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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 193524" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We have a blanket policy to not give money to anyone who calls over the phone. And we tell them this. We also ask to be taken off their database.</p><p></p><p>We have a problem here - because voting is compulsory in Australia, all adults in the country are on the Electoral Roll. This document is available to the public, I believe. And while it is better for a telemarketer to have a call list that is already 'cleaned up' (ie they only call the people most likely to buy their product) sometimes they start over and begin with another download of the Electoral Roll. That is when we can find organisations who DID have us listed as "do not call" suddenly calling us again. It happens. Sl again we say, "Do not call - remove us from your database."</p><p></p><p>My favourite was when I received a call from someone trying to sell me aluminium cladding - where you put this 'skin' on your timber house that can make it look like brick. Only it never looks as good, of course...</p><p></p><p>I let the guy talk. I did try, initially, to say we weren't interested but this guy was too pushy. So I listened and sounded more and more interested. "You mean - it could cut my power bills? The insulation is THAT good?" I had the guy stringing along for half an hour, then when I'd had enough I hit him with the killer question - "So how do you attach it to a full-brick house?"</p><p></p><p>The telemarketer hung up on me! And they have never rung back.</p><p></p><p>Now THAT is success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 193524, member: 1991"] We have a blanket policy to not give money to anyone who calls over the phone. And we tell them this. We also ask to be taken off their database. We have a problem here - because voting is compulsory in Australia, all adults in the country are on the Electoral Roll. This document is available to the public, I believe. And while it is better for a telemarketer to have a call list that is already 'cleaned up' (ie they only call the people most likely to buy their product) sometimes they start over and begin with another download of the Electoral Roll. That is when we can find organisations who DID have us listed as "do not call" suddenly calling us again. It happens. Sl again we say, "Do not call - remove us from your database." My favourite was when I received a call from someone trying to sell me aluminium cladding - where you put this 'skin' on your timber house that can make it look like brick. Only it never looks as good, of course... I let the guy talk. I did try, initially, to say we weren't interested but this guy was too pushy. So I listened and sounded more and more interested. "You mean - it could cut my power bills? The insulation is THAT good?" I had the guy stringing along for half an hour, then when I'd had enough I hit him with the killer question - "So how do you attach it to a full-brick house?" The telemarketer hung up on me! And they have never rung back. Now THAT is success. [/QUOTE]
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