Originally Posted by Madrox

i'm a telephone sales rep (its like a telemarketer, but telemarketers go blind calling people and hope they buy a product, where TSR's are actually calling customers of the client we are calling for) and i'm here to debunk your "funny" ways to annoy a telemarketer



that wont do much, except make us laugh...



we'll actually talk back because we arnt actually cold hearted fuckers who don't care about nothing but getting your money, we have sympathy and will talk to people if they talk to us, i actually called a old lady and she ended up having a heart attack on the phone, while "most" telemarketers will just hang up and goto their next call, TRUE TSR's will do what we did, called local 911, patched through to their town, and had them go out and help her, we stayed on the phone with her untill the rescue people got on the phone and told us they were there and she was fine



the second you say "but not over the phone" it is our duty to say "Thank you for your time" and hang up, because thats a keyword that means "no sale gonna happen here" and you just fucked up your way of screwing with us



we'll just laugh at you and mute our phones while we look over at the guys and girls beside us and say "listen to this fucking idiot, he must be on something" then all laugh at you



good luck with that, no telemarketer will go slow, we're about being speedy





depends on where you're at, theres 2 places i know of, my place, and another place, my place preformance is good, depending on the campaign we're in and what we're selling, but the other place, you can go all week without sales, and not have a problem, but our place if you go 2 hours without a sale, you get your ass riden, if not sent home for the day





now if you truely wanna annoy a telemarketer, this will get them... act interested in what they are selling, ask questions, do whatever you can to make them think, oh shit easy sale here! and then just keep on going, get into recording with them, verify information, and when they say the last "and i just wanna confirm...." bit that pretty much means, once you say yes, the call is ended, and you just bought whatever they are selling... hangup, that will piss off EVERY telemarketer like no other...