What I usually do is ask if I can put them on hold for one second. Then I put the phone down and let them sit and wait, and wait, and wait. After about three to four minutes they eventually hang up. When you consistently do this they stop calling because they know that when your phone # pops up on the list that they are supposed to call, they know you'll do it every time. It's a waste of their time and their commissions to sit wait for nothing. Plus its really funny when you sit down to eat dinner and the person is on the phone listening to you talk about how much you can't stand it when telemarketers call right when your sitting down to eat dinner.
Matt -----Original Message----- From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:29 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: National Do Not Call Registry Goes live today > Actually, we have this in Wisconsin already, and it has > worked reasonably well. I think I've only had a couple of > telemarketer calls since it went into effect last January. The best thing to do, even if you're not registered... Caller: "Hello, can I speak to you about new windows?" You: "Do you realise that I'm registered with the Do Not Call service?" Caller: "Erm" You: "Can I have the name of your company, I believe an $11,000 fine is coming your way" Caller: "Sorry, wrong number" Dial Tone... <g> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
