Got this today via round robin, and thought some may find it useful, especially those plagued by cold callers of a tea time, or those 'silent calls during the day....or heaps of junk mail in their mail box on a daily basis!!
REVENGE ON TELEMARKETING
Three Little Words That Work!!
(1) The three little words: 'Hold On, Please...'
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 BT's 'beep-beep-beep' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset....you have efficiently completed your task..
These three little words could help eliminate telephone soliciting.
(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 record’s the time of day when a person answers the phone.
This technique is then used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' salesperson 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 dialled 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!!!
(3) When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.
Most of these come with postage-prepaid return envelopes, right?
It costs them more than the regular postage 'IF' and when they are returned. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-prepaid return envelopes.
Send an advert for your local chimney sweeper to American Express... they might need one!
Send a pizza coupon to HSBC... in case their canteen packs up. You get the idea.
If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them back their blank application form... after all, it is their form!
If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you return.
You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them, and it is their envelope after all… you are just returning it!!!!
The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the post, but folks....we need to OVERWHELM them, in order to stop them.
Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!
Let's help keep Royal Mail busy. Since the Royal Mail is saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, let's help them so they will not need to increase postage costs again.. You get the idea!
If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- maybe you'll get very little junk mail anymore.
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a most useful email....revenge on Telemarketing!!
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Sex God
another one for telemarketeers is to just say yes to everything ...when they ask your name just say yes, when they ask your bank details say yes, whatever they ask say yes...when it works it works brilliantly, their initial optimism at getting such a promising customer slowly melts away into frustration and despair at ever getting a sensible answer from the moron on the other end of the line.
Orgasminator
Please dont call it "revenge on the telemarketeer" call it Revenge on Telemarketing.
The poor staff in telemarketing departments have scripts to read as part of their role, dont blame them for the crap that major companies dish out - but think before you leave your home number/ mobile number with various mail order/utility companies because its them that generate the majority of junk mail or annoying phone calls.
I spent 12 years working in telemarketing and managing teams - the silent calls are generated by the phone system but not to determine when people are in for the "real " sales person but because of the timing (to the nano-second) the system will "hang up" after a pre set time if no-one answers prepared to dial the next customer and keep a steady stream of calls being dished up to the poor advisors on the telemarketing hamster wheel, most companies time their staffs personal time (going for a pee/coffee) to each second they are not logged on and taking/making calls
The poor staff in telemarketing departments have scripts to read as part of their role, dont blame them for the crap that major companies dish out - but think before you leave your home number/ mobile number with various mail order/utility companies because its them that generate the majority of junk mail or annoying phone calls.
I spent 12 years working in telemarketing and managing teams - the silent calls are generated by the phone system but not to determine when people are in for the "real " sales person but because of the timing (to the nano-second) the system will "hang up" after a pre set time if no-one answers prepared to dial the next customer and keep a steady stream of calls being dished up to the poor advisors on the telemarketing hamster wheel, most companies time their staffs personal time (going for a pee/coffee) to each second they are not logged on and taking/making calls
Orgasminator
:rose: Thank you honey - too many years spent having the phone slammed down on me
I think its really been Monday today :huh:
Jane x
I think its really been Monday today :huh:
Jane x
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another one for telemarketeers is to just say yes to everything ...when they ask your name just say yes, when they ask your bank details say yes, whatever they ask say yes...when it works it works brilliantly, their initial optimism at getting such a promising customer slowly melts away into frustration and despair at ever getting a sensible answer from the moron on the other end of the line.
How about chatting them up, they have to make the sale, so they have to be nice.
..or just be thick and misunderstand every word they say.
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another one for telemarketeers is to just say yes to everything ...when they ask your name just say yes, when they ask your bank details say yes, whatever they ask say yes...when it works it works brilliantly, their initial optimism at getting such a promising customer slowly melts away into frustration and despair at ever getting a sensible answer from the moron on the other end of the line.
How about chatting them up, they have to make the sale, so they have to be nice.
..or just be thick and misunderstand every word they say. excellent point....
and its costing them the phone call and especially if you have nothing better to do ...
trav..
Another great wheeze is when you get one of those, 'we are in your area' calls. Go along with everything agree to everything and when they get to the bit about actually arranging the appointment, get a little emotional and say something like, Oh I am so looking forward to you coming to see me, when your on benefits and cant afford to go out and meet people its so nice when someone comes to visit and I can have a good chat, oh I am so looking forward to it, tho please tell them to excuse the mess the place is in I haven't been able to afford many cleaning products recently etc etc
Their response is normally priceless and they hang up rather quickly ! :twisted:
Their response is normally priceless and they hang up rather quickly ! :twisted:
Sex God
Oh, there's been some class ideas in this thread - thank you all!
One more to add to the pot (which also really annoys them): when you get a utility company ringing up and asking to speak to "mr or mrs xxx" or "the bill payer", I ask them to verify themselves first before I can pass them on - of course they can't prove who they are without giving away any confidential information that they'd normally have to verify you with, so....end of call
One more to add to the pot (which also really annoys them): when you get a utility company ringing up and asking to speak to "mr or mrs xxx" or "the bill payer", I ask them to verify themselves first before I can pass them on - of course they can't prove who they are without giving away any confidential information that they'd normally have to verify you with, so....end of call
Warming the Bed
Have a listen to this...... 
this is great, im now so looking forward to the junk mail and telesales people.
ok so i need a good one for the door to door sales people, any ideas anyone? ive already done the oversexed horny housewife on two young innocent looking bible bashers, they couldnt get away from me fast enough pmsl.
ok so i need a good one for the door to door sales people, any ideas anyone? ive already done the oversexed horny housewife on two young innocent looking bible bashers, they couldnt get away from me fast enough pmsl.
Sex God
i got a call the other day and it went straight to an automated voice once i said hello, so i put the phone on the side and went to make a cup of tea.
when it comes to their phone bill and profit margin, every little helps :twisted:
when it comes to their phone bill and profit margin, every little helps :twisted:
