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Jim Henderson wrote:
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> I have heard (don't know if it's true or not) that at least some
> telemarketing is outsourced to prisoners in prison....
>
> Jim
Wouldn't surprise me.
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~Mike
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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
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> But NOBODY who put himself in the DNC list would buy! So why do
> telemarketers try to circumvent DNC?
They feel the DNC list is extremely unfair, and given the chance, even
those on the DNC list would buy with the right
misinformation^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H persuasion ...
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~Mike
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Jim Henderson wrote:
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> Which is most of them in my experience. Being on the DNC list and
> receiving a dozen calls a week or so from various organisations may mean
> that my incidence of legitimate calls is abnormally low (because there
> are very few actual legitimate calls that are permitted by law to come
> through in the first place).
>
What I have experienced is companies posing as something they're not.
I.e. they've named themselves in such a way that a naïve person may
believe they really are their current credit card company, or they hold
an expiring warranty on their car.
I once asked "What car?" they responded by hanging up on me. Hmmm.
Something's rotten, for sure.
I had an exchange with "Credit card services" that went as follows:
Me: What company are you with?
Them: Credit Card Services.
M: I know you're credit card services, but credit card services for
which company?
T: Credit card services.
M: Sooooo... your company is named Credit card services?
T: Yes
M: That seems a bit misleading, doesn't it?
T: >click<
Again: Hmmmmm... .I smell a rat for sure. Both of these had the balls to
call my cell phone in addition to my home phone. I traced the calls on
my home phone and forwarded the results to law enforcement. The
detective was aware of what they were doing, but they were operating
overseas, and were well out of their jurisdiction.
These are about the only telemarketers we get. Although I do
occasionally get a marketing call from a company I have done business
with before. I usually just ask them not to contact me for sales calls,
then don't hear from them again.
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~Mike
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On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:18:40 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
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>> Which is most of them in my experience. Being on the DNC list and
>> receiving a dozen calls a week or so from various organisations may
>> mean that my incidence of legitimate calls is abnormally low (because
>> there are very few actual legitimate calls that are permitted by law to
>> come through in the first place).
>>
>>
> What I have experienced is companies posing as something they're not.
> I.e. they've named themselves in such a way that a naïve person may
> believe they really are their current credit card company, or they hold
> an expiring warranty on their car.
Yes, that seems to be a very common practice now.
There are too many people in the world who bite on those offers, even
after being misled. What is wrong with people?
Jim
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Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
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>On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:18:40 -0600, Mike Raiford wrote:
> There are too many people in the world who bite on those offers, even
> after being misled. What is wrong with people?
What is wrong with people? Natural selection has simply failed, that is all.
We have killed off the large predators and instilled so many safeguards for
the mentally infirm, that they live long enough to breed and produce more
stupid people who make the same mistakes.
Damned plebes. I say let the weak, the stupid and the lame die by their own
hand. There is no need to protect them, and by the gods our gene pool could
certainly use some chlorine. ;-D
But more to the point, the scamming nature of most overseas telemarketers,
in my opinion, justifies mentally traumatizing pranks. Let the pathetic
wastes of flesh suffer, I'll sleep better at night knowing they writhe in
mental anguish. Though that is a poor substitute for being crucified upside
down, skinned alive burning, fed your own gore and then being drowned in
burning feces, but it'll have to do. :-p
I guess it is obvious that I possess vehement, abyssal black hatred for
thieves and liars.
"Let the killing...BEGIIIIIIN!" -Vital Remains
ian
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On 3/2/2009 8:18 AM, Mike Raiford wrote:
> These are about the only telemarketers we get. Although I do
> occasionally get a marketing call from a company I have done business
> with before. I usually just ask them not to contact me for sales calls,
> then don't hear from them again.
Believe it or not, this is how legitimate companies make sales calls.
--
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> Mike Hough wrote:
> > Some guy has been giving my cell phone number out to telemarketers for years
> > and telling them that it is a wrong number usually only leads to them trying
> > to sell ME something before I tell them to take me off their calling list.
> > Recently I have found a simple thing to say to get them to leave me alone
> > without even needing to ask.
>
> Even better:
>
> Tell the salesperson to hold on for a moment, and regardless of what
> they say in response, set the receiver down. Do NOT hang up. Do NOT
> wait for the salesperson to agree to hold on. Simply tell them to hold
> on and then immediately set the receiver down.
>
> Wait until you hear the buzz from the receiver that indicates the other
> end has hung up.
>
> Pros: The telemarketer spends a lot of time dealing with a non-sale,
> which reduces his profitability and hastens his exit from the business
> world, and you get back to what you were doing more quickly.
>
> Con: Your phone may be tied up for a minute.
>
I say, "Not interested." If there's one additional pitch-related word from the
person, I do exactly what you've said. Then my wife yells at me for being so
rude.
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LOL, thanks, I needed a laugh. Having some fun this morning at work with
someone else's last minute crisis....
Jim
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:-D
Black humor rocks. :-)
ian
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
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> LOL, thanks, I needed a laugh. Having some fun this morning at work with
> someone else's last minute crisis....
>
> Jim
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On Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:45:39 -0500, [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
> :-D
>
> Black humor rocks. :-)
Indeed it does. :-)
Jim
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