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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 183705" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Andy, I'd be telling husband about this caller's persistence. He might either talk to someone at the organisation, or reconsider his support.</p><p></p><p>Or failing that, he can always support them in other ways and still have a "do not call" on his home phone.</p><p></p><p>husband refuses to deal with ay organisation over the phone. if someone wants our business, they can send us a letter or make contact in some other way. That's our standard response to a phone call - if the call sounds interesting, we ask them to post us information. Failure to go along with this tells us they're not worth doing business with.</p><p></p><p>Sounds harsh but it saves us a lot of grief.</p><p></p><p>I really hate how so many of these calls come in during the evening rush - between about 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm. And they wonder why I don't want to talk to them?</p><p></p><p>A lot of the Aussie marketing has been shipped offshore, we now get a lot of these marketing calls from India. The trouble is, there is a few seconds' delay before the phone call comes through. I answer the phone and hear - nothing. Silence. Then about two seconds later, a voice comes on, often thickly accented, with "Good afternoon ma'am, how are you today? Good. My name is Bruce [or other iconic 'Aussie bloke' name], I'm calling from [unintelligible company name]. Please an I speaking to Mr or Mrs Marg?..." and thus begins the sales pitch. I never get a word in edgewise, even when they ask how I am. I could say at tat point, "I don't want to talk right now," and they will still answer according to their script with, "I'm glad you are well today. My name is..."</p><p>If I hang up, they will just call back. I need to get a word in to tell them that I do not want to do business with them, and then they ARGUE about it, tell me that I am making a wrong decision! I have found I need to actually justify, to THEM, why I do not want to do business. ie I already have ten of those items (usually time-share). Or I am locked into the same phone contract for the next fifty years but don't worry, your company will be the first I will call when I am free of this contract in forty nine years and ten months, assuming I still have any memory cells left...</p><p></p><p>Failure to get the message through will result in more calls form this company, again at inconvenient times, until I DO succeed in getting them to leave me alone.</p><p></p><p>easy child 2/difficult child 2 chooses to handle such calls by being bizarre. She will quietly listen, giggle occasionally, and when they finally pause for breath and to ask her opinion, she says, "I'm not allowed to drink cola... *giggle*" or "I'm wearing new socks. Wanna see them?"</p><p></p><p>They usually hang up on her.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 183705, member: 1991"] Andy, I'd be telling husband about this caller's persistence. He might either talk to someone at the organisation, or reconsider his support. Or failing that, he can always support them in other ways and still have a "do not call" on his home phone. husband refuses to deal with ay organisation over the phone. if someone wants our business, they can send us a letter or make contact in some other way. That's our standard response to a phone call - if the call sounds interesting, we ask them to post us information. Failure to go along with this tells us they're not worth doing business with. Sounds harsh but it saves us a lot of grief. I really hate how so many of these calls come in during the evening rush - between about 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm. And they wonder why I don't want to talk to them? A lot of the Aussie marketing has been shipped offshore, we now get a lot of these marketing calls from India. The trouble is, there is a few seconds' delay before the phone call comes through. I answer the phone and hear - nothing. Silence. Then about two seconds later, a voice comes on, often thickly accented, with "Good afternoon ma'am, how are you today? Good. My name is Bruce [or other iconic 'Aussie bloke' name], I'm calling from [unintelligible company name]. Please an I speaking to Mr or Mrs Marg?..." and thus begins the sales pitch. I never get a word in edgewise, even when they ask how I am. I could say at tat point, "I don't want to talk right now," and they will still answer according to their script with, "I'm glad you are well today. My name is..." If I hang up, they will just call back. I need to get a word in to tell them that I do not want to do business with them, and then they ARGUE about it, tell me that I am making a wrong decision! I have found I need to actually justify, to THEM, why I do not want to do business. ie I already have ten of those items (usually time-share). Or I am locked into the same phone contract for the next fifty years but don't worry, your company will be the first I will call when I am free of this contract in forty nine years and ten months, assuming I still have any memory cells left... Failure to get the message through will result in more calls form this company, again at inconvenient times, until I DO succeed in getting them to leave me alone. easy child 2/difficult child 2 chooses to handle such calls by being bizarre. She will quietly listen, giggle occasionally, and when they finally pause for breath and to ask her opinion, she says, "I'm not allowed to drink cola... *giggle*" or "I'm wearing new socks. Wanna see them?" They usually hang up on her. Marg [/QUOTE]
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