Thanks for posting that link Medusa.
The do-not-call list is great for getting rid of the telemarketers but charities are exempt from this list as well as companies you have done business with who have your number. The phone calls I still get are MUCH fewer in number so it is worth it!! As an added help, I use an answering machine to screen all calls.
"The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led." - Edgar Allan Poe
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it." - Agent K
Every once in a while I'll get a call from a credit card company that I have a card from and they will want to sell me insurance (for $.70 per $100 charged) that will pay off my card if I have something go wrong in my life and can't pay. I always get a kick out of telling these people that I don't need the insurance because "My in-laws are RICH!" I usually get a laugh from that. What can you say to that?
RIK
RIK
This post was last modified: 12-11-2004, 12:59 AM by Richard Kendrick.
I knew it! But I'm lucky, because I haven't gotten one in mmonths.
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Richard Kendrick Wrote:Every once in a while I'll get a call from a credit card company that I have a card from and they will want to sell me insurance (for $.70 per $100 charged) that will pay off my card if I have something go wrong in my life and can't pay. I always get a kick out of telling these people that I don't need the insurance because "My in-laws are RICH!" I usually get a laugh from that. What can you say to that?
RIK
I was reading this over and I realized that I should have really explained that while my in-laws are fairly well off, that fact really has no bearing on my financially situation. I just think "my in-laws are rich" is a funny thing to tell a telemarketer in that situation.
RIK
Ken Valentine Wrote:I got a call today where the lady began by saying, "Do you know that 63 percent of Americans have some sort of chronic pain?" I answered, "Yes, I know. Mine happens to be telephone solicitors."
~Silence~
I wish I could have seen her face.
Ken V.
I have a freind that sells pool tables and I know his sales pitch very well! When they call me I go strait into his speil and I don't give them a chance to talk until I'm done! Then when I ask them if they are interested and they say no, I say thank you and have a nice day and hang up! It actually makes me look forward to the calls because it is so fun!
KRW
P.S. If I ever sell one I'll have to give them his number!