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Related: About this forumTelemarketers become less interested in selling to me when...
Telemarketers become less interested in selling to me when...
Home improvement folks seem reluctant when I ask if they can build a torture dungeon for me...
Medicare advantage pests generally lose interest when I say I'm 95.
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Telemarketers become less interested in selling to me when... (Original Post)
Norrrm
Jan 30
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MiniMe
(21,848 posts)1. You answer the phone?
I don't pick up the phone unless I know who is calling. If they need me, they can leave a message
dickthegrouch
(3,986 posts)2. When expecting calls from new contacts
I sometimes answer.
The ones I hate most are the ones that record my voice without permission or announcement.
They get a very different accent from my normal voice that their IVR cannot understand.
Norrrm
(1,279 posts)3. Sometimes.... for entertainment purposes only.
Any true psychic already knows they're not gonna get any bucks from me.
LetMyPeopleVote
(162,024 posts)4. I ask to talk to their supervisors and they hang up on me