She looked for that... rofl... i guess she had her day done with that:biggrin:

the few times i have been bothered by one telemarketer i just hang up on them after a few polite curses :aargh: :biggrin:

they get 14 dollars an hour (i've heard thats what they get) to get insulted or yelled at... how smart are they)

I tend to hang up on them. They always call when i'm trying to have my dinner, and the stuff they normally want to "sell" me is crap anyway. I once had someone ringing up and asking me about life insurance on my 21st.

I basicly wait for them to call me (I have caller id) and i'll talk to them for a few minutes then ask them to hold on for a sec, I then procede to put them on hold and see how long they stay on the line, later I then call them back and try to sell them something

My general rule is I hang up as soon as they mispronounce my name.

That's what I usually do.

ROFL. I really want to try that.


I remember one time the telemarketer thought I hung up on her, so she starts cussing and talking about me to one of her peers. I quickly responded with "Uh...what? Fuck you too, bitch." and then slammed the phone.

I'm usually just blunt with them.

Telemarketer: "Are you interested in our XXXXXXXXXX?"
Kaleb: "No. I don't want it. Don't call me."
Telemarketer: "But this is a limited time blah blah blah..."
Kaleb: *hangs up*

Once or twice I've done this thing where, when they call, I say hello, and then after they start talking about their product, I just stop responding and put the phone down. Later, after they're done talking, they'll be like, "Hello? Hello?" until they realize they just wasted their time and decide to hang up.

I usually just ignore them since i have called ID, i just dont answer the phone when i see a weird number. But once in awhile i'll answer and say that i cant speak english. it's nothing much. This thread makes me want to answer a telemarketer's call and say something weird. like "hi im ungh having sex right now u wanna call back later?"

agree with that espressivo... that exactly what im thinking to say the next time a telemarketer calls :biggrin:

I just hang up when they start peddling their wares. A few years ago I tried to fuck with someone I thought was a telemarketer, and turned out to be someone my mom actually knew. He was returning a call she had made regarding home insurance. I knew that I had misjudged when he immediately called back after I hung up and left a message for her.

I felt like an ass. So I just hang up, because I'm clearly not cut out to fuck with people.

And that, starslight, is exactly what I've always been afraid of.

I usually just hang up on them. I'd like to mess around with them, but I'm not that creative.

Generally when I pick up and they start their sales pitch I just leave the phone on the counter or any nearby flat surface and I go back to whatever it is I'm doing. I can still hear their squabbling over the speaker, but once I think they're done and ask me if I'm interested I pick up the phone and say a firm "NO" and hang-up. This way by wasting their time I'm also depriving them of whatever commissions they could've gotten had I just hung up in the first place.

I like to say things that leave them after I hung up going "what the...!?"
For example...

Telemarketer: Hello this is (so and so) from (so and so), is Ms. Goldsmith there?
Me: (Now here is where I give a sigh) Oh dear lord, the poor thing is gone from the earth. 18 wheelers and nudist colony was the end of her....

And then I usually hang up right after that! Now days tho, it's more and more recordings than actual people. ;.;
When my cousin was really little I use to give her the phone and she would be babbling like most little kids do and I could hear the person still talking on and on about there product!

Ahem..

"Hello, Bob here from bunk furnishings inc. Have you thought about a new block of wood to sit on rather than your sofa.. Let me tell your the benifits!"


You would respond.

"Hi Bob, hows the wife and kids.. Really that's great.. Hey.. Have you ever thought of getting a life?.. Before you hang up, let me just go over the benifits!"

"That's real funny sir.. But honestly, I think you may want to hear this"

"Oh sure, sorry, please go on"

"Blah blah and the blah blah works blah blah"

"Those are great ideas.. So have you scored with any ladies lately? What about that girl you met in the bar yesterday... She didn't turn out to be a guy again did she!?"

"Excuse me?"

"You're excused"

*Click

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Awesome! You rock! All of your stories are hilarious! Keep them coming! I don't want to run out of ideas for when they call back! :D

Whenever I run into a telemarketer, I act surprised: "Oh really? No way!"

As he/she tries to sell me some product or service, I continue to roleplay that of some hillbilly hick who just realized cordless phones were invented. Then comes the good'ol "Hold on a min.... just hold on a min, or two, I gots to find that check book. It gots my balance and everythin. I'mma look on the book shelf."

Then I just put aside the receiver and let it be for some random number of hours. Sure I might miss a few calls, or get that annoying dead-end tone, but that's only because I've already forgotten about it. Forgotten about the phone, not the caller.

