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Originally Posted by theking
I operate the same way...I don't answer the phone...and only respond to a call if they leave a message...but sometimes I decide to have some fun with a telemarketer and will take the call. Right away I will over ride what they are saying and give them a spiel about a car I have for sale. Every time they begin to speak I will over ride what they are saying with something additional about the car. I continue this until they hang up on me.
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Originally Posted by baddog
I can't believe you guys aren't taking advantage of the opportunity; I have had these guys going for 30+ minutes at a time with everything from trying to get my computer turned on to making them spell out URLs multiple times to "I get a 404". They will tie up 2-3 people on a call to me.
And heaven forbid you catch me while I am masturbating . . . I wonder what goodgirl did with that one recording. hmmm
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Oh, believe me, I've had my 'fun' with them in the past. My favorite was the Andy Rooney method... Interrupting them and saying "excuse me for one second, I have something on the stove" or something to that effect, then just lay the phone down and go back to whatever it was you were doing. A few minutes later they'll get the hint and you can hang up your phone. It worked brilliantly for me when Capital One was calling me up to 5 times per day about 6 or 7 years back.
(And before anyone starts running to snopes.com, Andy Rooney himself may not have said this exactly but that's irrelevant, it's written in stone as "the Andy Rooney Method" now)