i bloody hate the buggers phoning me in the evening to sell me shite i dont need. any suggestions on wasting their time or generally annoying them ?
2006-09-19 13:20:02 · 24 answers · asked by duncan 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
The "oh someones at the door ploy" and then cover the reciever, for an hour!
Or if you are really bored pretend to be Pete from Big Brother
Favourite is to try to convert them to the true religion of Hicksian
in which anyone in sales or advertising should be ritually sacrificed
2006-09-19 13:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by canaries 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get on the do not call list. It is also a good idea to keep them on the line for long periods of time pretending to buy what they are selling. That is something they hate and a good way to get back at them directly. After a few minutes, just set the phone down. They will get the message.
2006-09-19 13:27:41 · answer #2 · answered by united9198 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to annoy them is to put them on hold. Make them think you are really into their products. Have a kid sit next to you and pretend to do homework or better yet really do homework. Or leave them hanging on and go out for the night. That way they cant call another caller because you have not hung up the phone. lol Have fun.
2006-09-19 13:22:13 · answer #3 · answered by Sherri K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have a lot of really good suggestions here so I will try to get them in order of what might work. !) The do-not-call lists in the UK and the US. 2) Tell them no and ask to be removed from their call list. 3) If all else fails tell them to F*** OFF.
2006-09-19 13:44:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i do agree with you unsolicited tele-marketer-type phone calls can be quite annoying. The call itself is annoyance enough for me, therefore I have found an easy, polite and straight to the point way of ending the call a.s.a.p. However, as your question states,... you want to 'waste' more of you time by finding ways to prolong the original 'annoyance'.. so I'll just stop here,. as you are not interested in a 'solution', .. apparently you'd prefer to exasperate it.
2006-09-19 13:27:27 · answer #5 · answered by scorpio 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, listen to their entire pitch. Ask a few questions. Really string it out. When it's time to close the sale, say, "I'm 11. Do you want to talk to my mom?" Then come back to the phone and do the same thing all over again.
2006-09-19 13:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by bugnscout 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Tell them you are very interested in whatever they're selling.
Then ask them to standby for a moment.
From time-to-time, beg them to wait just a bit longer.
Eventually, they'll hang up. Repeat as needed.
They best way to hurt 'em is by wasting their time.
2006-09-19 13:23:58 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when you answer the phone who ever they ask for just say wont be a sec i will just go and get them then cover the mouth piece try not to laugh and listen to them sigh tut and get generally pissed off do it a few times and you will find you get less and less
2006-09-21 11:16:49 · answer #8 · answered by damo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
listen to them all the way thru, just remember something they say at the beginning, then say u understood til then but could they repeat from there, then keep asking stupid questions every sentence, that should keep them about ten mins, then improvise and have fun
2006-09-19 14:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them you are on your states Do Not Call list and ask them to remove you from their companies call list. Tell them if they call again you will report them. This will stop them it their tracks. It's not fun but it works.
2006-09-19 13:24:09 · answer #10 · answered by scotto destructo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