It must be tough for telemarketers
 

I have a land line because I know better than to rely on cellphones in an area that is prone to earthquakes. There are probably 5 people that call that number and the rest are telemarketers.

When I am bored I usually make up a story like I am a cop investigating the murder of Mr Brown, and make them reveal their relationship with the deceased, etc. It usually causes some stress for the telemarketer, but sometimes it is as much work for me to keep the story running. Recently, I have started telling the caller that I am currently masturbating and ask them to hold for a few minutes, and ask them to talk dirty to help me along.

The amazing thing is how many people will sit and wait before finally hanging up. The girl this morning said she could call me back in a few minutes if I'd like.

i typically don't answer those calls but the odd time i do i do one of several things
-play obscene music into the phone
-act like im retarded
-tell them im on welfare and eat dog food

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same here, got a land line to open the front gate and that's about it... 40 calls a week +... all spam... I called the phone company, got on the do not call list, and unlisted... calls stopped almost immediately...also got a number for the phone company to trace the calls for the serious assholes..

Yeah, the original guy that thought of that was funny.

I got on the do not call list and it does not seem to have done anything as far as reducing the amount of spam I get

damien beat me :(

get the number unlisted... and get the trace number for the assholes

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh lol, that's gold, and is what I'm going to do next time I ever get a cold call to my mobile :thumbsup

bad dog bad dog

What I like to do is act interested, go along with it, and once they get into recording, which they have to ask your permission, while in recording, that's basically a cue that it's sold and they start getting real excited... Here's the fun part, RIGHT BEFORE you commit to the purchase, say no thanks and hang up... They get so pissed because they can't do anything once a no has been said on recording as most companies will flag that sale as incomplete...

Really rustles their jimmies.

Gotta love those earthquake proof phone lines and telephone poles.

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Spoken like someone that does not have a clue. Telephone service (POTS) historically is always the first service restored.

So she knows you, right?

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Lately I have been getting calls by some idiot offering to cut my interest rates on my credit cards in half. It's such an obvious scam done by over-anxious con artists. Sometimes I hang up on them but other times I will put them on speaker phone and say "uh huh" once in a while during their stupid pitch, and then pretend like I don't understand and make them repeat it all from the beginning.

se habla espanol ?

What makes you think a land line is going to work in the event of an earthquake? In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake here in San Fran we had no land lines for five days.

uhuh sure you do



Even your pranks are unoriginal.

they cant hang up...they are monitored and if they hang up the call center knows it.
so just tell them you are very interested then let them ramble on....but never say anything.

one time i gave the phone to my oldest who was about 18 months or so at the time. He took the phone and ran with it, yammering on in baby talk. the guy on the phone was indian and got quite mad....what are you saying to me? how dare you talk like that....then he figured out it was a baby.....he hung up :)

gotta get a hold of the glenngary glenn ross leads and you are good to go.

I have heard others do similar, one of them is what gave me the idea.

I guess because I have lived thru more than one earthquake. If you read further, I said they are restored fastest.

I guess I cause them to break the rules.

yeah....why not...they bother you....you bother them back

its all fair in love and spam

Exactly :thumbsup

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I worked at a group home for retarded adults. Somefuckinghow, one of the retarded guys ended up on a list, and the assholes would call and ask for him. The man in question was deaf and mute. Each time the telemarketers would call, I'd tell them they were calling a group home for impaired individuals, that the man they wanted to speak to was incapable of a phone conversation, and to kindly take the number off their list. They always apologized, and said they'd remove the number. Naturally, they never did. So when they'd call, I'd just hand the phone to one of the other residents - one who loooooved to talk.

"How are ya. Can I ask ya something? Me and Julie were wondering; are you Catholic by any chance? You'll never guess why. I have a meeting. With Region ten. I liked the coffee I had this morning. It was strong like mud. What? I'm Danny. I blew The Beatles last night. I sucked their dicks. Quit that dirty talk. My daddy had a Thunderbird. Ya ever seen a Camaro? My daddy had one. Elvis was a big, fat slob who died on the toilet. He took drugs. My daddy whipped my ass for pulling a fire alarm..." On and on :1orglaugh

I always wished I could've heard the other end of the conversation. After a short while, the calls DID stop. :)

Old joke. Fits you.


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One of my buddies uses this technique. He screens all his calls with an answering machine that plays a recording from the phone company of a disconnected number. The recording starts with a certain 3 melody tone and it triggers the telemarketers autodialers to automatically remove his number from their databases.

Like you, I 've got a landline too. By landline, I'm referring to the old copper phone lines. Contrary to what some people may think, digital phone service or VOIP through a cable company or phone company isn't the same.

For the best chances that a landline will work after an earthquake, it's best to use a basic corded phone that doesn't have an AC adapter. A landline won't be of any use if there's no power and it's a cordless phone that needs to transmit from/to the base. Some landline phones with LED displays also won't work without power.

Land Line
 

When I moved in, I got the cable package which included phone service. good thing as a few months later I started with an alarm service that requires a land line. Oddly they also installed a cell phone as a backup, in case the burglars cut the land line or the power goes out. It is on the battery backup.

I pay extra for an unlisted number, but that's a mixed blessing. Since the cable company can't divulge that I have the number, they didn't report a change in ownership to whatever company, Intelius I believe, that all the phone companies use as a central database for 411 purposes.

Since the ownership of the number never "changed" after 6 years, I still get calls for the previous owner, a woman who has a lot of bill collectors looking for her. I also get those robocalls about lower your credit card interest and bill collectors looking for other people I've never heard of. Or companies that say, "fuck the DNC list."

So to avoid that, the phone ringer is turned off. About once a day I erase the crap and return any phone calls to businesses or govt. agencies I gave the phone number to that I don't want them to know my cell number.

Leaving the generic "leave your name and number" is the only way. GF's psycho sister called after a couple of years and left a few messages. Since we didn't return the calls she couldn't be sure we still had the number and quickly gave up.

ATT might have been a better choice than cable. Recent snowstorm downed a lot of lines. My mom got next day service as she's elderly. Phoneman told me cable was telling people expect at least a week for repairs, theirs was just a couple of days.

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Yeah, I had 20 years with the phone company, so I am quite prepared. And yeah, that includes a phone that does not need electricity to work. :)

When i get such calls i asked them where did they find my number, do they know its illegal and to give me their company address and boss contacts. And they are off the line just second after and i guess never calling me again

genius haha never thought of saying things like that haha i will so try it next time they call m,y house phone lol