Please don't hang up
If you ever receive a phone call at home just as you're sitting down to dinner and it begins with, "Please don't hang up. This is not a telemarketing call." go ahead and hang up. It IS a telemarketing call. I mean, do these people think there's a monkey on the other end of the line. Of course it's a telemarketing call!
If they're not telemarketing then why can't they just come out and say who they are? Maybe these folks don't realize that most non-telemarketing calls begin with, "Wassup Ben! This is Rick! How's it going?" or "Hey there, hubby-wubby. I miss you." or "Ben, this is your father. Your mother wants to know why you haven't called." Nobody that you really actually want to talk to ever needs to begin a phone conversation with, "Please don't hang up. This is not a telemarketing call. This is just your friend Rick. And I just wanted to find out how you're doing. This will only take a moment of your time."
Now most of the time when I deal with telemarketers, I use the polite but firm approach. I just say, "No thanks" and hang up before they even get the chance to not take "no" for an answer. But I've heard of some other creative ways to deal with these folks. One friend of mine says stuff like, "No, but how about if I call you during dinner and try to sell you a gas powered mini-quiche slicer." Another more eternally minded lady says that she'll give the telemarketer five minutes if they give her five minutes. Then after listening to their pitch, she shares the Gospel with them. That's cool!
Since I just started this blog yesterday, I figure this is a fun way to get some feed back started. So how do you handle these calls? Let us all know your creative method of wrangling these ear leeches by leaving a comment below.
We'll see if I can't think of something serious to talk about tomorrow.
posted by BenandJess @ 09:05
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Truly funny. Especially, "Please don't hang up. This is your friend Rick. I'm just calling to see how you are doing. This will only take a minute of your time."
Very funny.
In terms of telemarketers, I think the most best approach is this one I found:
Me: Hello
AT&T: Hello, this is AT&T....
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T....
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes. This is AT&T....
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: YES! This is AT&T. May I speak to Mr. Salem please?
Me: May I ask who is calling?
AT&T: This is AT&T.
Me: OK, hold on.
At this point, I put the phone down for a solid 5 minutes thinking that, surely, this person would have hung up the phone. I ate my salad. Much to my surprise, when I picked up the receiver, she was still waiting.
Me: Hello?
AT&T: Is this Mr. Salem?
Me: May I ask who is calling please?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T....
Me: Is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, this is AT&T....
Me: This is AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, is this Mr. Salem?
Me: Yes, is this AT&T?
AT&T: Yes, sir.
Me: The phone company?
AT&T: Yes, sir.
Me: I thought you said this was AT&T.
AT&T: Yes, sir, we are a phone company.
Me: I already have a phone.
AT&T: We aren't selling phones today, Mr. Salem.
Me: Well, whatever it is, I'm really not interested, but thanks for calling.
AT&T: Mr. Salem, we would like to offer you 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Me: Now, that's 10 cents a minute 24 hours a day?
AT&T: (getting a little excited at this point by my interest) Yes, sir, that's right! 24 hours a day!
Me: 7 days a week?
AT&T: That's right.
Me: 365 days a year?
AT&T: Yes, sir.
Me: I am definitely interested in that! Wow!! That's amazing!!
AT&T: We think so!
Me: That's quite a sum of money!
AT&T: Yes, sir, it's amazing how it adds up.
Me: OK, so will you send me checks weekly, monthly or just one big one at the end of the year for the full $52,560? If you send an annual heck, can I get a cash advance?
AT&T: Excuse me?
Me: You know, the 10 cents a minute.
AT&T: What are you talking about?
Me: You said you'd give me 10 cents a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That comes to $144 per day, $1,008 per week and $52,560 per year. I'm just interested in knowing how you will be making payment.
AT&T: Oh no, sir, I didn't mean we'd be paying you. You pay us 10 cents a minute.
Me: I pay you? Why would I pay you that sum! This sounds to me like you're on this phone attempting to solicit business from me. I'll have none of that!
--hang up---
My favorite is when I call someone at night Telemarketing and they use the "F" word and threaten Violence. I have even seen people say such remarks to girls. Pretty trashy. There are a number of irresponsible people on both ends of this issue. I have a prospective on both sides because I am on both sides of this issue.
When someone tells me that they do not wished to be called, I don’t call back and take them off of our calling list. But first I advise them to go to the Do Not Call Registry Web Site and get registered so they don’t get calls from other telemarketer. I also make sure they know how to do it.
I registered with the do not call list. So I rarely get calls myself. But when I do I just let them know I want to be taken off the list and hang up. I even sometimes say good night or have a nice day.
Ah yes! I'm very glad Russell gave us his perspective. As fun as it is to have a witty response for a stranger who calls at an inopportune time, there's really never any need to get hostile or vulgar. And if those calls get under your skin all that much, then go ahead and do something about it.
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