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Nuisance calls strategy - epic fail!
2-Pot Screamer
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I'm registered with the Telephone Preference Service, so I rarely receive UK-based nuisance calls. However, that doesn't stop the overseas equivalent, and my usual way of dealing with them is to politely say: "Okay, just a moment please" and call out whichever peculiar bastardisation of my/our name they've just asked to speak to - then rest the receiver on the table until the caller has given up waiting and hung up, usual after just three or four minutes.
This morning though, I got a call when I happened to be viewing a gentleman's leisure video on the laptop, so after going through my usual 'polite' routine, just for divillment I rested the receiver against the laptop speaker. After giving the caller ten minutes of the delightful young Californian lady yelping and whooping and generally expressing her appreciation of her gentleman friend's sexual prowess and unfeasibly large tool, I cut the call and hung up.
Then - yep, you've guessed it - the bastard salesman immediately rang me back! Doh!!! :rolleyes::o:D
What strategy do you have for dealing with nuisance calls?
This morning though, I got a call when I happened to be viewing a gentleman's leisure video on the laptop, so after going through my usual 'polite' routine, just for divillment I rested the receiver against the laptop speaker. After giving the caller ten minutes of the delightful young Californian lady yelping and whooping and generally expressing her appreciation of her gentleman friend's sexual prowess and unfeasibly large tool, I cut the call and hung up.
Then - yep, you've guessed it - the bastard salesman immediately rang me back! Doh!!! :rolleyes::o:D
What strategy do you have for dealing with nuisance calls?
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Quite often, they never call back.
I'm hardly going to buy Another Kitchen every month, am I?
Usually takes couple of seconds
If you are going to waste my time by making me go and answer the phone, at least have the decency to put a real person on the other end to hang up on!
He probably wanted to hear more.
If its important they'le leave a message.
Do you blame him? He probably hadn't crashed the yoghurt truck yet. He's probably used to paying 50p a minute for that shit!
To be honest, when I worked in an outgoing call centre, if we couldn't get a proper answer - or someone said "i'm busy" (etc.) we put the call-back on so they would be rung again at a later time
Never be rude to a call-centre operator
Some people trying to sell me crap I will just talk a load of old rubbish to em and some people I haggle with. I got my internet and phone down to £7 a month and a very good deal on my tariff with O2.
Most of the time I just hang up though and they don't bother calling back.
Mother's maiden name.
Name of first pet.
I want one of those. Where did you get it?