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   Veridian said, 6 months ago

   OHHHHH! I am SO gonna Use that one on the next unsuspecting Telemarketer who interupts my Marathon Dishonored session!
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   Brian K said, 6 months ago

   He hung up on him. But he’ll call later, hopefully when Calvin isn’t around
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   LX013 said, 6 months ago

   Fine side income!
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   capndunzzl said, 6 months ago

   ….especially if it’s Calvin’s school principal.
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   Prof danglais said, 6 months ago

   @Veridian

   Here, in France, I let the telemarketer begin his/her pitch, then in perfect French I explain that I don’t speak a word of French and could the re-begin, in English. I hear gulp, they hang up and never call back. My telemarketing calls have dropped from 3-4/day to less than one/month.
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   ratlum said, 6 months ago

   Maybe you should have started at two bucks not five ?
   Just saying.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 6 months ago

   We occasionally get telemarketing calls in various East Indian languages. Wonder why they waste their time with that? Hindi isn’t that common outside of San Jose or the Puget Sound.
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   orinoco womble said, 6 months ago

   I don’t think I’ve ever shared this anti-telemarketing ploy here but it works. You interrupt their speil by saying loudly, “Wait, wait—can I ask you a question?” They think it’s about the product so they say, “Sure, go ahead” and you reply in an intense voice, “Did you know Jesus Christ died for your sins?”

   Silence. Silence. Click.
   And they don’t call back.
   Works every time.
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   Endovelicus said, 6 months ago

   @Prof danglais

   Here, in Belgium, I did another, I answer in a very dumb voice, “Je ne sais pas, moi”; “J’ai rien compris, moi” (“I don’t know”, “I didn’t understand”).
   The same result, no calls for more then 5 months. Must be in the black list :D
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    Citizen GROG! said, 6 months ago

    I think he’s just too cheap to shell out the cash.
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    Linux0s said, 6 months ago

    Worst part is it was Dad calling…
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    legaleagle48 said, 6 months ago

    OK, you cutesy telemarketing haters, pray tell me who’s going to pay their bills and put food on their tables when they get fired for not making their sales quotas because of your cutesy anti-telemarketing acts? I did telemarketing for more years than I care to remember (because there was NO other work that I could get at the time), and it’s precisely because of jerks like you that I couldn’t succeed in those jobs and kept losing them. Excuse ME for trying to make a living!
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    neatslob said, 6 months ago

    You might argue that car thieves have a right to make a living too, and they do – just not by stealing cars. Telemarketers are just spammers over the phone.
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    Notsoastute said, 6 months ago

    @legaleagle48

    Let’s see: You call MY phone (that I am paying for); You interrupt my day with useless drivel trying to sell me something I didn’t want; and you tell me it is my fault YOU failed. I understand that telemarketers are trying to make a living and honestly feel sorry for them having to do it this way.
    As for you….by your nom d’plume…..I assume you are a lawyer under the auspices of the ACLU. Congratulations on choosing 2 fine occupations.
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    Doug Taylor said, 6 months ago

    @legaleagle48

    HAHAHAHAHA CLUNK. (Me falling over laughing)
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