Worst then telemarketers...

[EZ_Mrens]

@#%$ trying to steal my money scam telemarketers!!

Phone Rings, I answer.

"Hi this is Brian from Q-west (My phone service), I would like to inform you of some new offers we have avalible."

Now im not one to be rude, so I listen on, goes on some tangent about new cellphones, wasent really paying attention.

"Is your adress (My adress)?"

Yes

"Is your phone number (My number)?"

Yes

"Now if I could just get you birth of date to update my files"

Errr, ok (Give my BOD)

"Now I just need you social secruity number to verif..." *Click*

@#%$ pricks!

EDIT: What pisses me off more then anything is the entire lack of originality, with all the people trying to steal my money these people have no style.

I would have more respect for a bum on the street holding me up at gunpoint, it's just sad! Bah!
Edited by: Mrens at: 9/22/03 1:49 pm

[EZ_Dahne]

Hello. My name is Princess Kalilawahutikitali. I have been ousted from my rightful place of power in Uzbekistan and forced to flee to the United States. I need the help of a brave and resourceful individual to give me his credit card number, house, and car in order that I be able to transfer a modest sum of thirty katrillion dollars to your account and make you Unopposable Dictator for Life of the country of your choice. Wll you take this opportunity, or be a sniveling coward and miss the chance to live in oppulence and have several dozen harems and that sort of general thing?

I wait eagerly for your compliance. Or else I'll have to send Leo after you.
Moogle Charm

Have you hugged a white mage today?

[Jem]

Never answer a telemarketing call with an affirmation. Your answer can be recorded and dubbed behind any question

Phone call:

-Is your name SoandSo Smith?
-Yes

-Is your address 123 Main St, Anywhere USA?
-Yes.

-Can I have your SSN?
*click*

...dub..dub..dub...

Playback:
-Do you wish to order to a lifetime subscription of HCL handcreme for 99.50 a month?
-Yes

-Do you understand that once this order is placed is cannot ever be terminated under any circumstance including failure to deliver said product?
-Yes

-Do you like to dye live rabbit's fur paisley patterns with meticulous detail?
-Yes Wraine aka "The Spine Tickler!"
Moderator O'Dethe
"It has.. It has a meter that is tricky. A little wicky wacky wicky..."

[Aidden]

this is me:

"Hello?"

"Hello, may I speak with Tom Hassell?"

"May I ask who is calling?"

"This is so-an-so with so-and-so"

"how can I help you"

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I have never aknowledge that I was indeed Tom Hassell... From this point depending on how the call goes I either ask them to hold and leave the phone sitting on the counter, or I scream at them, or I wait until they are all done and then I say:

"That's great, I willl let Tom know you called. He should be back in about 3 weeks"

[Nenjin]

I think it's funny that they call you, ask you your name first, then ask you to verify information that they already had in order to call you.

I always know when it's a telemarketer. No one calls me Anthony. "They will come back, come back again, as long as the Red Earth rolls. He never wasted a tree or a leaf, why should he squander souls?"

"You're a big one....a tall drink of water, but I got to tell you, you don't look too bright. I got a son, stupid as a man who bought his stupid at a 2-for-1 sale, and you remind me of him." -Mr. Nancy

[Aidden]

Well, other than me..

[Nenjin]

Damnit Aidden, you said that was our "special name"! :">

[EZ_Lolanae]

Lately I get telemarketers calling asking for my fiancee. He is on refit schedule at the moment, preparing for sea. I tell them, "He isn't here, may I take a message and tell him who called?" "No we will just try back later"

I'm thinking to myself "Sure thing arse, I bet you will be calling when he get shome at 8 oclock at night. I know he will NOT want to talk with you then."

This is on top of the calls I get that are basically hangups/wrong numbers when I answer. Latest wrong number caller to piss me off was on my cell phone. A lady called and asked for a couple. I said wrong number, sorry. Then she proceded to ask me if I know either of those two people. I said no I don't ma'am, sorry, and hung up. She called back asking for them again. After snapping wrong number, she didn't call back.

