"In return, I get something I like from radio,TV and the newspapers. What am I
getting from you ? What do you and your ilk offer in trade?" (mikemurray)
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From me you'd learn about the cheapest health insurance costs in Florida.
RSHaas

(Fifiela) writes:
Don't I have a right not to be forced to hear your sales pitch?

1. Don't answer
2. Screen calls
3. Hang up
4. Don't buy

That's ridiculous. I've gotten woken up many times by junk calls.
Even if I don't answer, hang up, etc., being woken up too early still
messes up my day. And turning off the phone isn't a happy solution,
since I do want to be able to respond to emergency calls even if they
come while I'm sleeping.

From: (RSHaas)

the Supreme Court has steadfastly ruled that
truthfull and non-misleading commercial speech...

That eliminates telemarketers right there
CJ the Brick

"StanB" writes:

"Fifiela" wrote in message
...
How does one say NO to a phone call during dinner?

1. Don't answer phone
2. Screen calls
3. Hang up if telemarketer
4. Don't buy anything

If you do answer, ask them to take you off the calling list.

I prefer to be creative. If I have the time, I like to see how long I
can prolong the call without actually providing any information.


--
Kenneth Sloan
Computer and Information Sciences (205) 934-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX (205) 934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/faculty/sloan/

I prefer to be creative. If I have the time, I like to see how long I
can prolong the call without actually providing any information.

My version: "I'm sorry but Allan isn't in right now. As you can well imagine
the whole family is quite shook up by the tragedy. What did you say your name
was????"

On 24 Sep 2003 17:57:52 -0700, Paul Rubin
wrote:

(Fifiela) writes:
Don't I have a right not to be forced to hear your sales pitch?

1. Don't answer
2. Screen calls
3. Hang up
4. Don't buy

That's ridiculous. I've gotten woken up many times by junk calls.
Even if I don't answer, hang up, etc., being woken up too early still
messes up my day. And turning off the phone isn't a happy solution,
since I do want to be able to respond to emergency calls even if they
come while I'm sleeping.

Screening calls only works if you're close enough to hear the
answering machine -- otherwise you have to run over and look at the
caller-id.

I used to work at home and got around twenty calls a day. About half
of them had dead silence on the other end -- probably predictive
dialers. I got a Telezapper and within a week it was down to 1 or 2
per day. I suppose it's just a matter of time until they circumvent
that -- phone company marketeers seem to ignore it. The interruption
is usually more annoying than the call.

"the Supreme Court has steadfastly ruled that
truthfull and non-misleading commercial speech...

That eliminates telemarketers right there
CJ the Brick
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Not me. I'm on the mark with the health insurance I sell.

RSHaas

Not me. I'm on the mark with the health insurance I sell.

RSHaas

Unfortunately, the huge majority of telemarketers are ruining it for guys like
you.

John Fernandez

"Unfortunately, the huge majority of telemarketers are ruining it for guys like
you. (John Fernandez)
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I'm safe from bans because I mostly call small bizzez with health insurance.
What really ruins it for me is when I try to sell them on Metro Districts,
too.

RSHaas

"Kenneth Sloan" wrote in message
...

If you do answer, ask them to take you off the calling list.

I prefer to be creative. If I have the time, I like to see how long I
can prolong the call without actually providing any information.

My favorite is when they say, "May I ask why?"

I respond with, "I don't know, I just have this gut feeling it's not right
for me. Why do you suppose that is?"

StanB