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Re: Durned Telemarketers!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:56:26 GMT
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We don't get very many telemarketing calls at all. Why? We know the
magic words:
"Put us on your do not call list."
If you say this to every telemarket who calls you, you will find that
the frequency of telemarketing drops off precipitously, to the point
where the one or two remaining that call once in a while don't bother
you much.
But if you do not say those exact words, they will keep calling. Do
not rephrase it in any way. "Put us on your do not call list."
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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Verbing weirds language. --Calvin
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| (...) I don't wish to contradict you, but we've been saying that exact phrase in response to the four or five nightly telemarketers for about the last three years, and there's been no dropoff. While I was in college I had a number of friends who (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) My state (Colorado) just passed a "no call list" (URL) where your telephone number is entered into a database. Telemarketers are required to buy updates (I think quarterly) of the database and are fined for each number that is called on the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Durned Telemarketers!
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| You need to find out if your state has a law with penalties for telemarketers who call you again after you ask to be put on their "do not call" list. Then, diligently keep a log of all telemarketers. Tell each one to put you on that list. You play a (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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