when a telemarketer calls do you just hang up on them?

Question

or do you politley say "no thanks"?

Answer 1

I am always polite, because they are just doing their job, no matter how annoying and inconvieniant their calls are.

Answer 2

I hit speakerphone button and don't make any noise. The mass telemarketers dial 10 to 20 numbers at the same time and then go to the first that pick up and drop the others. With me not making any noise they see "No Answer". I am seen as not reliable call so I'm removed from the call list. Since I have started doing this the number of telemarketer calls definitely have reduced.

Answer 3

No, I take the caller ID and go to:

http://whocalled.us/

Find-out who they are and report them.

Be sure to register with:

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

I also put the 'disconnected' tones on my voicemail/answering-machine before my message.

YES, YOU CAN STOP TELEMARKETERS' annoying calls, or at least slow them down:

Those 3 familiar tones courtesy of Ma-Bell will do the trick.

Most Telemarketers use what is called Predictive Dialers, which are PCs with software that dials ever number in a phone exchange until it gets lucky.

Now you can use their own technology against them, and it's legal.

Here is how their system works: the dialer calls your number, you answer, and you have probably notice the line appears dead after you said, "Hello". What their computer is doing is listening for a short burst of audio, your "HELLO", followed by a period of silence. With this heard, it will log your phone number as valid and transfer the call to an available telemarketer, the reason for the delay before someone comes on line.

Now, if their computer receives a long audio burst (an answering machine)


"Hello, this is Alan Carlton", then it will disconnect, but it will log you phone number as valid, for a later call-back. Oh Lovely!

Some are even capable of detecting Fax tones and will even transmit a fax trying to sell something you're probably are not interested in.

However, do not answer, or when you do answer the phone, or if fax tones are detected, or if it detects an answering machine, in all four (4) cases IT LOGS YOUR NUMBER AS A GOOD PHONE NUMBER FOR FUTURE CALL- BACK --- PLUS THE COMPANY IS ALSO SELLING THESE VERIFIED VALID NUMBERS LIST TO OTHER TELEMARKETERS.

A SIMPLE WAY TO STAY OFF THE LIST IS TO USE THEIR OWN TECHNOLOGY AGAINST THEM.

The predictive dialer's software also looks for NON-valid phone numbers, and there is a simple way you can make your phone number appear invalid to the telemarketers’ computers, thus they do not call back and accumulate no database, at least with your number, to sell other Telemarketers.

Here is how to do it:

If you call a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service you will hear 3 short tones, "doo...dah...dee", thanks to Ma-Bell.

Each time you Refresh this page you should hear, "doo...dah...dee".

The actual frequency of these tones are 985.2 Hz, 1370.6 Hz, and 1776.7 Hz.

Guess what the telemarketers’ software does when it detects these 3 tones at the beginning of your outgoing message?

It thinks it has reached a line that is disconnected or is no longer in service.

So, it disconnects and does not log your phone number as a working number. BINGO!

NOW record these onto you outgoing message or voice mail announcement, and start exterminating telemarketers.

Try this example, but use your own name, "doo...dah...dee, Hello, This is Alan Carlton".

It must be at the beginning of your announcement to work.

You may have to explain it to you friends, but they will soon have it on theirs’ too.

http://home.flash.net/~carlton2/telemark.htm

http://home.flash.net/~carlton2/sit.wav

Answer 4

Actually, what I do when a telemarketer calls is REALLY mean. When I answer the phone and they go in to say, "Hi, my name is Bob from blah, blah, blah......" I say, "Oh, hi Bob! you must be the young man my little Susie has a crush on at school." Then I just keep playing and asking if he'd like to talk to little Susie of perhaps leave a message for her and eventually he hangs up :) lol, it's lots of fun.

Answer 5

No, I usually listen to their little spiel and politely tell them "I'm not interested, thank you."

However, I've always wanted to try this one. You tell the telemarketer that you're busy at the moment, but could you have their home phone number so you could call them later. When they say no, you say "Oh, you don't like people calling and bothering you at your home?" then you hang up. Brilliant, but I don't have that kind of nerve.

Answer 6

Actually, I dare you to try this, I do it ALL the time, it's so much fun!!


When you pick up the phone, have your TV volume high up, make sure it's on CSI, CSI usually works best anyways, and act like the person they called died, and you're a cop!! It;s so funny!! I got the idea after I heard someone else on the radio did it, it's fun!!

Or, pretend that you are REALLY DUMB!! When they talk to you, constantly say, "What does that mean?"...lmao!

Pretend you're foreign and always say the same thing over and over, it's really fun...


Just come up with funny things to do, sometimes I also pretend like I'm not at a house, but at a resturant..lol...have fun and be creative!!

Answer 7

When they phone and if I have time, I will play along with them answering a question with a question and in the end I get them to buy something off me. It is a great challenge but it can be done with skill and patience.

Good luck

Kind regards....ring ...ring ....ring ....ah that must be the telemarketer again got to go bye

Answer 8

I don't know if you ever saw this on Seinfeld but I copied what he did. I once asked them if I could call them back when I was free. They said I couldn't call using the # that came up on the ID. I said "that's okay just give me your home phone number and I'll bother you like you are bothering me." She said " I can't do that-- goodbye." It was funny. Normally I say "no thanks." then hang up.
Why are you a telemarketer? LOL

Answer 9

I tried to be polite in the past but these people have been trained to be aggressive and persistent. I try to avoid their calls but then they will call from unknown numbers and I have to answer. They call at the worst times like before you've had coffee or when you're having dinner.

Answer 10

I can keep them on the phone for about 15 minutes and give them no information, and no solid answers, and usually lead the conversations to how I make a sourdough patty melt.

Answer 11

I hang up, the other day though a friend answered my phone and he started talking dirty to the girl on the other end. They still are trying to call back.