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What is it with fucking salespeople.......
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| ferrycorstenfan |
Ok I know people have to earn money and I respect the polite ones of u out there, but we have for over 2 weeks of weekdays now had 'a courtesy call from british gas' for my Dad... now as I told them the first 16 times, he's at work until 6, so they dont call back then, they just bother me again, usually between 11am-3pm and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its getting on my , I even lost it with the woman today cos she was rude, I said
'he isn't in today cos as i've said the last 16 times he's at work and he's there AGAIN'
she muttered something, which I never caught then 'oh i'll call back in a couple of hours' so i just said back 'well he'll still be at ing work then won't he'
Seriously, what posesses these people at times, I know u gotta work, but some of them are impossible, esp a guy from Vodafone who was trying to sell me a fone just like I had but for another 100 quid, and after 5 minutes of saying 'excuse me i already have one' i just left him talking to nobody for a bit... tosser
:rolleyes:
Anyone else share my pain ? |
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| Arbiter |
Here in the good old U.S.A., all you gotta do is tell them never to call back again, and if they do, you can sue them for harassment.
Alternately just don't talk to them, as soon as you realize its a salesperson jsut hang up. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| or u can do what me and my brother do and see how many times u can say "Hello" before they hang up ;) |
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| fastmp3 |
| only a mongo like mikey and his brother would do that :D and it's a great method haha :haha: |
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| TiestoInTheMix |
salespeople are the devil... i understand that they do all their calling with a computer on a random number selection basis, but come on! do they really expect people to be home during the morning?
usually when i pick up the phone, i either hear silence or myself echoing (loudspeaker). if i quickly say hello 3 times and no one answers, i hang up. if they answer right away, i just tell them that the person they're asking for isn't home at the moment.
if they start talking right away about selling stuff without asking for my dad / etc., i tell them i'm underaged and that no one else is home right now. works like a charm. still annoying though. |
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| onceler |
my brother used to play the "3 strike" rule and give them 3 chances to say the name perfect....
i just answer and if there is silence (which is do the the old computers pulling up your phone info), i just hang up
my buddy used to be a telemarketer, said it drives him bonkers when people do that |
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| TiestoInTheMix |
| quote: | Originally posted by onceler
my brother used to play the "3 strike" rule and give them 3 chances to say the name perfect....
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dude, lol, i could write a book on all the hundreds of ways that the stupid salespeople raped my ukranian name in... i mean, come on... just pronounce it like it's written! |
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| Arbiter |
1. Record the highest pitched sound your sound cards crappy midi synth can produce. About 15 seconds worth should be fine.
2. When a salesperson is on the phone, hold the phone up to the speaker, crank the volume up, and play your sound file.
3. They will delete you from their database.
Merciless :thepirate |
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| Coup |
| ian its even more annoying when the companies still use the old phone books coz they always ask for mr or mrs bowler! asses! |
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| ferrycorstenfan |
| quote: | Originally posted by Coup
ian its even more annoying when the companies still use the old phone books coz they always ask for mr or mrs bowler! asses! |
I told one guy who pronounced our name wrong that he had the wrong number, and he got mardy |
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| TiestoInTheMix |
lol, my mom just did this:
she was talking on the phone, then she says "hold on, call waiting..." switches the line and goes "hello... hello? OH MY GOD, SHE IS NOT HOME!" and switched back. i was ROTFLOL! |
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| butterfly |
| one time the sales preson gave their rap without giving me space to breathe so i answered some of their stupid questions to get her off the phone quicker (and it did). then i get this credit card in the mail and a bill. apparently they did an online application without my consent. so i had to take the time to call Discover and cancel the account. It pisses me off when they ask why i am canceling and i say "cause you dumb s opened an account without my consent" and they act all innocent like they don't deal with this all the time. |
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