Telephone Marketing
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I've even had calls on Sunday mornings for chrissakes.torex said:seriously though .... how much can ya take!
calling me on a saturday morning at 9am does'nt make me any happier either lol....all this crap has made me turn my ringer off permanently . lol
it never ends ...one stops and another calls!
You know, there are few things I hate more than getting a call from a telemarketer, but that's never a reason to lose one's cool with the caller. Unless it's the president of the company calling you (doubtful), it's likely just somebody doing a job and trying to make end's meet. Personally, I'd never work for a telemarketing company, but I've got choices and options that others don't. Frankly, I rather some guy dialing my number for $7.50/hour than stealing my wallet.torex said:seriously though .... how much can ya take!. I totally understand that the person is only doing their job.what bothers me most is when they continue to push after you have already tried to politely say no to whatever the f**k they are pitching....drives me nuts. lol
calling me on a saturday morning at 9am does'nt make me any happier either lol....all this crap has made me turn my ringer off permanently . lol
it never ends ...one stops and another calls!
On those rare occasions when I get a call and when I don't have a porno tape to run full blast in the background, I typically politely decline the sale, ask to speak to a supervisor, express my displeasure for being bothered and ask where I can file a formal complaint to the company's upper management. Let's face it, telemarketing wouldn't exist if some people weren't actually buying the stuff these guys are selling. I remember a relative a few years ago that started working for one as a summer job and quit because their calls were scored and graded poorly when they didn't try to overcome objections at least three times during a call. Imagine how frustrating that is from both sides of the call!
You can also prevent a lot of solicitation by being very careful who you give your personal information. I mean, for all of you that collect things like travel Miles, you're being added to marketing lists. The "free" online surveys, the fill-this-out-and-win-a-car raffles, all the same stuff.
Actually it was Yarnosh! And Dey also haf dee truck and de ment to moof de tank for de fish. Also dey moof de piano of any size.tboy said:
You call Bell Canada and they will give you the number to call to get yourself removed from the list. It worked for me. I used to get two or three calls per month. Havent had one in more than a year.
torex said:for f**k sakes!!
on numerous occasions I've told them to stop nicely!!! now I've got to the point where I'm blantanly telling them to f**koff and not to call my number again.then another one calls!
what pisses me off most is I have an unlisted number.......how do I get these peices of crap to stop calling my home phone!
I'm with you there,I was very polite at first then it started to annoy me more.What annoys me the most is when you tell them that your busy and cant talk they continue.....HELLO I said I cant talk right now so what I do now is when they call I tell them they have the wrong number it's been working.
I just tell them same thing that use to make me say good-bye when I was doing telemarketing years ago:
"You must have the wrong number, everybody in this house is on welfare"
"You must have the wrong number, everybody in this house is on welfare"
It is unfortunate that true telemarketing - a sincere means for people to get to know local businesses or for businesses to get to know one another has been bastardized by the telesales pitchmen. A business that preys on the desperation of the unemployable to do their dirty work and the gullibility of the people they bilk.
Now even if a sincere business tried to intoduce itself to my community I wouldn't want to give them the time of day. And who could blame me?
Now even if a sincere business tried to intoduce itself to my community I wouldn't want to give them the time of day. And who could blame me?
I both agree and disagree.Daddio said:
Yes there are legit business who use telemarketing to market their goods and services. However at the same time there are also some major well known business that sell bogus stuff over the phone all the time.
Ditto Daddio..........
When I got my unlisted number, I asked Bell to put me on the "Not to Call" list given out to telemarketers. I rarely get telemarketing calls except from the odd random dialer. Then again, I have no affinity cards and I never put my phone number on anything unless I absolutely have to. Telemarketers buy numbers from all sorts of sources. When you fill out a coupon in a store or sign up for a free something or other and give out your number, be rest assured theat data will be sold at a later date.
When I got my unlisted number, I asked Bell to put me on the "Not to Call" list given out to telemarketers. I rarely get telemarketing calls except from the odd random dialer. Then again, I have no affinity cards and I never put my phone number on anything unless I absolutely have to. Telemarketers buy numbers from all sorts of sources. When you fill out a coupon in a store or sign up for a free something or other and give out your number, be rest assured theat data will be sold at a later date.
