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- From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How can I stop telemarketers from calling??
- Message-ID: <1992Oct15.113134.22@mimas.arc.ab.ca>
- Date: 15 Oct 92 18:31:32 GMT
- References: <1992Oct13.054140.9352@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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- >
- >I agree! You should be polite:
- >
- >"Hello, I'm from MCI and I would like to ask you a few questions..."
- >
- >Me: "Actually, I'm a customer of AT&T. But I really hate those
- >horrible, patronizing AT&T commercials (<the truth>), so I have
- >seriously been considering changing (<a lie>)...."
- >
- >MCI: "Great!!! Have you heard of our...."
- >
- >Me, interrupting: "Oh, could you excuse me for a second? My food is
- >burning! Please don't go away, I'll be back in a second."
- >
- >Whereby I go back to the TV and continue watching the Simpsons. 15
- >minutes later, I'll check the phone (during the commercials, maybe),
- >and see if the slime is still there. If so, I'll ask them to please
- >wait, my potatoes are burning.
- >
- >Hanging up staightaway doesn't waste enough of their time ;-)
-
- I like what happened in a recent "Seinfeld" show. He get's a call and states
- that he has company.
-
- "Can I get your HOME number and call YOU back???"
- .
- "What you don't want to be called at home???"
- .
- "Well then I guess you know how I feel"...<click>
-
- Bob
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