How to deal with unwanted callers

[yard dawg]

SO im jammin and the drum machine is goin and im in a groove then the friggin phone goes off and its a telemarketer or a bill collector. Either way I dont want to talk to them so I answer the phone and put it in frontof the amp. Pinch harmonics and feedback right in the phone. I only hope the poor idiot on the other end didnt like it.

[YetAnotherOne]

"Alo? Haji's Pizza, what you want?" That usually works for me.

[OnlineStageGear]

its a telemarketer or a bill collector.

Just then the power gets turned off and all you can hear is the guy still on the phone saying "This is Joe from the power company reguarding your unpaid bill....."

[emperor_black]

I just say "i'm not interested and I am gonna hang up now".

[kelly user]

it has gotten to the point where i just pick up and hang up. they never learn, those dumb bastards.

[atomic charvel guy]

I like the calls, i usually turn it into a ljerky boys type situation and they hang up real quick.

[scotty]

I had a strange telemarketing experience one time. I was a long time ago, when I had a house phone. I don’t remember if caller ID was available then but I didn’t have it if it did.
I was having a grand ass time playing my guitar. No drugs, no alcohol, l just me and my guitar finding some nice meeting point. Then the phone rings and someone is giving me this long as speech. I try to be respectful and try to end the conversation as peacefully and as quickly as possible to get back to my guitar. I understand we all have bills to pay and jobs we may not like, so I would try to show some respect. After I hang up this guy keeps calling me back. We share a few four letter words, I hang up and he calls back and he calls back again. I am not sure how it ended I think I figured if he going to keep calling back why should I hang up. So I just stayed on the phone screaming till he hung up on me.
It really ruined my night alone with my guitar.

[Nazgul]

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/

:ROTF:

[skorb]

I like the calls, i usually turn it into a ljerky boys type situation and they hang up real quick.

the Jerky Boys. I had that on tape back in the day and wore it out. those guys were great.

[heartfielder]

I usually say " Can I have your home number, I'll call you back when you're eating dinner or putting the kids to bed !" or " Sure I'll support your cause if you support mine, can you personally donate money for a thing I have going on ????"

Soon they hang up confused ...

[Newc]

I get calls allegedly from my CC company trying to sell me ID Theft insurance (which I already have), and it's always some chick in Mexico or some crap. I usually let them go through the spiel and politely decline. Of coure this means "try harder to convince me" to them, so she stresses how rampant ID Theft is these days, to which I reply that I've already been through it once and had to have a new card issued because of it, and because of that, I do not feel comfortable giving any of my account info over the phone, but if they'll send me the information in the mail I'll read it.

Then she says "we'll send you the information packet once you've signed up for it over the phone", which of course indicates to me it's a scam to get my info. She gives me some Employee ID number that I can call the company and verify (she even gives me the number to call - duh, lady, I'm calling YOUR scam number).

I really wish I had a computer program that would trace phone calls to their physical location. I'd love to be on my cell phone and show up at their warehouse/call center while they're on the line.

Then again, if it's a legit call from the company, I'm sure they release people's info to foster the paranoia surrounding ID Theft. "Ohhh, look! If you'd had the insurance, you'd be protected!"
Yeah, right. Smells like extortion.

[shobet]

I keep getting Indians on the phone that can't understand my Welsh accent. Hours of comedy at their expense. They are paying for the call after all.

Another thing that fucking annoys me is when you answer the phone and there is no one on the other end, just some pissfucking autodialler sofware from one of these call centers has rung but none of their operators are available. Now that fucking winds me up.

I hate dealing with outsourced call centers, e.g. British fucking Telecom! Don't get me started on this shower of shit company and it's representatives. There is nothing more amusing than being told that I'm doing something wrong or it's my equipment that's faulty by some stupid fuck reading out a script from his terminal on the end of the ADSL helpline. In the end it took a call to the head of customer services in the UK to sort it all out. After all the fuss and them talking bollocks about it being a problem at my end by these stupid fucking fuckwits, it turned out it was a problem at the local exchange (something I'd told them since the start, but would they listen, would they bollocks!). I mean what do I know, I'm only a Linux network engineer by trade, my experience is obviously outranked by someone who can read from a terminal in Bangalore.

I refuse to deal with any company now who has call centers outside of the UK. It's getting harder and harder to do and is generally a bit more expensive, but it's the fucking principal.

I know a couple of people on here work in call centers and I don't begrudge you a living, but seriously, kill yourselves now.

[Rsmacker]

I keep getting Indians on the phone that can't understand my Welsh accent.

Bbbbb-but, it's the same accent! Well it is when some people do it anyway....!

Another thing that fucking annoys me is when you answer the phone and there is no one on the other end, just some pissfucking autodialler sofware from one of these call centers has rung but none of their operators are available. Now that fucking winds me up.

I report them as nuisance calls, say I'm frightened and perturbed by them. They soon stop then!

I hate dealing with outsourced call centers, e.g. British fucking Telecom! I refuse to deal with any company now who has call centers outside of the UK. It's getting harder and harder to do and is generally a bit more expensive, but it's the fucking principal.

Good for you, I always ask where they are calling from. They try to get clever and say London, but just ask them to look outside and tell you what the weather is like, then they stumble. That's when I politely tell them, no offence, but please, ask someone whose first language is English to call me. The poor old worker in India usually takes that OK and when someone English comes on, that's when I let rip about their greedy bosses whoring out British jobs to 3rd world countries. They love it, I'm sure. On more than one occasion I have got the customer service rep to admit the Indians are fucking useless and hard to understand.

Oh yeah, and FUCK BT.

[Endrik]

the Jerky Boys are funny but light weights compared to the shit I did durning my puberty

[zeegler]

For a while, I just ignored them. Then I started picking up and hanging up immediately. Now, I usually pick up, and very politely say "hi, can you hold on a second". Then, I put either put the phone near one of the stereo speakers or near the TV, and just leave it for 5 minutes. No one waits that long.