Previous 1 3
Topic: The phone rings
Peccy's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:17 AM
and it's somebody trying to sell you something. What do you do?

no photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:19 AM
Say no thank you and hang up

tim20721's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:21 AM
its more fun to turn the tables and try to sell them something, or even better act like a moron and make them constantly repeat themselves

livelife68's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:27 AM
let them go through there sales pitch. then tell them no thanks. time is money I just wasted there time and they had no oportunity to make money.

morethanjust_janedoe's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:31 AM
Instead of letting them talk i just ramble on about something completely random and they end up hanging up on me bigsmile

Cinderella75's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:31 AM
I know this is mean..but I have put them on hold b4..lol
for like 20 min...I got back on the line and they were still holding..and umm I told them I had to go..;)

Mossop's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:40 AM
If I have the time, I like to piss them off by keeping them talking, asking them stupid things about there product and trying not to understand, in the end if they don't hang up first (many do) I say no thank you. after all I did not ask them to call ! drinker

David1943's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:41 AM
Play a good dose of Beethoven down the phone, and let them pay for the pleasure. That'll soon get rid of them!drinker smokin

wildsideof35's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:41 AM
I either say no thanks and hang up or lay the phone down and walk away...Now I'm on the do-not-call list so no more calls like that!!!!

s1owhand's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:42 AM
tell them we're on the do not call lists and that we accept no phone solicitations of any kind.

and hang up.

MAKE_ME_GIGGLE's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:47 AM
I ask them if they can hang on a second... then i set the phone down, start vaccuuming and cleaning my house... I go back 10 minutes later, they are usually gone, once in awhile one will still be there, then I say, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh sorry, not interested!!!bigsmile

Spaceman2008's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:47 AM
Talk to them in Spanish....

Spaceman2008's photo
Wed 04/16/08 02:48 AM

I ask them if they can hang on a second... then i set the phone down, start vaccuuming and cleaning my house... I go back 10 minutes later, they are usually gone, once in awhile one will still be there, then I say, Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh sorry, not interested!!!bigsmile


I do that too...!

ronchil's photo
Wed 04/16/08 03:26 AM

If I have the time, I like to piss them off by keeping them talking, asking them stupid things about there product and trying not to understand, in the end if they don't hang up first (many do) I say no thank you. after all I did not ask them to call ! drinker


I did the same thing before getting on the "Do Not Call List". Ask them a lot of "What if's". Even though I know they are trying to make a living, it was a PITA.

Shaden's photo
Wed 04/16/08 03:28 AM
Ask them to please remove me off of their list. Unless the same place calls a bunch in one day, then I'm a little less polite.

longhairbiker's photo
Wed 04/16/08 03:52 AM
I pretend I'm a retarded 7 year old boy. "Hello I'm jimmy. Its me jimmy. I'm jimmy, what's yooooour name? My mommy let me out without my helmet today! My helmet, my helmet, my helmet with my name on it! I fell down. Now I got bacon strips in my underwear. My underwear, my underwear, my underwear with my name on it! I like bacon. I ride the short bus. The short bus. The little yellow bus! Hello, hello, hello! This is jimmy! Is anybody there? They hung up on jimmy!"

longhairbiker's photo
Wed 04/16/08 03:54 AM
Air horn in a can works well too. Blaaaaaattt!!!

Lily0923's photo
Wed 04/16/08 03:56 AM
Say "no habla" and hang up.

hellkitten54's photo
Wed 04/16/08 04:05 AM
I usually start telling them about how awful my stomach feels, then let them know that I have to poo again and that they are going to the bathroom with me. They usually hang up.flowerforyou laugh

Def03's photo
Wed 04/16/08 04:13 AM
There is a process. They must rebuttal three times in order to let the caller go. I allow them to do their job. I say no three times allowing them to do their job. Its not a cool job but at least their working

Previous 1 3