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Originally posted by dimple2001
Pick up the phone when a tele-marketer calls and...
1. put it near loud music...nice indian music might help.
2. give the phone to your 3 year old who is itching to build up communication skills.
3. put the phone on mute and see how long the caller would say hello
4. talk in a strange accent
5. keep asking questions about the offer until the caller hangs up
...or get caller ID and simply ignore the calls.
I've tried 2 and 3. Now I just ignore the calls.
I like 2 & 3 ... pretty creative
I have done #5 -
I encourage caller by using "really - kya baat hai - kaise karte ho - itna cheap - not possible" ... plenty of phrase like that and when I am done I ask caller "do you think i sound serious in buying ur stuff?"
Its fun, only when I have time ... which unfortunately is rare
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Originally posted by dimple2001
Pick up the phone when a tele-marketer calls and...
I think that for the tele-marketer calls that you get from India, there is a pause of almost 30 sec between the time you pick up the phone and the time somebody from opposite side starts talking. That pause indicates that the call is from telemarketer.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 30-06-10 14:26:13
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Originally posted by meghal
I think that for the tele-marketer calls that you get from India, there is a pause of almost 30 sec between the time you pick up the phone and the time somebody from opposite side starts talking. That pause indicates that the call is from telemarketer.
Also, if the computer is dialing and you end up picking up the phone, there is a pause while the human behind the computer has to get his/her bearings after being surprised that there actually was someone who picked up the phone.
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Dimple2001
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 30-06-10 14:31:40
continued...
6. If you have a ridiculously complex name such as mine (no no not the Dimple stuff), you let the caller go through the misery of trying to say your name and then ask the caller to leave a message as you are not home.
7. You can try Calvin's approach (Calvin and Hobbes) to callers. When someone calls, he picks up the phone and says, "Hello, I'd like to order a medium pizza with double topping of anchovies". When the caller goes, "What, I, uh, no...", he hangs up and declares he likes to make phone calls a surreal experience.
(side note - if you guys have never read calvin and hobbes, you are missing out the best thing next to slice of bread...so go grab some and read 'em, 'coz, even my 4 year old loves the little boy's stories)
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Dimple2001
Location: God's own country
Posted on: 30-06-10 14:50:57
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Originally posted by dimple2001
continued...6. If you have a ridiculously complex name such as mine (no no not the Dimple stuff), you let the caller go through the misery of trying to say your name and then ask the caller to leave a message as you are not home.
7. You can try Calvin's approach (Calvin and Hobbes) to callers. When someone calls, he picks up the phone and says, "Hello, I'd like to order a medium pizza with double topping of anchovies". When the caller goes, "What, I, uh, no...", he hangs up and declares he likes to make phone calls a surreal experience.
Hello Dimple,
Looks like you are having a lot of free time at your disposal (since I also read that you quit your job).
Good luck with your job search.
Peace by TK
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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.
Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 30-06-10 15:20:08
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
Hello Dimple,
Looks like you are having a lot of free time at your disposal (since I also read that you quit your job).
Good luck with your job search.
Peace by TK
Boy, is my free time that obvious?
Anyway, thanks for your wishes.
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