Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Here's a summary of the call transcript for the best one I've ever had:
RING RING
Me: Hello?
Telemarketer: Would you....
**/me hangs up**
Originally posted by: KillyKillall
<ring>
me: Hello
telemarketer: May I speak to Mr...<pause> <insert mispronounced last name>
me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! <literally screaming into the phone as loud as I can until they hang up>
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
"Are you sure you don't want this card, it has great rates."
"I'm only 14."
"Oh."
Yeah, my sister had to get a cosigner for her card when she was 17 and employed. And I get offers when I'm 14.
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
"Are you sure you don't want this card, it has great rates."
"I'm only 14."
"Oh."
Yeah, my sister had to get a cosigner for her card when she was 17 and employed. And I get offers when I'm 14.
i use the same excuse. even though im 23, i tell em in under 18 and cant order anything. when they ask me if parents are home, i tell them no
Originally posted by: Tuzio
So it looks like nobody has ever bought anything from a telemarketer except me? I guess I am naive to think it works.
Do businesses respond better to phone solicitation? Any one have experiences to share?
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Here's a summary of the call transcript for the best one I've ever had:
RING RING
Me: Hello?
Telemarketer: Would you....
**/me hangs up**
Originally posted by: Ausm
Originally posted by: Tuzio
So it looks like nobody has ever bought anything from a telemarketer except me? I guess I am naive to think it works.
Do businesses respond better to phone solicitation? Any one have experiences to share?
I rank Telemarketers a little lower then scum sucking bottom feeding lawyers and used car salesman
Ausm
Originally posted by: MaxDSP
I've only bought once through "telemarketing", but it was a great deal for the time period. Back in like 2001, we got a call from SBC for phone service or something, but after a minute or so, as I was going to hang up politely, the sales guy asked if I was interested in SBC DSL. He seemed to expect a No out of me and ready to say the good byes and hang up, but I asked him for some details on the deal because I was tired of the 56K connection I had back then. The deal was a 768/256 DSL line for $29.99/mo, for a year, with the option to add on years for the same price (no contract). This was a great deal for me back then, since Comcast said they could not service my area (an it wouldve been over $40+ for a 1.5/512 line) and I was already paying $19.99 for my Earthlink 56K connection. I signed up for the deal on the same call.
And thats pretty much my only positive telemarketing experience...
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I've had a few good experiences... most were just chatting with the telemarketers even though they knew they weren't going to make a sale.
Once, when called to switch my long distance service over to <company x>, I taught the telemarketer about one of the websites that used to allow you to make long distance calls via the internet for free. I have no doubt that she tried it that night or the next day; we talked about free internet long distance for a good 15 minutes. *sigh* those were the good days before they started charging for that stuff.