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Norrrm

(2,737 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2025, 02:30 PM Jan 2025

Telemarketers become less interested in selling to me when...

Telemarketers become less interested in selling to me when...

Home improvement folks seem reluctant when I ask if they can build a torture dungeon for me...

Medicare advantage pests generally lose interest when I say I'm 95.

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Telemarketers become less interested in selling to me when... (Original Post) Norrrm Jan 2025 OP

You answer the phone? MiniMe Jan 2025 #1

When expecting calls from new contacts dickthegrouch Jan 2025 #2

Sometimes.... for entertainment purposes only. Norrrm Jan 2025 #3

I ask to talk to their supervisors and they hang up on me LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2025 #4

MiniMe

(21,848 posts)

1. You answer the phone?

Reply to Norrrm (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 02:57 PM

Jan 2025

I don't pick up the phone unless I know who is calling. If they need me, they can leave a message

dickthegrouch

(4,107 posts)

2. When expecting calls from new contacts

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 03:26 PM

Jan 2025

I sometimes answer.
The ones I hate most are the ones that record my voice without permission or announcement.
They get a very different accent from my normal voice that their IVR cannot understand.

Norrrm

(2,737 posts)

3. Sometimes.... for entertainment purposes only.

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 04:22 PM

Jan 2025

Any true psychic already knows they're not gonna get any bucks from me.

LetMyPeopleVote

(168,402 posts)

4. I ask to talk to their supervisors and they hang up on me

Reply to Norrrm (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 09:05 PM

Jan 2025

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