Telesales ruining your life?

IanT

Like most of my UK friends here, you are probably plagued by tele-marketing calls.

I've just had one.

I often like to have a bit of fun at their expense and whilst being asked if I had a work place pension I told the charming young lady that I didn't need one as I was a multi-millionaire. I then asked her out for a drink, then proposed to her.

She was very professional and kept trying to sell me a pension. I kept it going until she hung up.

Can't wait for the next one....

Higgins

Hahaha, brilliant!

In my experience those calls stop when they ask if they are right by telling my name and I tell them that he moved to some other place some time ago

I usually receive calls that I've won a car or 50.000 Euros

Joshua

I watched this story on the BBC news only a while ago. here it is so you can see.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23869462

Barbel

I usually say "Hang on a minute" and carry on whatever I was doing, then hang up after a few minutes.

James Suzuki

*pause*
Did anyone ever tell you, that you have a very sexy voice?

That usually works ) )

welshboy78

I know a ex-military guy who once let a few Jehovah people into his house to talk to him about the usual sign up etc. He told them to come in for a minute and sit down on the sofa but "you will have to wait whilst I finish the ironing first"

He proceeded with the ironing in the living room, turned up Eastenders on the TV and told them to be quiet each time they interrupted his favourite program.

An hour later they got bored and decided to leave.

Matt S

So in the UK you get real people calling you? In the US I just get robocalls about 5 times a day. There's nothing fun you can do with a recording.

Smithers500

I recall a great episode of One Foot in the Grave where we join the scene and a salesman visiting Victor Meldrew's house is summarising the sale that he thinks he's just made and then gives Victor the total. Meldrew happily writes out a cheque and hands it to the eager salesman who then has a double take when he reads the signature - "miserable old bar steward" (or some such).

"Yes", Meldrew tells him, "I believe that was what you called me when you cut me up the other day"...the salesman leaves with his tail between his legs having wasted several hours.

Oh to have the time to exact such a wonderful revenge!

Thunderpussy

) ) ) Great series

Bond44

Not telesales - A friend of mine was once house sitting when a vacuum salesman knocked - being lonely he let him in. The guy went through his whole sales pitch including a full demo (you know crap on the floor and suck it up etc) . He had cleaned most of the house by the time he had finished (each time my friend said No or expressed doubt he would do another demo somewhere else). Four hours later the guy finally asked 'why will you not buy this fantastic product?' My friend explained as follows:

a. Its not my house
b. I don't own a house I am in the forces so live in barracks (we have good brooms there)
c. The couple I am house sitting for return tomorrow and I was thinking of getting a cleaner in but this was much more fun and free!

Said salesman left with a few choice words

Cheers :007)

P.S Tip when you answer the phone don't say the first word let them speak first then you can choose to engage in a conversation or not - some automated systems wait for you to speak first if not they wait a while so you are racking up their bill! Silence is golden and costs them money )