It all depends. Sometime I will sit through their chat and then use an old credit card that expired and just was 2020 instead of 2015 for the date and of course it declines and then I said, “Sorry it didn’t work out. Have a great day”. Typically loses around 20 minutes of their time......mine to but it seems so worthwhile. lol.
Really, this is an example of why the FR set can get a reputation of being assholes. I think it better to be frank and say that I’m not in a position to accept phone sales calls but that I hope the next person they call is, and have a great day, goodbye.
>>It all depends. Sometime I will sit through their chat and then use an old credit card that expired and just was 2020 instead of 2015 for the date and of course it declines and then I said, “Sorry it didn’t work out. Have a great day”. Typically loses around 20 minutes of their time......mine to but it seems so worthwhile. lol.
I’m with you. I waste their time if I have nothing else to do. Act stupid and ask lots of questions. Make them explain over and over again. Haggle with them. I love to make them get mad and start cussing at me before they hang up. Every minute you waste is a minute they aren’t convincing some senior citizen that they are legit. It’s my public service.
I just hang up on any call that does not respond to my hello in three seconds. The delay is the time it takes for the boiler room operator to switch over to the phone that is flashing that it has been picked up. I waste a hell of a lot less time that way.