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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2009 20:59:29 GMT
a phone call I received tonight:
*Bring Bring*
Me: Hello?
Phone: Hi is that Mr Damian Shatford?
Me: No
Phone: Hello Mr Shatford
Me: o.O
Phone: May we ask you some customer service questions?
Me: No
Phone: Is your postcode XXXX XXX? at number 11?
Me: I said no, I'm not Damian
Phone: Oh....will you answer my questions anyway?
Me: No
Phone: They are just simple yes/no questions
Me: No
Phone: Are you certain?
Me: I'm hanging up now
Phones: Thank you anyway
Me: Byyeee
*Beeeeeep*
I seriously hate pushy sellers, and...my brother hasn't lived with us for like 2 years now...so.....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2009 21:37:07 GMT
Its curious that you brought this up because this morning the family home received a phone call for my sister trying to sell stuff. According to my sister she answered the call and a person on the other end asked her if she had trouble getting around the house. She said no and added 'why should I?' The person on the other end then said 'oh, you do sound quite young' and then hung up.
What it all boils down to is the fact that some time ago my sister brought something from a catalogue firm and gave the firm her phone number in case there were any problems with the order. The catalogue firm then subsequently sold or passed on her number to another company who does a spot of cold calling to try a rustle up a few customers.
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Post by dinogrrl on Nov 12, 2009 0:05:04 GMT
I had my first ever lewd call last week, in which a teen boy sounding voice asked me in a hesitant and mumbly fashion whether I had visible pantylines on the back of my pants. I told him to fuck off and hung up.
Overall, I ended up being a lot ruder than he!
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Post by KoshNaranek on Nov 12, 2009 2:22:21 GMT
As Billy Connolly once said, it would be great if you told some to fuck off, and off they fucked. Sometimes it just needs to be said.
I hate pushy sellers.
- Tony
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Post by grahamthomson on Nov 12, 2009 8:09:06 GMT
Calls like that are an opportunity to have some fun.
Why not pretend to have a heart-attack, live on the phone. Or suddenly notice a gang of kids in the garden breaking all the gnomes and shout every expletive going at them.
It amazes how much these sellers will tolerate before hanging up.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2009 8:25:15 GMT
Calls like that are an opportunity to have some fun. Why not pretend to have a heart-attack, live on the phone. Or suddenly notice a gang of kids in the garden breaking all the gnomes and shout every expletive going at them. It amazes how much these sellers will tolerate before hanging up. seller: hi, can we just take a minute of your time? Me: *crying* I..I...Just killed her Seller: Wha? Me: with a knife Seller:  of I would be so tempted |
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Post by Hero on Nov 12, 2009 8:35:26 GMT
You lot are giving me ideas  ===KEN |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2009 10:53:34 GMT
I did once pretend to be Batman, but the cold caller was having none of it. that was before I signed up for TPS and my spam calls went down from over 10 a day to once or twice a month.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2009 13:25:12 GMT
You could have a lot of fun with these cold callers. Anything ridiculous yet believable could be said to them and they would probably think twice about calling you again.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 19, 2009 19:56:37 GMT
seller: hi, can we just take a minute of your time? Me: *crying* I..I...Just killed her Seller: Wha? Me: with a knife Seller: of I would be so tempted I've got to exault that! I'm sure a beverage of some sort would have come out of my nose had I been drinking one! Seller: "Hello, Sir, could I talk to you about your mobile phone?" Me: "I'm touching myself" Seller: "Er, I'm sorry?" Me: "I'm touching myself, right now, would you like to listen?" ...drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......... |
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Post by karla on Nov 19, 2009 22:13:57 GMT
be careful shockprowl.
"mobile phone" could mean something else...
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Post by Stomski on Nov 20, 2009 9:17:16 GMT
I used to live with a guy called Steve. Because of this, his name on spam lists was Mr. S. Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe*.
When the cold callers used to call up they'd say "Can we speak to Mrs Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe", to which I would say "yes, please hold". Then I'd hum elevator music down the line to them and after 30 seconds come back in falsetto as Mrs.
I'd be interested to see how long they'd stay "on hold" though...
I also get annoyed when I get called by "Barclaycard" trying to sell me insurance or wine or something totally unrelated. When I ask them to prove to me who they are, they can't. They then say they can provide me with my details, but not their own. To this I state "I know who I am, and you really shouldn't give out my personal details over the phone."
* Note-Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe wasn't his real surname.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2009 13:19:13 GMT
I used to live with a guy called Steve. Because of this, his name on spam lists was Mr. S. Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe*. When the cold callers used to call up they'd say "Can we speak to Mrs Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe", to which I would say "yes, please hold". Then I'd hum elevator music down the line to them and after 30 seconds come back in falsetto as Mrs. I'd be interested to see how long they'd stay "on hold" though... I also get annoyed when I get called by "Barclaycard" trying to sell me insurance or wine or something totally unrelated. When I ask them to prove to me who they are, they can't. They then say they can provide me with my details, but not their own. To this I state "I know who I am, and you really shouldn't give out my personal details over the phone." * Note-Depardieu-Hamilton-Smythe wasn't his real surname."please hold and enjoy my new dial tone music" *hangs up* how long til they realise that I have actually hung up? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2009 13:33:56 GMT
All of this business of companies selling other people's telephone numbers and details makes a mockery of stuff like being ex-directory.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 21, 2009 8:36:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2009 10:43:15 GMT
I'll have to mention that to my father. He's sick of all of these marketing calls that we get.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 24, 2009 21:31:30 GMT
I shall sign up again for TPS shortly. Found it useful before. Also now ex-directory to cut down nuisance calls further.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2009 21:44:37 GMT
When I eventually get my own place, I plan to just use a mobile phone, and the actual phone line will be for the internet (I rarely call anyone or get calls anyway, people I know tend to chat to me online anyway
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2009 9:37:54 GMT
I've got a mobile phone but I rarely use it. I never give the number away to anybody other than family members and as such I don't get nuisance calls on it. It's just the main landline phone that tends to get bombarded with junk calls.
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