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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:30 AM Original message |
Don't Threaten To Kill Telemarketers |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. A simple "no thank you" works for most of them |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Hanging up works on ALL of them, every time. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. delete...wrong place |
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MinM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. President of US Fidelis: convicted felon/fundie |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. I have caller ID, I simply just don't answer the phone |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. +1 |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes, free yourself from running to the phone! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I would like to see a "sandbox" program put to use. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Same here. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't threaten to kill anybody. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
5. I don't threaten telemarketers, at least someone hired people to annoy me |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. I don't understand how a telemarketer could make a person angry enough to threaten violence. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Exactly |
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Ewellian (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. Read the news account... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. It wasn't random junkmail - it was an illegal scam |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. If my caller ID says unknown name or data blocked, I just don't answer the phone. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. it is way easy to record voice conversations on a telphone these days |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is ridiculous. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. "But if you DO want to burn down the place of business, here's the address." |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Do not burn down 300 North Tucker Boulevard. n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why the hell are people still even talking to telemarketers? |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. I would not advise threatening anyone with violence |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
19. I tell them "Wait a moment I'll get him" then just put the receiver aside and laugh to myself. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I do the same thing... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Tom Mabe knows how to deal with them properly... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
21. I ask them the most sexually explicit questions I can think of. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Ever get lucky that way? n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No - but I have made a couple of them laugh so hard they had to hang up. |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have been to a telemarketing call center for one of our businness programs... |
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Reader Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. St. Louis workhouse? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Since I have had family members who have worked that job, I talk to |
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