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janesue

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« on: January 22, 2021, 10:10:33 am »
 >:(who else gets annoying calls from telemarketers?

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2021, 12:33:48 pm »

Your question should be --- Is there anyone who doesn't get calls from telemarketers?  They are so annoying.  I hang up when I hear the click of their system. :angry7:

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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2021, 04:24:49 pm »
I sometimes say out loud who da hell thought inventing the phone was a good idea.  Think I'll say that to the next  telemarketer  yeah.

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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2021, 04:33:01 pm »
what I used to do is take the call and tell them I am interested. then I tell them let me put the dog out I will be right back . Then I put the phone down and eventually I heard the beeping tone because they hung up. One time a person waited one hour before hanging up :)

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2021, 10:10:33 pm »
I don't even answer the phone if I don't know the number but I don't get a lot of those calls anyway.

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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2021, 03:02:32 am »
Most of the time I do not answer.  the one I have answered are want to buy my land I do not own, or about the car warrant.

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2021, 05:06:52 am »
multiple times a day

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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2021, 07:29:16 am »
I get several annoying calls daily from telemarketers. If they stopped getting remunerated, they would die off.

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2021, 01:26:43 pm »
what I used to do is take the call and tell them I am interested. then I tell them let me put the dog out I will be right back . Then I put the phone down and eventually I heard the beeping tone because they hung up. One time a person waited one hour before hanging up :)

I read somewhere that they are not allowed to hang up first.  But the thing is the calls are also recorded a lot of times.  And if they already have your info and you told them you were interested and they have that recorded it could end up being a real headache for you to try to cancel something.  I never thought about laying the phone down and walking away.  But I also don't want them tying up my line. And something else I heard once had to do with keeping you on the phone for x amount of time.  I know for a while they were switching people's phone service that way.

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« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2021, 04:55:53 pm »
what I used to do is take the call and tell them I am interested. then I tell them let me put the dog out I will be right back . Then I put the phone down and eventually I heard the beeping tone because they hung up. One time a person waited one hour before hanging up :)

I read somewhere that they are not allowed to hang up first.  But the thing is the calls are also recorded a lot of times.  And if they already have your info and you told them you were interested and they have that recorded it could end up being a real headache for you to try to cancel something.  I never thought about laying the phone down and walking away.  But I also don't want them tying up my line. And something else I heard once had to do with keeping you on the phone for x amount of time.  I know for a while they were switching people's phone service that way.
That is one of the reasons I only have a smartphone for service now. no more landlines. now if I get a call from someone I don't recognize, I don't answer it

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2021, 10:00:10 am »
Yep! I don't answer any phone calls that I do not know - let the answering  machine take them! I pickup the phone up to people I friends, family & etc.

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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2021, 01:00:21 pm »

Your question should be --- Is there anyone who doesn't get calls from telemarketers?  They are so annoying.  I hang up when I hear the click of their system. :angry7:



I get them on my landline and cell phone.  Some come on caller ID as Spam Risk
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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2021, 01:02:49 pm »
what I used to do is take the call and tell them I am interested. then I tell them let me put the dog out I will be right back . Then I put the phone down and eventually I heard the beeping tone because they hung up. One time a person waited one hour before hanging up :)

I read somewhere that they are not allowed to hang up first.  But the thing is the calls are also recorded a lot of times.  And if they already have your info and you told them you were interested and they have that recorded it could end up being a real headache for you to try to cancel something.  I never thought about laying the phone down and walking away.  But I also don't want them tying up my line. And something else I heard once had to do with keeping you on the phone for x amount of time.  I know for a while they were switching people's phone service that way.
That is one of the reasons I only have a smartphone for service now. no more landlines. now if I get a call from someone I don't recognize, I don't answer it



I get them on landline AND cell.  Truthfully I get more on my smartphone. 
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Re: telemarkers
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2021, 08:29:04 pm »
It's an awful burden to bear. But remember these people have jobs they have to do and it may be the only way they can make money. The least we can do is be civil. I know it's hard and I fail at it myself at times, but they still deserve some respect.

If you don't agree, then just play games if it makes you feel better. I personally would not want to be on the receiving end of that. And hopefully you'll never have to resort to being a telemarketer yourself so you can see how it is firsthand. I'm just sayin'.  :notworthy:


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