Although, that scenario is for times I remember to act in such a way. Commonly I will just tell them I don't live at this residence, that I'm someone else. I'd explain the phone number reference may be a cause of some prank and if they continue to pester me despite the mistake, I would find and take legal action. Which reminds me of that news article I read about some guy getting $100,000.00 from sueing, or threatening to sue, telemarketers for bothering him.

Especially if you mix 'em up ^_^

"Hola! Come estas? Oui, oui... donkashin (or however you spell it)" xp

I'm generally completely ruthless toward telemarketers xp I'll start immitating other voices swearing and shouting back at them (the voices, that is) all the while apologizing to the telemarketer, although my favorite is to make up some accent and give a whole speech about how I'm so happy to have the experience of getting a call from an American telemarketer because back in my home country Yottykwasliandecarlia telemarketers were no where to be found and I heard so many stories of how American telemarketers would call at the absolute worst times possible and shameless try to sell things and I always wanted to fall victim to them. Then I ask if they also know where I can go to experience American date rape and generally if they haven't hung up yet they do there xp

Other times I'll say "Thank you for calling Matt's Bar & Grill, daycare on sundays. How may I help you?"
One girl actually stayed on the line after that to tell me what a sick bastard I was for running a daycare in a bar XD I decided to play along, saying that it was to make it more convenient for fathers to pick up their kids after a hard day at the office and encourage them to get drunk and beat on some stranger as opposed to their wives and it teaches the kids valuable lessons such as how to sneak a drink onto someone else's tab and how to make drinking an art vs. getting ass-drunk, and immitated a little kid saying "punk-ass dwunk!". When she said "My god..." revealing she was still on the phone and actually thought I was serious (never again have I had such a hard time not laughing and thank god I didn't have to keep a straight face XD) I also explained that the hardest thing was keeping the cops off my ass, but the chief's kid goes here all the time so as long as I let him beat up other kids it's cool.
She then tried to convert me to Christianity to which I started speaking in tongues and she hung up XD

hrm, if you have caller ID, the sell something to them before they can start works too. Same way if you see a homeless person about to ask you for some change and you already payed your guilt-trip fees, ask them for money before they do it. Just pick up the phone and be like,

"Hi, I'm Richard from Remodel America and I'm willing to offer you a promotional offer of a complete..."

err... yeah, I've watched too much TBS for my own good.

I've had my share of them in the last couple of years. I would handle them in a variety of fun ways. I'm usually pissed off when I realize it's a telemarketer. Often I would start speaking jibberish. If I was eating (or not), I would make loud crunching noises. Sometimes I would speak normally and randomly yell absurdities to them. Sometimes I'll use ridiculous inside joke quotes to confuse them. Fun times.

I try to tell them to leave me alone as calmly as possible but it never works. Hell, I'm afraid to answer my phone sometimes (Only because it's like there is NO ONE THERE AT ALL)!

I just find out they're selling and what tell them I've already got their product. Who are they to know any better?

My brother-in law has a method where he tries to arrange a pick up or date with them. Scares the males, freaks out the girls.

I usually just tell them that "I don't care!" and hang up, but when I'm in a good mood I act like I am interested in what they are saying. I ask questions (sarcastic questions), then when they are answering me...

I yell "I DON'T CARE!!" ....my dad always used to laugh at me ^_^

i like bustin' out my spanish skills too...four years of spanish in h.s. does sometimes pay off.

My favourite so far:

Telemarketer: Hello, my name is Jennifer...
Me: Oh Jesus, how'd she get this number? Look, Jen, I wasn't looking for anything long term last night, I just hadn't had any female companionship for a couple days, and it was starting to get to me real bad. I'm really really sorry about the herpes, I didn't find out myself until this morning...
Jennifer: *gasp* (Long pause)....click.

Either I hang up as soon as they idientify themselves or I start making françois pérusse humour on them.

Also, i always wanted to try phone sex :p

I get treated like a telemarketer enough with my current job that I've wondered what happened to "No thanks, I'm not interested" went.

Part of my owrk criteria is following up students who had a personal interview with one of the college's representatives. It's for confirmation's sake so that we can know whether the rep is bullshitting us or not. Takes a minute at most per successful call. Of course, I get that selection of twats that think it's funny to have a voice mail that sounds like they really answered the phone, piss on me for bothering them at such and such time, or don't want to speak at all.

I believe out of the thousands of calls I've made and the asshats I've dealt with, only a few have just simply said "No thanks. We had the interview and decided against applications. Thanks anyway."

So yeah, that's all I say to the handful of telemarketers I've been picked out by and solicetrs to my door. A simple "No thank you."