My neighbor's dog picks up my Wednesday freebie (the advertising paper you never can seem to get them to stop delivering) paper and drags it into his yard and shreds it every Wednesday. Perhaps if we could get those shreds delivered back to the marketer....

:o)

>My brother Bill, has a great dislike for telemarketers. While visiting him the phone rang:
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>1 . Local newspaper: “Would you like our newspaper free for 30 days”?
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>2. Bill: “No! I don’t have a dog”! Then he quickly hung up.
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>So far that fellow has not called back and that was two years ago.
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>>You are either much more patient or much more evil than I am Craig. :o) My immediate response as soon as the first sentence comes out of their mouth is: Put me on your do not call list. Then I hang up.
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>>>Reminds me of what I do with telemarketers.
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>>>Caller: "Can I interest you in ...."
>>>Craig: "No, I'm not interested"
>>>Caller: "What if it saved you money?"
>>>Craig: "Let me speak to your supervisor"
>>>Supervisor: "Can I help you?"
>>>Craig: "Does Caller speak English?"
>>>Supervisor: "Yes"
>>>Craig: "Then what part of I'm not interested does he not understand?"
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>>>Another thing I've used:
>>>Caller: "Can I interest you in...."
>>>Craig: "I don't know. What are you wearing right now"
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>>>If they are trying to switch your long distance, it's sometimes fun to take the call all the way through to Third Party Verification (required by the FCC), then decline it.
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>>>Sometimes I've kept the caller on the line for a long time before I turn them down. Screws up their call times. Short call times are very imporant.
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>>>But then, my telemarketing calls have gone to zero since I had my home phone disconnected. I only use cell now.
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>>>>I had a large sign on the front door of our house - No-Solicitation! A few minutes after placing the sign on the door, the doorbell rang.
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>>>>Salesman: “Would you like to buy”…
>>>>Tom: Can you read?
>>>>Salesman: “Yes”
>>>>Tom: “No-Solicitation”!
>>>>Salesman: “I’m not soliciting – I’m selling”!
>>>>Tom: Archie Bunker shut door in face routine #1
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>>>>Conclusion: Nothing works as planned! :)
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