If they give you their 1800 number, refuse and say you want his or her
home phone number to discuss the finalizing of the sale.
If they refuse again (which they will) then yell at them and say,
"Oh so you don't like being bothered at home!! huh?"
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Whenever a telemarketer calls swing the conversation to religion and
try selling them on your belief.
After awhile, if you do this enough they will stop calling you.
The next time that annoying telemarketer calls, ask him if he can hold
for a sec.
Then lay the phone down and go back in about 10 min to hang it up.
To telelmarketers, time is money and they won't want to stay on hold
for a long time waiting for someone who will more than likely not want
anything from them.
If you do this a few times whenever they call, they will eventually
stop calling you.
The next time you get an annoying telemarketer calling you start naming
vegetables as he is giving his pitch.
He will become annoyed and just hang up on you.
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If they
are offering a loan,
tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some
money.
Ask: “How long can I keep it?
Do I ever have to pay it back, or is it like the other money I borrowed
before my bankruptcy?”
If they start out with: “How are you today?”
Say: “Why do you want to know?”
You can also say: “I’m so glad you asked, because no one seems to care
these days and I have all these problems, my sciatica is acting up, my
eyelashes are sore, my dog just died a s o ...”
When they try to get back to the sales process, just continue sharing
your problems.
If the person says he’s Joe Doe from the XYZ Company, ask him to spell
his name, then ask him to spell the company name, then ask where it is
located.
Continue asking personal questions or questions about the company for
as long as necessary.
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Say: “No,”
over and over.
Be sure to vary the sound of each “no,” and keep an even tempo even as
they’re trying to speak.
This is the most fun if you can keep going until they hang up.
If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up with their Family and Friends
plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can muster:
“I don’t have any friends… would you be my friend?”
If they clean rugs: “Can you get blood out, you can?
Well, how about goat blood or human blood - chicken blood, too?”
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Let the person go through their spiel, providing minimal but necessary
feedback in the form of an occasional affirmation.
Finally, when they ask you to buy, ask them to marry you.
They get all flustered, but just tell them you couldn’t give your
credit card number to someone who’s a complete stranger.
Tell them you work for the same company they work for.
Telemarketer: “This is Bill from Watertronics.”
You: “Watertronics! Hey I work for them too. Where are you calling
from?”
Telemarketer: “Uh, Dallas, Texas.”
You: “Great, they have a group there too? How’s business / the weather?
Too bad the company has a policy against selling to employees! Oh well,
see ya.”