You have been calling my apartment on and off for weeks..telling me you’re from microsoft and there is something wrong with my computer and you need access…umm how stupid do you think I am …they don’t call customers! I have told you time and time again not to call me but you keep trying to get me to download your software to “search” for a virus. You are the biggest scam charging people hundreds of dollars to take your spyware off! I’ve already warned you to stop calling me and take me off your list, you’re a scammer next time I’m calling the police .. Same with those long distance “would you like to save money on your credit card” or that damn horn ” you’ve won a vacation”. Please p&ss off! you guys s&ck! —diane the goddess
This article appears in Aug 8-14, 2013.
I just tell them I don’t own a computer. It briefly confuses them, and super amuses me.
Tell those fucking technotards you have an Apple laptop – then press the # sign on your phone about 20 times in rapid succession. Works every time.
I’ve had some very persistent dripholes trying to sell me a home security system. They get very nonplussed when I inform them that I live in a Maytag carton in Point Pleasant Park.
..but he’s calling all the way from India so it’s got to be ligit!!
a maytag box? pure luxury, we lived in a shoebox and worked for 27 hrs in the mine
…AND OUR MUM AND DAD WOULD KILL US, AND DANCE ABOUT ON OUR GRAVES SINGING “HALLELUJAH”…
*BRRRRRRRRRRRR* This is your Captain calling.
I’d rather hear “London Calling”
Reason #87 why you don’t answer the phone unless you recognize the number.
If it’s important, they’ll leave a message.
answer the phone ‘it’s done! but there’s blood everywhere!’
then hang up
When the vacation people call I like to act really excited and ask a bunch of questions about where the vacation is/how long I get to go/when I leave, etc…then after about 5 min or so I tell them I don’t have a credit card.
What the fuck is, Windows?
OP There’s not a fucking thing the cops can do to make them stop calling you and the scam artists know it.
my friend got this call several times. He was like “oh really? I’m very interested to get to the bottom of this, what’s a number I can call you back?” And got a number. He proceeded to prank them mercilessly with soundboards, including the kicked my dog one, found here:
http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Kerpal_sounds
try it out.
hahah your friend sounds awesome TJ.
one of my boyos at the shop love to deal with sales people on the phone. nothing rude or threatening and we keep it short, always good for a larf
When I moved to Montreal fresh out of high school I worked as a vacation package telemarketer. I’ll never forget this one guy. I tell him about this great resort I want to send him to and he asks “is it a homosexual resort?” I say no. He says “what, you got a problem with gay people?” I backpeddle and say something like “no we’re pro equality” or something like that. He proceeded to string me along for a good 20 minutes asking all these questions about were there any gay nude beaches in the area and he usually only visits all male nudist resorts and I’m still trying to make the sale because I’m young and don’t realize he’s messing with me. He finally come out and says “dude, can you not tell I’m fcking with you?” He also dropped the Ken Kaniff voice at this point and sounded like normal non creepy-perv. Probably wasn’t even gay..
Aaah haven’t thought about that in a while.. makes me chuckle.
I’ve only done telemarketing once. I sucked at it too much to ever consider trying it again. I am not a good salesperson. I even did a traveling salesman gig for about 2 weeks. Went all around NS, Kentville, Wolfville, Amherst, North Preston, all over the HRM…the way it worked was that there would be three of us in a car and we’d have to share the days profits evenly. I had to bow out cause I was not contributing very much money and felt bad for the other guys, even though they were always like “Don’t worry man, you’ll get the hang of it! Just how it goes!”
This one item I had to sell one day was an ‘unbreakable’ glass cutting board. So I am making this pitch to a mother in her mid-20’s and she is seeming interested. I say “And look, no matter what you do it won’t break!” Then toss the cutting board down her steps (about three steps up) onto her concrete walkway. Of course, it shattered and she was not impressed. I swept up the mess and went, apologetically, on my way haha.
Yeah. No more sales jobs for this guy.
it scares me how many people fall for this. I do independant computer repair and every month at least 2 dozen people are bringing them over and when it gets on their pc it is a MESS to get it off. They take up to 5 grand from your bank accounts ive never seen more than that. Its just crazy how gullible people are
I did the door to door thing too, it’s not that I’m a bad salesman I’m just too honest. I would like to work a “no BS” sales job but I’m pretty sure that’s not really a thing that exists. It;s hard to get on with a company whose product is actually worth selling because those salespeople never quit their jobs. I miss the rush of sales sometimes but when you have a bad week and can’t pay your bills you realize that slow consistent money ain’t so bad.
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I’ve only worked inbound telemarketing, for tourism. It was awesome, people were planning their vacations so by and large, they were pleasant, and we didn’t disrupt anybody’s supper or anything. The best “just a summer job” I’ve ever worked.
Keep a professional referee’s whistle next to the phone…
i’ve been looking for one of those
http://www.refereeworld.com/catalog/produc…
or if shipping isn’t your deal,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details…
and if you have an iPhone….
well…. go to hell.
check out the scambaiter website. You could have a lot of fun with this.