M13KYF Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Three Little Words That Work!! (1) The three little words: "Hold On, Please..." Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear BT's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset .... you have efficiently completed your task. These three little words could help eliminate telephone soliciting. (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.This technique is then used to determine the best time of day for a "real" salesperson to call back and get someone at qï home. What you can do after answering: If you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialled the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!! 3: When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk,do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these come with postage-prepaid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular postage "IF" and when they are returned. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-prepaid return envelopes. Send an advert for your local chimney sweeper to American Express ... they might need one! Send a pizza coupon to HSBC ... in case their canteen packs up. You get the idea. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them back their blank application form ... after all, it is their form! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you return. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them, and it is their envelope after all ... you are just returning it!!!! The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the post, but folks ..... we need to OVERWHELM them, in order to stop them. Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it ... Twice! Let's help keep Royal Mail busy. Since the Royal Mail are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, let's help them so they will not need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea! If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- maybe you'll get very little junk mail anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomoto Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I like sales calls when I'm not busy at work, I always say Ohh good lets talk, whats the weather like where you are,have you been in ths job long.. etc etc...most amusing... not so good when your busy though, then they just get the FO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Will try those next time I get some return envelopes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Love it! Im so going to start doing that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 another trick to try is to use the prepaid envelope and salotape it to a jiffy bag. Put couple of telephone directories in the jiffy bag and post away. The receiver will get stung for the extra postage required on the overweight parcel they receive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 another trick to try is to use the prepaid envelope and salotape it to a jiffy bag. Put couple of telephone directories in the jiffy bag and post away. The receiver will get stung for the extra postage required on the overweight parcel they receive Oooh now that sneaky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 another trick to try is to use the prepaid envelope and salotape it to a jiffy bag. Put couple of telephone directories in the jiffy bag and post away. The receiver will get stung for the extra postage required on the overweight parcel they receive Or, attach it to a human and post away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13KYF Posted June 11, 2007 Author Share Posted June 11, 2007 think your getting carried away now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmmackfc Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I still get sales calls from time to time. I just say I'm registered with the TPS, never phone this number again or I'll have you executed....or words to a similar effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I get telephone sales calling for "the business owner" several times every day. I usually say the owner is on his Yacht in the Bahamas and will be back sometime in the Winter. I have all my staff trained to say this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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