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Thread ID: 82472	2007-08-28 09:52:00	Ways to stop telemarketing calls...	developer (4447)	PC World Chat

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585608	2007-08-29 01:47:00	It gets worse in Hong kong.They ring your mobile instead and also its a commputer voice.So it searches random mobile numbers and calls you.Saves alot of $$ then using human voice.lol Hong Kong doesn't have regulation for this kind of phone spamming yet.. What makes it worse is that you've to pay once you answered the call. Unlike NZ, the caller pays.	SKT174 (1319)
585609	2007-08-29 01:53:00	What makes it worse is that you've to pay once you answered the call. Unlike NZ, the caller pays. Yea true.You are charge two ways.Incoming and outgoing	Ninjabear (2948)
585610	2007-08-29 02:13:00	I successfully downloaded the tone. I will see if it works here. Thanks. Mercury, yes sometimes telling a lie to telemarketing people becomes necessary, last time after giving some friendly answers, I was asked some very personal questions, e.g. my bank balance, my bank account type etc, which I could not tell them the true values. Although it doesn't cost money to answer such calls in NZ and that some calls can be as short as half a minute, I just don't know why (possibly because I have been answering excessive amount of unwanted calls) now almost every time when I realize I am answering a telemarketing call, I feel my day is ruined. Thanks for your input (and reading my complaint), everyone. The suggestions are very helpful.	developer (4447)
585611	2007-08-29 02:33:00	The only time I've been seriously rude to a telemarketer was when I was woken in the middle of the day to be asked about retirement planning. Being seriously sick with the flu my answer wasn't particularly polite. Actually, retirement that day didn't seem like too much of an option as I wasn't at all sure I'd make it to the end of the day let alone retirement! His comment as he slammed the phone down was "Well, if that's your attitude..." Once you get the hang of lying through your teeth and outwitting them it becomes a game and quite enjoyable (in an odd sort of way). Far better than that well known feeling of frustration and annoyance. My other half answered the phone one night when the kids were here for dinner. He said "hang on", held up the phone, said Sally was on the phone and asked us to say "Hello Sally!" We did, loudly. He then returned to the phone and asked her if she'd heard. She had. He then held up the phone and said "Now, say Goodbye Sally". We did and heard her laughing as he hung up the phone.	Mercury (1316)
585612	2007-08-29 03:17:00	I really liked that one Mercury (your third para)!! One of the downsides to working from home is you get these plonkers ringing up all the time during the day, and another downside is you can't enjoy being sick or having a nap because the damned phone rings. It is not like staying home from the office... I got one yesterday - some American guy from a company I couldn't make out cos the phone connection was crap (I thought he was phoning from inside a kerosene can). I said "I work from home and don't have the time to take cold calls". He said "OK, when would be a good time to take this call?", and I said "There is never a good time to take cold calls". He hung up on me!!! He must have been a sensitive little flower, because I was perfectly pleasant to him. Apart from the initial greeting, you have the whole call right there, and he hung up!!! I felt quite cheated. NOT.	John H (8)
585613	2007-08-29 03:36:00	Yeah, well you've got to make the most of these things to maximize your fun. Asking politely to be taken off calling lists never worked. Making it unworthwhile for them to call on the other hand worked brilliantly - and is far more entertaining. I loved PCTEK's crime scene link. Now if only I had the talent for something like that...	Mercury (1316)
585614	2007-08-29 07:22:00	Husband once picked a reply off a printout I gave him on things to say to Telemarketers. I didn't think he'd pick that one. She hung up and a supervisor rang back making threats until he pointed out he had rung no-one - she rang him. Worked but geez......but extreme.....	pctek (84)
585615	2007-08-29 10:08:00	Being unlisted does not work for this sleezy group of people. We moved Wellington to Auckland and decided to go unlisted while we rented until we found a house to buy. In three months renting and having unlisted number we had several calls by telemarketers. I complained to Telecom but they had no answer for it, i assume they just sell off phone numbers to direct marketers regardless of listed or not. As I said earlier a PC does the dialing and will just start say from 37(00000) and go through to 37(99999) and there you have most people in Masterton and surrounding areas unlisted number or not.	mikebartnz (21)
585616	2007-08-29 10:20:00	Any phone number that comes up as private has the ringer set to silent - they can talk to the machine. If it is genuine caller with private number then they will leave a message - telemarketers dont ever leave a message. Thats cool how do set the ringer to go silent when private number comes up in caller display. Do you need a smart phone? Cheers tedheath	tedheath (537)
585617	2007-08-29 10:54:00	How to stop telemarketers in their tracks: They work from rigid scripts . Straight after their opening identification, if they start with a question, say "who is asking?" If they identify a company in their opening words, ask "who is that?" or "what do they do?" Answering your question breaks the flow of their script and then they are buggered . Whatever they say next, simply respond "not interested thanks" and hang up . Never listen to the spiel and never answer questions . They last approximately 3-4 seconds with me and I don't have to be rude . Stop their flow and they are done for, you take charge and then YOU quit the call . Works for me every time . Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
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