hexola
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Tue Aug-09-05 08:54 AM
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New Telemarketing ploy - You cant hang up!!!? |
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I just got telemarketing call - as usual I tried to hang up...but the call went on!!! I hung up again for a 5 count...still going...a third time - still going...
So I listened, pushed the right button, and got with a live person - they hung up when I asked about the inability to hang up my phone...
This cant be right...I wanted to make a call...but couldnt because of a telemarketer...
What if it was an emergency?
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annabanana
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Tue Aug-09-05 08:55 AM
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I got one of these once... |
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I'm not sure how they do it, but it MUST be illegal, right?
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ClusterFreak
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Tue Aug-09-05 08:55 AM
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1. Sheesh...what's up with that?? n/t |
Systematic Chaos
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Tue Aug-09-05 08:56 AM
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2. That happens sometimes with land lines |
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I don't think that's anything the person placing the call can control. Sometimes when I try to hang up after talking to a friend I have to wait up to 20 or 30 seconds to get a dial tone again. I'm not sure why that is, because usually one or two seconds is enough.
But I could see how that would be like a Twilight Zone moment or something.
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Tue Aug-09-05 08:56 AM
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3. Theft .. of .. service |
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If they take over your phone and you can't use it, this should be treated no differently than stealing cable service or any other theft of service.
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:01 AM
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4. do you know the number they called from? |
hexola
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:03 AM
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5. They took me by suprise... |
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In my exasperation...I didn't even get the name of the outfit...some sort of credit deal...
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:03 AM
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6. Yep.. the robot is programmed to say the whole message |
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and until the robot is done, the call stays connected.. nice huh?
Suppose you needed to call 911? Somebody's gonna sue somebody someday
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:09 AM
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7. Do your self and a another a favor.... |
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when you get a telemarketer, just tell them you'll be right back and set the handset down. It's their dime make them pay...
Same thing with a call system, it costs them everytime they call you.
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hexola
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:12 AM
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8. Right before this - there was another call - I fucked with them... |
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Trying to sell me a postal scale!!!
I asked about 10 minutes worth of questions before I asked the girl if I could use it to weigh out weed!
She said "Sure" - at least that one had a sense of humor...
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:27 AM
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10. That's the technique I use.... |
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Especially at work. Hold for Mr. * please... he'll be right with you.
Some of them will stay on for 3-4 min. before they figure it out.
:evilgrin:
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:29 AM
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11. When my son was 3, I used to hand him the phone and... |
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tell him to talk to the nice lady about Pokemon.
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:23 AM
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9. I had the same type of call |
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twice yesterday. And I've experienced it serveral times before. Sometimes they have come when I am waiting for an important call. I've been concerned about not being able to call or not receiving a call I wanted, and wondered how something like that can be legal.
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Tue Aug-09-05 09:33 AM
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12. They F'n called me and told me to call them.!! got around that law.!! |
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