[Yalum]

A couple years ago I got a call that opened up with a recorded message saying something along the lines of "This is a collect call from an inmate at the Broward County Jail, press 1 to accept the charges." Hmm? I hit 1, and ended up talking to some woman who claimed my mom had been arrested. This seemed unlikely. While I can certainly see my mother being picked up in an animal rights protest, she probably wouldn't call me, and she certainly wouldn't do it through this intermediary. The woman evaded my questions, so I said goodbye, called my parents, and confirmed that, indeed, Mom was not a guest of the Sheriff. There wasn't even a charge for the "collect" call on my bill that month.

I got the same call again not too long ago but just hung up on it. It's always bothered me that I couldn't figure out what the scam was there. Are there people who would attempt to post bail over the phone?

[Koru]

So if you don't like them why don't you give totally bogus new contact info. "No, I'm afraid he doesn't live here anymore. Would you like his forwarding address and phone number so you can contact him?" I'm sure you must know someone who would enjoy the phone calls and junk mail.

[EZ_Filan Fyretracker]

heres the contact info to give pesky telemarketors....
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

[EZ_SincroFashad]

Hello, this is Joe Marketer from Annoying Telemarketing firm. Is this Sincro?

Me: No, let me get him for you.

*puts phone down*

*30+ minutes pass by or I hear the disconect beeping sound*

Me: Are you still there?

*no answer, except for one time, lol*

*hang up*

No fuss, no muss, no aggravation. -Sinc

There is no I in team, but there is a U in suck.

[EZ_Sawin]

Quote:Worst then telemarketers


Your spelling? Venerable Toprem Level 62 Druid.... yeah im too lazy to make another Ezboard account

Take a look at my stuff.

HA! HA! I am using the internet!!!1

[Dorla]

Too obvious not to add....

CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's me, Dave. Open up, man, I got the stuff.
(More knocks)
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's me, Dave, man. Open up, I got the stuff.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: It's, Dave, man. Open up, I think the cops saw me come in here.
(More knocks)
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's, Dave, man. Will you open up, I got the stuff with me.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave, man. Open up.
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave. C'mon, man, open up, I think the cops saw me.
CHONG: Dave's not here.
CHEECH: No, man, I'm Dave, man.
(Sharp knocks at the door)
CHEECH: Hey, c'mon, man.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's Dave, man. Will you open up? I got the stuff with me.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave, man. Open up.
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave.
CHONG: Dave's not here.
CHEECH: What the hell? No, man, I am Dave, man. Will you...
(More knocks)
CHEECH: C'mon! Open up the door, will you? I got the stuff with me, I think the cops saw me.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: Oh, what the hell is it...c'mon. Open up the door! It's Dave!
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave! D-A-V-E! Will you open up the @#%$ door!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Right, man. Dave. Now will you open up the door?
CHONG: Dave's not here.

[EZ_Nyssa Rainwhisper]

The background noise of a call center and a pause after you've said hellow but before they say anything are dead giveaways to a telemarketer. The minute I suspect any of that, I hang up. I don't even bother.

I don't care what they're trying to sell me even if it's a company I'm already doing business with (such as the phone company) I'm never interested anyways. If I want it, I'll call them. Till then, I'm content with what I have.

Wraine, just out of curiosity, what should one say in lieu of yes? Edited by: Nyssa Rainwhisper at: 9/25/03 12:19 pm

[EZ_jolla]

Instead of yes, you can normally repeat the question in the affirmative.

Is this Jolla?
This is Jolla.

Is your address blah blah blah?
That is my address.

etc. Although why you would tell a total stranger that info, i don't know, but it works for most questions. Jolla Petbane, level 65 Enchanter
Craftie Snowdog, level 57 Rogue

[EZ_Trebax Shadowstealer]

OK...not sure if this is allowable or not, but it's a good link for Anti-telemarketer material (such as tips, and some humorous audio of calls coming in).

www.antitelemarketer.com/nuke/html/

It's not a site where you buy anything...it's simply a resource for expanding that "love" of telemarketing.