A friend sent me the following. While it is a bit off my normal topics I could not resist starting the week of with these words from Andy Rooney.
“Three Little Words That Work - The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has! effici ently completed its task. These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.
Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer”
You can also place yourself on the do not call lists. I learned recently that cell phone numbers were going to get released to telemarketers who could then call you on your cell phone and you will have to pay for their call. Do you have any tips to share?
Now all I need are tips for handling Andy Rooney...
Posted by: Andy Havens | August 15, 2006 at 05:57 PM
This is an Urban Legend. Some part of the above originated with Andy Rooney but not most. See Snopes.com at:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/telemarket.asp
Personally, I like the first idea even if it wouldn't help much. :>
Posted by: Anonymous | October 14, 2007 at 04:13 PM
This is an Urban Legend. Some part of the above originated with Andy Rooney but not most. See Snopes.com at:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/telemarket.asp
Personally, I like the first idea even if it wouldn't help much. :>
Posted by: Anonymous | October 14, 2007 at 04:14 PM