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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 80306" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>I love the responses to telemarketers. The one who read "Mr. and Mrs. Marg" straight off the sheet is a classic. </p><p></p><p>I have some sympathy (but not a lot) 'cause I know what a cruddy job it is and how ugly people can get. My wife and difficult child did this once each (wife before I met her) and lasted respectively two hours and four hours. On the other hand telemarketers do know that the job, by its very nature, is intrusive and the ones who stick with it just don't care. </p><p></p><p>I just interrupt the spiel and say "Thank you, I'm not interested" and then hang up. Yes, it is rude to interrupt and then hang up while they're talking, but it's better than both of us wasting our time. I tried actually explaining that the caller would have better luck with someone else a few times before and somehow managed to wind up with the really persistent ones who would insist that I hear them out (probably had a supervisor listening in). I have used "you'll need to speak to the landlord" to cut off calls about siding (that's cladding, Marg) before. (Why is siding sold this way so often?) When it gets to the point that the caller repeatedly demands to know <em>why</em> I'm not interested (implying that I'm just really obtuse) then I have to hang up on them anyway.</p><p></p><p>Oh, by the way, wife and difficult child are both now even more to the point. They just hang up.</p><p></p><p>What is the status of do-not-call list legislation in the US? Anybody know? Can you tell a telemarketer to remove you from their call list and report them if they call back again? Can companies be prosecuted for selling phone numbers without the owner's permission?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 80306, member: 3485"] I love the responses to telemarketers. The one who read "Mr. and Mrs. Marg" straight off the sheet is a classic. I have some sympathy (but not a lot) 'cause I know what a cruddy job it is and how ugly people can get. My wife and difficult child did this once each (wife before I met her) and lasted respectively two hours and four hours. On the other hand telemarketers do know that the job, by its very nature, is intrusive and the ones who stick with it just don't care. I just interrupt the spiel and say "Thank you, I'm not interested" and then hang up. Yes, it is rude to interrupt and then hang up while they're talking, but it's better than both of us wasting our time. I tried actually explaining that the caller would have better luck with someone else a few times before and somehow managed to wind up with the really persistent ones who would insist that I hear them out (probably had a supervisor listening in). I have used "you'll need to speak to the landlord" to cut off calls about siding (that's cladding, Marg) before. (Why is siding sold this way so often?) When it gets to the point that the caller repeatedly demands to know [i]why[/i] I'm not interested (implying that I'm just really obtuse) then I have to hang up on them anyway. Oh, by the way, wife and difficult child are both now even more to the point. They just hang up. What is the status of do-not-call list legislation in the US? Anybody know? Can you tell a telemarketer to remove you from their call list and report them if they call back again? Can companies be prosecuted for selling phone numbers without the owner's permission? [/QUOTE]
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