Tell Telemarketers to Take a Hike

Iria · Sep 23, 2006, 06:18 PM

Source: Wired News
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We recently had a persistent telemarketing service ringing our phone every 10-15 minutes for the better part of a week. If only we'd had the CallBlocker. This device intercepts calls before your phone rings and plays the following default message:

“You have reached CallBlocker and not an answering machine. All commercial sales calls and fund raising requests are not accepted, place this number on your do not call list. Personal and invited callers press 5 on your touch phone to proceed.”

Dyre Straits · Sep 23, 2006, 06:58 PM

Or, you could do what this brave and imaginative individual did:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/off-topic-forum/118409-giving-telemarketers-copied.html

Iria · Sep 23, 2006, 08:09 PM

I usually ask them to hang on and place the headset in another room ... and walk away.

Master Shake · Sep 23, 2006, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Iria

I usually ask them to hang on and place the headset in another room ... and walk away.

That's cute and everything but then they'll just put you in as a callback and you'll hear from them again within a few hours. I know this because I used to work for one a few years ago.

Rayder · Sep 24, 2006, 05:31 AM

We just have an answering machine message that says, (in a sarcastic tone) "Telemarketers can HANG UP NOW, (then in a nice voice) everyone else please leave a message".

We hate answering the phone anyway.....

The_Neon_Cowboy · Sep 24, 2006, 07:51 AM

my phone has tell zapper most of them hang up as they think thier calling a PC or fax

Sep 23, 2006, 06:18 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Tell Telemarketers to Take a Hike Source: Wired News ________ We recently had a persistent telemarketing service ringing our phone every 10-15 minutes for the better part of a week. If only we'd had the CallBlocker. This device intercepts calls before your phone rings and plays the following default message: “You have reached CallBlocker and not an answering machine. All commercial sales calls and fund raising requests are not accepted, place this number on your do not call list. Personal and invited callers press 5 on your touch phone to proceed.”

Sep 24, 2006, 07:51 AM	#6
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	my phone has tell zapper most of them hang up as they think thier calling a PC or fax __________________

Sep 23, 2006, 08:09 PM	Thread Starter #3
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	I usually ask them to hang on and place the headset in another room ... and walk away.

Sep 24, 2006, 05:31 AM	#5
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,160 Rep Power: 71	We just have an answering machine message that says, (in a sarcastic tone) "Telemarketers can HANG UP NOW, (then in a nice voice) everyone else please leave a message". We hate answering the phone anyway.....