how to mess with telemarketers?

Question

i would like to kno any funny/creepy/ridiculous ways to mess with telemarketers on the phone, just dont be obscene and no use of foul language thank u

Answer 1

ONE TIME A TELEMARKETER CALLED WANTING DONATIONS FOR THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S DEPT. & THEY ASKED IF MY MOM WAS HOME AND I STARTED ACTING LIKE A LITTLE KID AND I SAID "ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE MY MOMMY TO JAIL?" AND I JUST ACTED LIKE I WAS CRYING AND WAS VERY UPSET & THEY STARTED SAYING "NO , NO YOUR MOM ISN'T GOING TO JAIL" AND I WAS JUST BEGGING THEM NOT TO TAKE MY MOMMY TO JAIL. IT WAS HILARIOUS!

AND ANOTHER TIME,
WHEN I WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL I WORKED AT A LOCAL CONVIENANT STORE AND THE ARMY CALLED ME AT HOME TO TRY A RECRUIT ME TO JOIN AND I STARTED ACTING LIKE I WAS VERY MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND I SAID " OH NO, I CAN'T JOIN THE ARMY I DONE WENT AND GOT ME ONE OF THEM GOOD JOBS DOWN AT THE GAS STATION I CANT LEAVE THAT."
THAT ONE WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE I REALLY DID HAVE ME "ONE OF THEM GOOD JOBS DOWN AT THE GAS STATION."
IT WAS SO FUNNY. I LOVE TO MESS WITH THEM.

Answer 2

I heard one on the radio the other day. The man who answered the phone pretended he was a police officer and that the person the telemarketer was trying to reach had just been murdered. Long story short, by the end of the call the telemarketer thought he was under investigation for the murder.

Answer 3

1. Ask for their home number and tell them you will call them during their dinner time.

2. Tell them "this call is being monitors for training purposes". You'll get negative feedback saying they don't want to be recorded and disapprove of it.

3. Tell them to sell it to you in 10 seconds. They will waste those same 10 seconds telling why the sales pitch takes longer than 10 seconds. When the time is up, tell them "Sorry, you failed to sell me", and hang up.

4. Have a cap gun handy. Really get into the conversation for a few minutes, then start panicing and yelling "What are you people doing in my house? Don't point that gun at me!" Then – fire the cap pistol a couple of time and yell "I've been hit!". Drop the phone and drop a can of peaches on the floor. 10 seconds later, slam the phone down to hang it up.

5. Just ask them to if you can put them on hold for a second. Press hold and leave them waiting. I had one telemarker stay on hold for almost an hour. I took him off hold (after almost an hour) and told him "Sorry, I don't think I'm interested anymore after thinking about it for a while, you get an "A" for persistance though".

You can't go wrong with any of these.

Answer 4

When I realize it's a telemarketer I pretend like I have a bad connection....just say "Hello?" 3 or 4 times and then hang up.
Another trick...immediately act very interested and then ask them to please hold for a second.......lay the phone down and leave it until you hear the beeping that tells you they've hung up.
And when you get those annoying calls with no one on the other end? After answering and realizing no one is there, immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your number in their system any longer!
And last, although not for telemarketers, here's a trick for junk mail companies. When you get "ads" enclosed with your utility, phone or credit card bills, return them with your payment...let them throw their own junk mail away! And those "pre-approved" letters for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages, etc........don't throw away the postage paid return envelopes--send them some of your junk mail (just make sure your name isn't on it). It ends up costing them double postage! They'd soon quit sending that crap if they had to pay postage twice! You can even return those envelopes empty--costs them the same amount. This even helps out the postal service.( Since they say that e-mails have cut into their profit and they need to increase postage costs again--well, let's help the poor guys out.)

Answer 5

When a telemarketer calls, hand the phone to a 2-yr-old.

Answer 6

I continuously randomly say what comprises concepts. I even have continuously had a organic skills to speak speedy and randomly and that i discern i might as properly positioned it to good use. each and every now and back i will purely ask them to take me off of their record or in spite of and thats whilst the arguing starts. each and every so often unwell supply it to my bro who has annoys the h-ell out of them. I have not any concept how he does it, yet he purely talks and talks and gets into extremely uncomfortable conversations that they prefer no area of. however the previous few situations as quickly as I answer they don't answer back, so i yell Jerk into the telephone and hang up.

Answer 7

My favorite is something from Seinfield. He said when one called him, he put them on hold for a long time, then he told them that he was really busy and asked if he could call them back. When they went to give him the number, he stopped them and asked for their home phone number. Of course, when they won't give it to you...you ask, "why, is it because you don't like to be bothered at home either".

I've never done it, but I have put the caller on hold for a very long time and just waited for them to hang up. Needless to say I haven't gotten calls from that group again.

Answer 8

Sometimes I'll say, "Hold on, I'm watching (some tv show) right now," and I'll just put the phone down and leave it until the person hangs up.

Answer 9

When they call let them give you their sales pitch for a while and then ask them why YOU called THEM? They will not know what to say. Act really serious. Say something like, " you know, I can't remember why I called you!" Then when they insist they called you then insist you called them. They'll soon hang up....

Answer 10

Just ask for their home number and tell 'em you'll call 'em after dinner.

Better yet, register on a national do-not- call list, and eliminate them altogether.

Just for fun, tell 'em you're glad they called, and go into your own sales pitch for aluminum siding or something!