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    I'm on the Do Not Call list. I don't get telemarketing calls except on very rare occasion. But evidently you can still be solicited by people you've done business with, so I just got a rude snippy little telemarketer calling my house from Apple.

    Using my first name as though we were best friends (a trend in American "customer service" that I really can't stand), she said her records indicated I purchased a MacBook in February. Yeah, I did. Am I satisfied with it, how's it working out? It's great, thanks. In my opinion the conversation is finished at that point, but then she starts trying to sell me Apple Care. I told her no thanks, I don't really need it, and she got this rude tone and snapped, "Is there a reason you don't want to protect your computer?"

    I probably should've told her to go fuck herself, but I politely told her I wasn't interested in a sales call and hung up. But WTF, does that actually work? Do they really have people calling to bitch at their customers for not spending more money, and do they actually make more money that way? Sheesh!

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    Is there a national Do Not Call list? Because when I worked at Nielsen, we put people on a list ONLY if they requested it specifically AND it was only a list for our company.

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    I used to be a telemarketer when I was 16 (so shoot me, I needed money). When you ask to be put on the Do Not Call list, whether you're getting on the national list or just for a specific company that's driving you insane, ensure that you remain on the phone until the person on the other line says "Goodbye". As irritating as it is, they will cancel the order to put you on the list unless they go through all the legal questions and actually hear you give the legal consent and they understand that YOU understand the whole bit. It's boring and so annoying, but necessary.
    Also, visit , this site offers registration for consumers to stop telemarketers from calling. (United States, for-profit commercial calls only).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    But WTF, does that actually work? Do they really have people calling to bitch at their customers for not spending more money, and do they actually make more money that way? Sheesh!
    It's almost like they're giving you a disincentive to continue doing business isn't it? I let my subscription to Maxim expire for that very reason. I'd cut off my cable (Cox suckers) too if I had another choice.

    I suppose to the Madison Avenue geniuses who come up with these brilliant schemes, its a mathematical issue, much like sending out junk mail or spam. If the revenue they make from the few people who get suckered into signing up for these services outweighs the cost of hiring the telemarketing firm to annoy all of their customers, well...then I guess it works because they figure...

    A.) You sign up for extra services and they make some extra money.
    B.) You hang up on some poor slob making minimum wage, but you're still they're customer. You know "the worst that happens is that they say no" rationale.

    The bean counters seem to forget you always have option C, (and you know what that is), but they're too up on their high horses to realize that annoying upselling can backfire.
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    Be grateful that call did not come with a near unintelligible ethnic accent, ala customer service outsourcing.

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    My business phone is on the do not call list but apparently that doesn't apply to businesses because I still get solicitors calling my damn biz line allllllllllllllllllll f'in day. ugh

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    Non profit businesses can still call

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    I worked telemarketing a couple years ago, left after one day and never went back. Its like being homeless with a phone. They are pressured to make sales and probably don't like calling you as much as you don't like talking to them.

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    Telemarketing gave me panic attacks. It's a horrible job.

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    Charities can still call you, any business that you do business with (credit cards, banks, magazines - anything really), non-profit orgs - my alumni association really pisses me off, political parties and politicians, pollsters. Thank goodness for caller ID. We don' t answer the phone for "unknown caller", 800 numbers or anything that says telemarketer.

    Remember the good old days when people bitched about junk mail? Now it's spam and telemarketing.
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    When I call to collect a mortgage payment I'm required to use the first name first then the last name so my call goes like this Hi is John there, Oh hi Mr smith this is me with Chase,bank financial, mortgage blah blah blah

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    I told her no thanks, I don't really need it, and she got this rude tone and snapped, "Is there a reason you don't want to protect your computer?"
    At that point, given the smug and misplaced elitism of Apple and their representatives, I'd have said something like, "Well, why would I need to protect my Apple? It's not going to break, is it? I mean, I watched all your ads on TV with that stoner Ellen Feiss and thought that Apples never failed? Was I wrong? Should I go back to a Windows system? Wow, thanks for warning me. I'll head on over to BestBuy right now before my Apple becomes a turnover."

