Latest telemarketers bullshit

[XanaDUer2]

When you ask them to stop calling you, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you."

I finally hung up after repeating myself 3 times

[keithbvadu2]

1. So you cannot hear me if I want to buy your product?

[XanaDUer2]

6. I should have said it back to her nt

[Kablooie]

2. It's to legally protect them.

If you tell them to stop, by law they have to.
Unless they didn't hear you of course.

[zanana1]

3. It's the charitable ones that kill you.

I can't afford to donate to them, so I get to feel guilty 20 times a day.

[OhZone]

4. A friend of mine says he just screams at the top of his lungs and hangs up.

[mitch96]

11. Back in the day I was known to use a small hand held boating horn.. 130 db wakes them right up.nt

[Freddie]

5. I only get crap calls on the landline

I let my 3 year old granddaughter (I watch her during the day) answer the landline.

[MiniMe]

8. I tried that, but the 2 yo won't talk

She just stands there and listens.

[MiniMe]

7. I start yelling at them for waking the baby

They usually hang up at that point. And it is even true, we have been babysitting my housemates great grandson.

[Hotler]

9. If you don't recognize the phone number why answer?

I never answer my phone unless I know who it is. If it's important they will leave me a message. I never answered my phone when I had a landline.

[XanaDUer2]

10. I'm awaiting a very important

Phone call, and I didn't realize. My phone usually saya SCAM but it didn't say that this time.

[keithbvadu2]

12. When you have spare time to kill.... (Entertainment value only)

When you have spare time to kill....
(Entertainment value only)
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How to answer spam phone calls...

Keep asking: What is your name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org name?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org address?
... until you get an answer.

What is your company/org phone number?
... until you get an answer.

What number can I get in contact with you?
... until you get an answer.

So what if they lie?
You're just going to hang up on them anyway.
Even better if you say 'sorry, not interested'.
.
Their time is also important to them.

[XanaDUer2]

13. What i think I'm going to do

With one asshole who's been calling years asking for the lady of the house-

He was told twice to stop calling. He's still doing it.

When I answer with hello, and he/they start up. I'm going to start talking gibberish, like Latka on Taxi. Just pretend I don't speak English. Words like BACA! and inishkinar. I'll keep repeating nonsense. Then I'm going to place the phone by the TV and leave it.

I'm done being nice.