leeshez
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This might be a repost but hey
Three Little Words That Work !
(1)The three little words are: "Hold On please..."
Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.
Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.
These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.
This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home.
What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!
(3) Junk Mail Help:
When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.
When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.
Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 24p postage "IF" and when they receive them back.
It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 29p before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in their postage-paid return envelopes.
For example; send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back!
If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 24p.
The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice!
Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea ?
If enough people follow these tips, it will work !
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Carr
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Jamie Walby
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ok
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Cybermonkey
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i just scream obscenities down the phone
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Bennn
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does number 2 really work?
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ed
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Telemarketers can't call our number. If they do, our phone automaticall hangs up on them...
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fragpot
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Registering with Telephone preferance System is also a good way to stop them calling.
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Carr
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quote:
Originally posted by fragpot
Registering with Telephone preferance System is also a good way to stop them calling.
Doesn't work for shit though we been on it for ages and we still get calls. I know this means companies are breaking the law but they don't give a shit as they all withold their numbers anyway
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fragpot
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It worked for me, although I still recieve a few calls but not as many as used to. Annoying because it always makes my fax machine spazz out
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Carl
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it worked for our house too, and the fax at work.
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Bennn
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any idea how you stop people faxing your landline other than connecting a fax and replying "stop faxing my fucking landline"
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L33 LEG
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leeshez u spaz, i saw u this morning. ur plate is lookin good on the car 
ur still a dickhead tho 
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leeshez
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
leeshez u spaz, i saw u this morning. ur plate is lookin good on the car
ur still a dickhead tho
Sorry where was you?
Well fcuk u if i see you your not getting a lift 
[Edited on 19-12-2005 by leeshez]
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L33 LEG
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i was jst at barcleys, u wer comin dow near that roundabout
im sorry :9 i was only offensive to u cos i love u. u never stop for me anyway 
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leeshez
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I did once on my way to da roe. Sorry next time i will look out for you.
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L33 LEG
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ye i know u did 
il chuck stones at ur car next time i see u and then ul notice me
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leeshez
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quote:
Originally posted by L33 LEG
ye i know u did
il chuck stones at ur car next time i see u and then ul notice me
Big ones i hope. Im off to clayton in a few mins so if your about i will  via the centre of harwood
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L33 LEG
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il be out in about half an hour, goin to clith tho not clayton way
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leeshez
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Im going to clitty for shopping after clayton, im only dropping a card off at my mates
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gooner_47
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quote:
Originally posted by Bennn
does number 2 really work?
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Kano
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I work in a call centre doing insurance sales.. None of the above work if anything there worse..
Just leaving the line blank means that I would just re-schedule the call for another day.
Shouting and swearing just means I get pissed offf so re-schedule the call for a shitty time of day just to piss people off.
Best thing to do is just say your not interested and would like removed from dialling lists..
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Kyle T
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quote:
Originally posted by Kano
I work in a call centre doing insurance sales.. None of the above work if anything there worse..
Just leaving the line blank means that I would just re-schedule the call for another day.
Shouting and swearing just means I get pissed offf so re-schedule the call for a shitty time of day just to piss people off.
Best thing to do is just say your not interested and would like removed from dialling lists..
SCUM!!! 
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