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In reply to the discussion: Anything else besides Do Not Call List to stop telemarketers? [View all]PD Turk
(1,289 posts)8. I ask them for their credit card number
When they seem puzzled, I explain to them that my time is too valuable to waste for free, but for $30 an hour at a 4 hour minimum ill be happy to listen to their sales pitch.
Sometimes I'll ask for their home telephone number and ask them what time they eat dinner so I can interrupt them in the middle of their meal
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Another thing is that a lot of telemarketers these days operate from India.
backscatter712
Aug 2013
#50
Apparently there are a LOT of someone's above the telemarketers not doing their job
AndyA
Aug 2013
#43
Last week we got two different calls from the Indian guys pretending to be Microsoft
MurrayDelph
Aug 2013
#42
Yeah, they either deny being thieves or laugh at you for attempting to report them
csziggy
Aug 2013
#47
While the Do Not Call list is ineffective, there is a list that will seriously reduce the number of
ms.smiler
Aug 2013
#19
If you get a survey call and at the end they say "you may be eligible for a prize, may we
applegrove
Aug 2013
#22
If you do not give that number to anyone YOU want to hear from, just turn the volume OFF
SoCalDem
Aug 2013
#33
These simple words when you answer make them take your number out of the database very fast
Lee-Lee
Aug 2013
#35
The majority of cold-callers these days are criminals, so the DNC lists don't work on them.
Posteritatis
Aug 2013
#66