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REVENGE ON THE TELEMARKETER
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 records 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.
HOW ABOUT WE PLEDGE TO DO THIS AND PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE?
IT JUST MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
PEOPLE POWER!
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 records 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.
HOW ABOUT WE PLEDGE TO DO THIS AND PASS THIS ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE?
IT JUST MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
PEOPLE POWER!
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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. put something heavy in with it :) |
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Sad
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if a prepaid reply envelope is provided- is there anything to stop us using them for our own post?
vaguely recall somone on tv doing this..... |
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just input your new address , of course....
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A girl at work sent some junk mail back to one of these firms. A few weeks later she got a note from post office to say there was mail for her with insufficient postage.. had to go to post office and pay £1 something to receive the letter, it was just shi1t they sent back to her with insufficient postage, deliberately I assume
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that's why it's done ANONYMOUSLY - DUH!
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lol good ideas. im gonna start the post thing straight away, obviously making sure my name or address arent on anything i send them back!
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i'm going to send one of the pre-paid replies to me
and if i get it ok - free of postage - i'll report back. i hate junk mail and cold calling . is there any way to stop spam e-mail? i get 5-20 per day |
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join aol? - they block millions per day before they get to members inbox.
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does it cost?
i'm with tiscali - they charge extra |
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Does the pressing the # key really work?
Get phantom calls all the time :( |
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try it brodie and report back m8
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I'll hash their @ss!
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no extra charge with aol - but I think they are at the expensive end of the market to begin with :(
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ok- cheers Ivor - appreciate the suggestion anyway
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http://help.aol.co.uk/interactive-help/aol-90-tutorials/article/20060822110009990001
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lmfao 19 Nov 18:09
if a prepaid reply envelope is provided- is there anything to stop us using them for our own post? Yes, don't use those envelopes if you want to use it for yourself no use scribbling out the address and adding a new one in ink cos at my work we send out so many pre-paid envelopes but receive them back with our address scribbled out and another one written on in ink, it still comes back to us to because there is a barcode on it that would send it straight back to my work and no, my work do not do cold-calling so don't send personal stuff through a pre-paid, pre-addressed envelope, just buy envelopes, cheapskate |
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lmfao 19 Nov 17:25
REVENGE ON THE TELEMARKETER Three Little Words That Work!! (1) The three little words: 'Hold On, Please...' --------------------------------------------------------------- If it's double glazing, my dad enthusiastically says he wants the full house doing, before saying there's someone at the front door. |
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Been doing this for years!
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theres 1 on youtube where a guy pretends to b a policeman at a crimescene to the telemarketer, says whoever they were callin is dead n then proceeds to ask him how they know each other, r they lovers etc. quite funny, the telemarketer is cackin his pants
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