Current Events > Think I pissed of a telemarketer.

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He called yesterday from my ISP (they sell other stuff too). So this is how the convo went

"Hello, are you x"?

-Yeah, what is this about?

"I call from Telenor, we have lots of fun Black Friday offers"

-I'm not interested

"...But I haven't even had the chance to tell you about them"

-Yeah not interessted

"ehhh okay, have a good day"

He sounded pissed off after I said I wasn't interested.

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That's interesting...

It's a lot cooler when you get those scammers calling from some random country overseas.

They'll say something about your credit card, or they'll tell you that your PC has a virus and they want to help fix it.

Once I just flat-out said: "This sounds like a scam to me."

And he said: "Fuck you, you fucking motherfucker" in a thick Indian accent, then hung up on me.

So yeah, that was pretty rude of him.
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I dunno why he got pissed, I made the convo short so he can sell this shit to more people. It's worse when I one time had them on the phone for 30+ mins, they needing to talk to a supervisor to answer my questions, and then me saying I'm not interested.

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As a person that does telesales I'd much rather someone just tell me they're not interested at the beginning of the conversation. Saves me time, and also helps stop my conversion rate from taking a hit.

Fucking old people are the worse. They'll call in because they saw the number on a TV commercial and want to know how it would be a value for them, then get upset when you ask questions to see if it would be.

"Just tell me if it would work for me."

"I'm not sure if it would just let me ask my damn questions."
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Telemarketer will remember this.
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Lol I dont give them a chance. As soon as they start their pitch, I tell them Im not interested and hang up on them.

KLouD_KoNNeCteD posted...

That's interesting...

not really
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Cleo_II posted...

Lol I dont give them a chance. As soon as they start their pitch, I tell them Im not interested and hang up on them.

I don't even say I'm not interested. I just hang up.

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Thats the coolest story Ive ever heard.

Can you tell it again? Do you have time?
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I had a really weird one once.

"Hello, this is -insertcompanyhere- representative. I am calling for -product- please hold,"
*Music starts playing.*

I just hung up. What kinda telemarketer calls people and then puts them on hold?
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Deadpool_18 posted...

Thats the coolest story Ive ever heard.

Can you tell it again? Do you have time?

I got a secret for ya.

Hit f5, boom it's back!

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I always say shit like "I have absolutely zero credit" or "I am a poor college student working two jobs"

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Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's a lot cooler when you get those scammers calling from some random country overseas.

They'll say something about your credit card, or they'll tell you that your PC has a virus and they want to help fix it.

Once I just flat-out said: "This sounds like a scam to me."

And he said: "Fuck you, you fucking motherfucker" in a thick Indian accent, then hung up on me.

So yeah, that was pretty rude of him.

Next time you will just let him scam so his feelings aren't hurt.

evilpresident posted...

I had a really weird one once.

"Hello, this is -insertcompanyhere- representative. I am calling for -product- please hold,"
*Music starts playing.*

I just hung up. What kinda telemarketer calls people and then puts them on hold?

Definitely hang up on those. They transfer partners and they're scum. Basically some things you're not allowed to call unsolicited so they have transfer partners call and then mention a few things and they transfer you over because now you've expressed interest in learning about the product. It should be fucking illegal.
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It's one thing to just be a random telemarketer, but I fucking cannot stand the ones out to scam old people out of money. I'll generally politely decline regular ones, but I fucking hate anyone calling about my "credit card account" or "Microsoft account." They deserve all the vitriol in the world, and I give it to them.

Telemarketers have to sell a certain percentage of the people they call or else they risk getting fired, and their calls also have to be a certain average length, so you were a hit to their numbers.

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Aeriis posted...

Crono99 posted...

Aeriis posted...

I donated blood once and afterwards was called by Red Cross like 30 times. It was so irritating, eventually I just told them I was recently diagnosed with AIDS and could no longer donate. And then they called back again and I was just like, "?!? please please stop calling me" and they said "okay we will, but do you know anyone else who might be interested?" >_<

Maybe they're run by vampires and they were starving for more blood.

Maybe! I'm just surprised they wanted my "AIDS blood"...

You know what they say.. find a niche and exploit it!

He was probably going to try to sell you something to help you clean up after yourself.

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In my three months as a telemarketer (legit, but dear god never again), the magic words were "please take me off your list". I know I was intruding into your life to make minimum wage and the faint hope of a commission, and I was more than happy to politely show myself out.

On the other side of things, my coworkers were assholes, and if those legally binding words didn't show up on the line, they'd mark you for a callback the next day. And the next, and the next, and the next.

No money's worth that.

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The23rdMagus posted...

In my three months as a telemarketer (legit, but dear god never again), the magic words were "please take me off your list". I know I was intruding into your life to make minimum wage and the faint hope of a commission, and I was more than happy to politely show myself out.

On the other side of things, my coworkers were assholes, and if those legally binding words didn't show up on the line, they'd mark you for a callback the next day. And the next, and the next, and the next.

No money's worth that.

There's definitely no way most companies actually take people off lists. I've gotten a call from the same bastard three times in a row trying different business lines.

nemu posted...

There's definitely no way most companies actually take people off lists. I've gotten a call from the same bastard three times in a row trying different business lines.

You were probably dealing with a scammer. Legit companies that still use telemarketing are required to provide their company name and address on request, and are required to erase people from a lead list that ask for it - they can get in some seriously deep shit with the FCC (and/or get their asses sued off) if they don't.

The fucked up part is, "don't call me ever again" isn't the same as "take me off your list", and I worked with a handful of shit stains that harassed people who didn't say the magic words.

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