Telemarketing Trick - Page 3

Prudence · 03-17-2005, 06:02 PM

My problem isn't the calls from live people, it's the automated, computer dialed calls and the evil, nasty, no-good, very rotten junk faxes. At various points in my life I've had sick relatives. Very sick relatives. Near death relatives. And yes, if they die at 3am I need to know at 3am so I can get a plane ticket ASAP because I'm near Seattle, the funeral is in Adel, IA, it's Christmas time, and the first big blizzard of the year is expected to hit and disrupt air travel in about 8 hours. I don't appreciate the continual flood of fax calls waking me up all night long as I wait for "the call."

Not to mention the emotional toll of every ring wondering if it's the one.

I know there are ways to combat junk faxes, but they're fairly labor intensive and I don't have enough free time at the moment. I don't understand why live people can't call after certain hours, but it's okay for machines to call and disrupt people whenever the operators choose.

Gemini Cricket · 03-17-2005, 06:23 PM

I hate those weird telemarketing calls where they call you, you pick up and they tell you to hold.

I don't mind holding when it's a call I'm making, but when someone calls me just to put me on hold - now that's annoying...

MouseWife · 03-17-2005, 06:32 PM

Prudence~ that is a very good point. We went through that recently with many relatives with relevant calls. It can fluster some people in difficult times to deal with machines, etc. So, we tried to answer calls, worried what the call was for.

Oh my gosh. Yes, it totally GRRRRS me to get a call off hours because in MY day, those calls were 'important'.

alphabassettgrrl · 03-23-2005, 05:14 PM

Yeah, I took a (very) short job as a telemarketer once. It sucked. Nothing good about that except that it was short.

Caller ID helps a lot. It's usually not a real number, but at least I can just ignore the phone. They're easy to identify. I hate them calling- what a horrific invasion of my privacy. If I wanted your product, I would call you. I didn't. Go away. I'm usually polite, mostly, but my goal is to get them off my phone as quickly as possible. I just don't want to waste my time.

I'd leave them sitting on the table and go away, but they pay so little for the phone lines I don't even think it's worth the effort.

Fax lines- they're set up with a calling list, and it calls all night, in part because its' supposed to be calling fax machines that don't actually sleep, and they're in offices, where the people aren't. So supposedly they're not disturbing anyone. We had quite a problem with it for a while but we haven't gotten anything lately. We don't have a fax machine, which is why it's so annoying. Also, we got the phone line set up so it stops any call that doesn't identify itself. If your number is blocked or missing, it asks you who you are that is calling. If the fax machine doesn't say anything, it doesn't let the call through, though sometimes if the machine beeps at the right time the phone line thinks it's an answer and lets it through. The telemarketers don't have the access to say anything so some of those are blocked.

03-17-2005, 06:02 PM	#21
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	My problem isn't the calls from live people, it's the automated, computer dialed calls and the evil, nasty, no-good, very rotten junk faxes. At various points in my life I've had sick relatives. Very sick relatives. Near death relatives. And yes, if they die at 3am I need to know at 3am so I can get a plane ticket ASAP because I'm near Seattle, the funeral is in Adel, IA, it's Christmas time, and the first big blizzard of the year is expected to hit and disrupt air travel in about 8 hours. I don't appreciate the continual flood of fax calls waking me up all night long as I wait for "the call." Not to mention the emotional toll of every ring wondering if it's the one. I know there are ways to combat junk faxes, but they're fairly labor intensive and I don't have enough free time at the moment. I don't understand why live people can't call after certain hours, but it's okay for machines to call and disrupt people whenever the operators choose. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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03-17-2005, 06:23 PM	#22
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I hate those weird telemarketing calls where they call you, you pick up and they tell you to hold. I don't mind holding when it's a call I'm making, but when someone calls me just to put me on hold - now that's annoying...
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03-17-2005, 06:32 PM	#23
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	Prudence~ that is a very good point. We went through that recently with many relatives with relevant calls. It can fluster some people in difficult times to deal with machines, etc. So, we tried to answer calls, worried what the call was for. Oh my gosh. Yes, it totally GRRRRS me to get a call off hours because in MY day, those calls were 'important'. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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03-23-2005, 05:14 PM	#24
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Yeah, I took a (very) short job as a telemarketer once. It sucked. Nothing good about that except that it was short. Caller ID helps a lot. It's usually not a real number, but at least I can just ignore the phone. They're easy to identify. I hate them calling- what a horrific invasion of my privacy. If I wanted your product, I would call you. I didn't. Go away. I'm usually polite, mostly, but my goal is to get them off my phone as quickly as possible. I just don't want to waste my time. I'd leave them sitting on the table and go away, but they pay so little for the phone lines I don't even think it's worth the effort. Fax lines- they're set up with a calling list, and it calls all night, in part because its' supposed to be calling fax machines that don't actually sleep, and they're in offices, where the people aren't. So supposedly they're not disturbing anyone. We had quite a problem with it for a while but we haven't gotten anything lately. We don't have a fax machine, which is why it's so annoying. Also, we got the phone line set up so it stops any call that doesn't identify itself. If your number is blocked or missing, it asks you who you are that is calling. If the fax machine doesn't say anything, it doesn't let the call through, though sometimes if the machine beeps at the right time the phone line thinks it's an answer and lets it through. The telemarketers don't have the access to say anything so some of those are blocked.
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