping stories of
who's annoyed them.......

Paul Harris wrote:
> In message <[email protected]>, linker3000
> <[email protected]> writes
>> Just tell them "Thanks but I do not own a mobile phone"
>>
>> Always confuses them!
>>
> Now that is one that is worth a try.

Yep,

....and it's amazing how my semi-detached house suddenly becomes a 2nd
floor flat when someone tries to sell me a conservatory.

In message <[email protected]>, linker3000
<[email protected]> writes

>...and it's amazing how my semi-detached house suddenly becomes a 2nd
>floor flat when someone tries to sell me a conservatory.

I know someone who strung them along for several calls and was even
arranging for them to visit when at the last moment he mentioned that he
was on the 10th floor. He wasn't as he actually lives in a bungalow but
I wouldn't doubt that if he had nothing better to do he would talk to
someone who was cold calling for hours if he could get away with it.
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"BGN" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:02:46 +0100, "Lez Pawl" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>well I have made them interesting in fact I am now looking forward to the
>>next.
>>
>>Instead of getting tense and shouting at the caller<snip>
>
> Why are you getting tense and shouting at people because you don't
> wish to speak to them? Getting stressed isn't good for you and I
> suggest that in future you just say "Sorry, I do not wish to receive
> calls from your company - goodbye" and replace the handset.
>
> It's polite, firm and doesn't play havoc with your blood pressure.

Yeah, and of course they never ring you again.

Get real.

These bloody cold calling outfits are a plague, and anything that screws
their business model is a good thing.