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“My Friend Is Always Getting Calls From Telemarketers… This Is What He Does…”
Conservative Tribune ^ | 1-17-2016

Posted on 01/17/2016 7:53:02 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com

For most of us, the National Do Not Call Registry is a blessing we could scarcely live without. After all, it keeps us from getting annoying calls at all hours of the day.

However, for this gentleman, you can tell that a telemarketing call isn’t just an annoyance, it's an opportunity!



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To: ClearBlueSky
...a high pitched siren or whistle to explode eardrums.

Air horn air horn!!!

FMCDH(BITS)

21 posted on 01/17/2016 8:18:05 AM PST by nothingnew (Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
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To: billorites
Oh yeah, don't ever, ever give your phone number to Wayne Lapierre.

Ain't that the truth!!

22 posted on 01/17/2016 8:18:27 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Mr Rogers

Caller ID is a blessing as well.


23 posted on 01/17/2016 8:18:54 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I just turn off the phone.


24 posted on 01/17/2016 8:19:25 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I never get anyone that talks to me just a computer. I just lay the receiver down and try to tie up their system as long as possible. No call lists are a farce anyway. Credit card services has been calling me almost 20 years now and no number of complaints will stop them. English is not their first language, I suspect they are form India


25 posted on 01/17/2016 8:19:31 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Mr Rogers

The Do Not Call list has done nothing for me either. I get calls everyday on my home and cell number. I usually let it ring but sometimes I answer and insult them. Just depends on my mood.

The calls come on a different number every time so if it is a local number I usually answer. Some times it is a legitimate call, sometimes not.


26 posted on 01/17/2016 8:20:08 AM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: vetvetdoug
lol..I am going to use those!

If they call and ask for me by name I respond: This is Sgt. Friday of the police department. Did you know the murder victim?

27 posted on 01/17/2016 8:20:32 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (I think Hillary looks tired, don't you?)
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To: paltz

“However it is another human being on the other side of the line trying to make an honest living. Just hang up and move on.”

****

I agree. The other guy/girl on the other line is just making a living and unfortunately, they are stuck with a sh*tty job. I never answer unless it’s a number I recognize and if not, just leave a message, that’s what they were invented for..


28 posted on 01/17/2016 8:21:33 AM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com
I used to have my fun with them. Several even threatened to kill me an my family. There are mostly scam or phishing callers rather than legit companies though. But still, I had fun with it. But, the volume of "lower your interest rates" type calls got so large, it just wasn't fun anymore.

I will recommend to anyone who uses common voice services from Comcast, ATT, Vonage, etc that you check out a service called "nomorobo". It is free, and it works really well. It's kind of like anti-virus for your phone line. They keep a list of phone numbers that get reported and block them from calling you, so it doesn't matter if they keep changing their caller-id or anything. Basically what it does is intercept the caller-id and if it's on the list of bad callers, it picks up the call for an instant then hangs up. I was getting 4-5 calls a day from the bastards until I set this up. As of right now, I haven't talked to a scammer or marketer in many months... not a single one since I signed up for it.

29 posted on 01/17/2016 8:22:06 AM PST by FunkyZero (... I've got a Grand Piano to prop up my mortal remains)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

If I have the time, I prefer to string them along and waste their time.
As long as I possible can.

Most are not conversant in colloquial english.
Occasionally they shift me to a more conversant ‘closer’.
The ‘calling from windows crew’ are a personal favorite!

I am easily amused; that’s why I’m here!


30 posted on 01/17/2016 8:22:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: Mr Rogers

Political calls are exempt from the registry. FWIW


31 posted on 01/17/2016 8:23:07 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (I think Hillary looks tired, don't you?)
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To: Ditter

Most of my calls go to my cell phone which is stupid. There was one week I forgot to set the messaging app and actually it was better because they cant leave a message NOR text as they are all landlines..


32 posted on 01/17/2016 8:23:26 AM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

A friend of mine, he lives way out in the country, takes the phone out on the back porch and fires a pistol next to the receiver.


33 posted on 01/17/2016 8:25:06 AM PST by Duckdog (If your not on a government list, Whats wrong with you!)
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To: kearnyirish2
The “do not call” list has done wonders to reduce these calls; there are exceptions, but it had really gotten out of hand years ago (which is probably why the “do not call” law was passed).

It did work for years, however, recently, for over a year it has not worked and the unsolicited sales (spam) calls are getting more numerous. As bad now as it was before the do not call program. I'm now, although not as frequent, even starting to get calls on my cell phone.

34 posted on 01/17/2016 8:25:12 AM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

I generally abuse their sexuality and relations with their parents in the hope that one of them will go postal and take out the call center staff.

I haven’t been successful at that yet, but I have angered a couple enough so that they call me back on a non-spoofed number, which I then forward to the Attorney General’s office.


35 posted on 01/17/2016 8:25:19 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

The charities need to be restricted. An elderly person who I know got calls every day. They took advantage of her state of mind to get money from her. The requests for money arrived every day. I have a list of the charities and will rip them to shreds if they ever call me.


36 posted on 01/17/2016 8:26:24 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

I don’t get tons of political calls. I’m in Arizona, and the votes in Arizona don’t matter to anyone.

I get calls about timeshares, credit cards, and of course, Microsoft support offering to fix my computer. I’ve started answering the latter so I can ask, “Does Microsoft support Apple computers now? Cool!”

Of course, I don’t own any Apple computers, but the guy on the phone doesn’t know that. He just hangs up.


37 posted on 01/17/2016 8:26:31 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

My wife has a simpler approach if she answers the phone. She replies, “I’m glad you called. Let’s talk about Jesus! If you died tonight, do you KNOW you would go to heaven?” I don’t think she has ever been able to complete the last sentence before they hang up.


38 posted on 01/17/2016 8:28:14 AM PST by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“Mr. Dumbgrunt, I am calling you (from some island in the So Pacific) about your credit card debt. This is your 2nd and last chance.”

Sound familiar? ; )


39 posted on 01/17/2016 8:29:28 AM PST by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: UMCRevMom@aol.com

When I get an unsolicited call from telemarketers, I say something like “Before I answer your question, can you help me? Do you know the proper way to cook a turkey?” Or something equally lame. I like messing with them.


40 posted on 01/17/2016 8:30:45 AM PST by GSWarrior
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