What are some of the funniest ways you have ever gotten rid of or led on a Telemarketer?

Question

Have any of you ever had fun with them, besides just hanging up?

Answer 1

Hi! I'm right in the middle of dinner..why don't you give me your number and I'll call you at home while your eating dinner and we'll chat!

Answer 2

If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business, how many people work there, how they got into this line of work, if they are married, how many kids they have, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.


Say "no" over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.


If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends Plan, reply, in as sinister a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends, would you be my friend?"


If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems. My arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog has the gout..."


If the company cleans rugs, respond: "Can you get out blood? Can you get out goat blood? How about human blood?"


Ask them to repeat everything they say several times.


Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on, Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your momma?"


Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up . . . louder . . . louder . . .


When the salesperson asks, "Is this the homeowner?" say, "Is this the salesperson?" And when they say, "Yes," hang up.


Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask them if they will give you their home phone number so you can call them back. When the telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their home numbers say, "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me either!" Hang up.

i got these off the interent, used um a couple times...pretty hilarious

Answer 3

Sometimes I will just stop talking and see how long they will go on before they realize I am not saying anything.

One time, I got a call for one of those "balance transfer" credit card offers. I said to the guy "Wow, I didn't know you could get credit so soon after bankruptcy." I've never filed for BK, but it sure got him off the phone really fast.

Answer 4

I was telemarketer for 2 months so now I'm nice to them, because I know what they go through.

So I ask that all be kind to them, there just doing there job.

I had one customer who actually song on the fun, about how he didn't want a card.

Answer 5

I have LOADS that my dad has done..Some of them are really good !!!

▀ If they are selling windows say : NO mate I bricked my house up, no windows.Im allergic to sunlight.>XD

▀ Or windows 2 : I live in a rough area so I'll keepp claming insurance and they are laways getting smashed...XD

▀ Doors : Say you live in a caravan and you dont have a door, just a curtain

▀ Garages : You dont have a car or anything to put in there.

▀ Hair die : You are bald

▀ Wigs : You have an afro and it will only sit on top.

▀ Loans : You are too rich for one

▀ Loans 2 : You dont live in a house you have a cardboard box and you will borow loads of money but you wont pay them back - just give them your cardboard box ...XD

▀ Just hang up
▀ Say you cant afford it

Dont you think my Dad should act a bit older..? So imature * huffs *

Answer 6

One time a telemarketer called from Discover trying to encourage me to use my credit card. I told him that I was unemployed and didn't want to use my card to encourage debt, I needed to keep a handle on cash-flow, blah, blah, blah......

The telemarketer asked what he could do get me to use my Discover card. My reply: "Give me a job". The guy was speechless.... I asked him again for a job....After a couple of minutes, he asked if there was anything else he could do. I told him that if he couldn't give me a job, then I couldn't pay the bill - so I shouldn't use the card.

It was worth a try.....

Answer 7

I used to be a Telemarketer.
There was one night when we had to call this one lady to sell AT&T. I don't know if you all seen that episode of Seinfeld where the telemarketer called up and Jerry asked her for her home number. When she said that she couldn't give it to him. He said "Why? Is that cause you don't want people calling you at times when you can't talk to them?" She said "Yes" and he said "Now you know how I feel"
Well this lady tried to pull that one on us. After she asked for my number..... I just said "Listen, we all seen that episode of Seinfeld... Do you want the Long Distance or not?" lol.

Answer 8

I actually feel sorry for them. You know they probably have to put up with a bunch of ****. Anyway, yeah they are still annoying. One day, when my friend came over, we had this guy keep calling the house like ten times, so I finally picked up the phone, and started talking dirty to him. My friend was listening on another phone and we acted like we wanted to have a three way
phone sex thing. I told the guy, hold on, while I get my vibrator, I came back and blew a whistle in his ear and hung up the phone. Me and my friend almost choked laughing. But I feel kinda bad about that now.

Answer 9

i usually say im not interested and if the number shows on my caller id i call back wanting to know why they keep harassing me i had one call me when my daughter had died wanting me to donate money to some law enforcement i explained that my child just died and we didnt have money to donate because had to pay for a funeral well this guy said he was sorry and all then he went on and said so i can put you down for a pledge of 20 dollars i told him if he pays my daughters funeral cost then i would return the favor he never called again since then i cant stand calls from telemarketers and do business with their competitors

Answer 10

I was a telemarketer for a little over 6 months when I was in my mid twenties and we sometimes got played with by a bunch of teenage girls like that. It was very interesting.

Answer 11

One time I tried acting like I was retarded and when the chick laughed I got outraged and threw a fit and she hung up.

Another time, this was the easiest way to get rid of her, I just asked her if she had any nudie pictures and said, "You have my address on your computer screen along with my phone number so why don't you mail me those nudie pics and gimme a call back from home." She was speechless and when she gathered herself together she said she had to go.