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Originally posted by Ryan Coke@Aug 30 2005, 05:41 AM
I usually give them one polite "No thanks, I'm not interested/busy/whatever", but then if they keep pushing they are asking for whatever abuse they get. If they are decent and say thanks anyway and goodbye, then I never need to be rude or hang up on them--their choice.
I also try to just not answer those #'s I don't recognize, but it drives me when the same one keeps calling-- I've had the same # call 5 times in 2 days. I finally answer it, and get the "it is the CIBC calling", well if this was really important leave a message on the first call and I'll get back to you. Don't keep calling but refusing to leave messages.
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True, true and true. I'll politely say "no thanks or I'm not interested". I understand tyhat their job is to try to keep me listening with some sort of hook "but sir, this credit card comes with an introductory rate of 5%". I'll say "I'm just not interested"... If, at this point, they don't let me go, I'll hang up.
Sometimes, they get pretty annoying. They won't stop talking. Sometimes I wish I had one of those old phones that you can just fataing slam down. Not for all of them. But for some of them.
My phone has a special ring for long diistance. I hate it when I answer the ring thinking it might be one of my 6 or 7 friends or sisters that have moved away, and its a telemarketer.
The phone will ring again 20 minutes later, I don't answer, and I get an earful on my voicemail from my sister "why don't you answer my calls?". :angry:
Thats the biggest reason I don't like the telemarketing racket. Because I end up avoiding the phone. I pay for my phone so I can talk to people I like. Not to get solicited.
