How to handle a telemarketer

[ponyfool]

Ever want to turn the tables on a telemarketer? Here's one way, and it's awesome!!!

This is from the Bob and Tom show, it is an MP3 of one man's "revenge" and it is hilarious!!!!

How to handle a telemarketer MP3 from the Bob and Tom show

Here it is embedded in a web page rather than the full MP3 above: Tom Mabe's Telemarketer's Revenge

 

[FJRottie]

I will do one of two things. When they ask for the owner, or Mr. Rottie;

I tell them He (being me) died last week and then they pretty much hang-up themselves.

I say "just a minute", and then put the phone down and then hang the phone up 30 minutes later. Sometimes I will put it near the stereo or TV and let them listen to that for 30 minutes.

 

[Rogue]

...I tell them He (being me) died last week and then they pretty much hang-up themselves....

I heard of someone doing that (urban legend??) and word getting back to her bank that she was dead... her account closed, credit cards cancelled... :blink: :blink: :blink:

 

[painman]

I use to pull one when the telemarketers would call, I would let them start their speil and just interupt them and say, "Bob, (or whatever the heck their name is), I'm really interested in your product, but you see I'm really in a big hurry. So right now I would like to take your name and home number, and I will call you later at your home." At which time they would say, "well I'm at work and I can't really give you my home phone number". And I would say, "you mean you can call me at my home on my phone but I can't call you at your home?" Now they're really frustrated, and I tell them how much I reallllllllllllllly want to find out more about their product but I have to go and I have to call them at their home, at which time they usually hang up and put me on their do-not-call list.....PM. <>< :lol:

 

[JimV]

Hey Pony,

Isn't it illegal to impersonate a LEO? ;-)

Freaking Hi-larious.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[worldbound4now]

That was great. For now, an easy resolution was to get a VoIP phone and not list the number. Had it for a year now with no telemarketer calls at all.

 

[SkooterG]

That was freaking hilarious!

 

[ponyfool]

Isn't it illegal to impersonate a LEO? ;-)

Well sure, but who in this case would mind?

Besides, he wasn't trying to obtain anything.....

 

[gypsy]

I used to have a roommate in university who would just talk really soft and ask the telemarketer "so what are you wearing?"

They usually hung up.

gypsy

 

[chickey191]

I used to have a roommate in university who would just talk really soft and ask the telemarketer "so what are you wearing?"
They usually hung up.

gypsy

my usual response to them is:

"are you naked?" - doesn't seem to matter if they are male or female.

Then I say... well - I'm naked.

or -

hey - are you the one wearing the blue shirt today? 'cause I can see through the window and I've had my eye on that person in the blue shirt since lunch.

BUT --- remember that they have your name and phone number and usually your address. A friend of mine used to do this shit for a living and when someone gave him a hard time he would start calling pizza places in the area and order a couple of pizzas from like 5 different ones - and have the all delivered to that person's house.

so..... are you naked ??????????