    Or something like that...
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    That probably does explain why they're so aggressive about selling Apple Care. Microsoft is selling tons of disposable machines, and Apple is selling good, reliable machines that last for years, so maybe they're losing business like the Maytag repairman.

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    My mom used to have fun with the telemarketers...

    "Hi, so and so, this is Joe from we want your money.."
    "Oh hi joe, how are you? Having a good day?"
    "Uh, yah, thnx, so the reason we're calling..."
    "Oh good to hear your having a good day. I'm having a terrible. I jsut started my period, I'm late cooking dinner, my kids are driving me crazy, and the CRAMPS! Oh lord the cramps! Do you know what I mean Joe?"
    "uh..."
    "So listen, I'm busy right now Joe, go ahead and give me your number and I'll call you back, say right about when you're trying to eat dinner tomorrow, or maybe first thing in the morning?"

    That ofcourse was back when she had a sense of humor. Now she tells them to politely go F off.




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    This must be the week for telemarketers in So. Cal or something. I rarely get called anymore because I'm on the Do Not Call list and I have a home number that I only give out to family. Somehow some state police officers charity and the army got a hold of it this week and decided to call at 6 effin 30 in the morning on my day off.

    The first time the police officers group called I thought it might have been legit because I have family that are in law enforcement so I listened to their 20 second shpiel (usually I just hang up the phone without saying anything) and at the end they said "So I can put you down for a 50 dollar donation right?" I said "excuse me?!?!" and they responded "So that will be 25 dollars" and I hung up. How gross.

    The army called under the premise of asking what I was doing after high school. I thought it was weird that they had my new number since I've moved a few times since high school and knew the name of my high school. Creepy army stalkers!

    Even worse are those telemarketing phone calls that are just recordings. They don't want to waste there time with talking to me but they want to waste my time getting up to answer the damn phone.

    Luckily I have an Eastern European last name thats ridiculously hard to pronounce so I can usually weed out telemarketers if they mispronounce it.

    *end rant*

    Anyone else ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gretchen View Post
    Somehow some state police officers charity and the army got a hold of it this week and decided to call at 6 effin 30 in the morning on my day off.
    Anytime that I get calls from people saying they're from a charity supporting the police, firefighters or whatnot, I just hang up on them. There's no way that I can tell over the telephone if they're legit or a scam. You'd think the real police department would know that and find a better means to raise money.
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    Exotic, LMAO that is hilarious!! I SO want to do that..

    I LOATHE the way telemarketers even butcher my simple name. When I pick up the phone, say "HELLO??" three times and then hear someone stumble over my name, it's dead give-away that it's a telemarketer.

    I was patient with them for years..because when my first job was as a telemarketer -and I had panic attacks too! Calling someone's house feels like such an invasion. Yek's telemarketer sounded really ball-sy though.
    The Apple Care however...best 300 bucks I ever spent..I've had my Apple since late 2004 and have used it twice! It's paid for itself more than once..

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    I mess with them too...

    Telemarketer: Is Lena there?
    Me: No that bitch fucking left me!

    or

    Telemarketer: Is this Lena?
    Me: Um, I dunno, can you describe her?
    Telemarketer: Huh?
    Me: You tell me what she looks like and I'll check and see if I'm her.

    The Girls Gone Wild people are really awful, tho.



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    Oh oh oh, there is a clip from a guy who loves to mess with telemarketers, it's so funny! I have to find it, but he puts on this whole act, as though he's at a murder scene. The telemarketer calls, asks for a guy by his first name and then the guy, who is acting like a detective, starts interrogating (sp?) him. "How do you know him?" :What do you mean you don't know him, you asked for him by first name" "If you don't know him why would you call him so early in the morning and ask for him by first name? Are you hiding something from us boy? If you're hiding something we're going to have a problem here." Oh, I'm so not doing it justice, it was very funny....searching now.....




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    Tom Mabe, heh! I have a whole CD of him fucking with various telemarketers. He's awesome!

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    Oh man, I've listened to a few of them, so so funny! I never had even heard of him before until my hubby sent me that one in the mail a while back. It almost makes me wish they'de call me, it sounds like so much fun!




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