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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 07:12
 
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get a silent number for $2 /month then you get piece of mind...unless you filled out personal details on some survey/raffle/car giveaway then your on someones contact list....
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Sydney/Wollongong
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 07:12
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Sorry but i'm busy right now, mind if I grab your home number & i'll call ya later? 
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Location:
Kellyville, Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 07:20
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just say "no thanks not interested" and hang up before they can reply. they wont call you back. even tho they are annoying as they are just doing their job, so i dont swear at them or any thing. one of my mates had a job doing this for CBA and he quit after a few months coz he was just sick of people yelling at him all day.
chris
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Location:
Tassie
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 08:04
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it depends if they are male or female.
if it's a chick we might talk to them who cares if u get a rejection ? it's a great chance to practice.
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Location:
Melbourne
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August 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 09:49
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just say that your not interested and hang up
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I Supported Toymods
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south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 09:54
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| Mookie wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 19:04 |
if it's a chick we might talk to them who cares if u get a rejection ? it's a great chance to practice.
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Practice?? They know ur home phone number and probably where u live as well if they check.
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 10:59
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| b1gb3n wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 19:54 |
| Mookie wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 19:04 |
if it's a chick we might talk to them who cares if u get a rejection ? it's a great chance to practice.
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Practice?? They know ur home phone number and probably where u live as well if they check.
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If they bother to check, then that means they're interested. 
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 11:05
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i participated in one coz they paid you $50 for about 45minutes 
otherwise i just say sorry not interested.
I wanna try the method in that cereal commercial with the microwave
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Location:
melbourne
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 11:19
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i do this for a job, and we dont know where you live, just town/city sometimes, but all we have is a number.
and having a private number doesnt do shit if you give it out to companies, like im doing surveys atm on electricity, and i think we get the numbers from the electricity company.
if you dont want to do the survey, just say so. we do get some people skitzing out on the phone, but fuck em, what can they do? nothing, thats what.
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 11:33
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me, on the other hand, can find out where any of you live from a phone number, even if it is silent
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Location:
Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 12:14
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| draven wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 21:33 |
me, on the other hand, can find out where any of you live from a phone number, even if it is silent
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You live in Epping, Sydney. I got that info without your phone number. I am teh winnar!
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Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 12:45
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| Apollo wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 23:14 |
| draven wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 21:33 |
me, on the other hand, can find out where any of you live from a phone number, even if it is silent
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You live in Epping, Sydney. I got that info without your phone number. I am teh winnar!
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and his name is Greg 
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 13:01
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Location:
Yagoona Sydney
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December 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 13:03
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if its a female, ask her if she wants to be pimped. simple theyll hang up. if its a guy tell him to blow u. simple solutions make life easier
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Brisbane
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February 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 13:55
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what if the guy is gay and takes u up on your offer then wont stop calling you!! think i just gave myself a nightmare!
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I Supported Toymods
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south Melbourne/KL
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 14:22
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| dimmy77_03 wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 23:45 |
| Apollo wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 23:14 |
| draven wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 21:33 |
me, on the other hand, can find out where any of you live from a phone number, even if it is silent
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You live in Epping, Sydney. I got that info without your phone number. I am teh winnar!
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and his name is Greg
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all u stalkers!!
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 14:30
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 you'd better watch out ben...your next
j/k
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Perth
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August 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 14:39
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| dimmy77_03 wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 19:05 |
i participated in one coz they paid you $50 for about 45minutes
otherwise i just say sorry not interested.
I wanna try the method in that cereal commercial with the microwave
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i participate in them and they pay me to go in and give them my opinion
can't go wrong with that
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 14:42
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| jackel wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 01:39 |
| dimmy77_03 wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 19:05 |
i participated in one coz they paid you $50 for about 45minutes
otherwise i just say sorry not interested.
I wanna try the method in that cereal commercial with the microwave
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i participate in them and they pay me to go in and give them my opinion
can't go wrong with that
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damn straight i got paid those $50 in 45minutes to look at car designs
A mate of mine got paid $60 to smoke for 30minutes
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Northmead
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December 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 21:03
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I forget that i know english.
Being a first generation aussie born european, i answer the phone, and when someone says something like " survey " or " a few minutes of your time " out comes myreally poor english.
" I not speaking english " in a european accent works very well.
They tend to hang up after a few seconds.
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Location:
Adelaide
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April 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 22:32
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I like it when they ring up work i once had some woman on hold for half an hour.
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Brisbane, QLD
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February 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 22:32
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If you dont want to participate just politely refuse to. Why bother lying? "Its a product of fear"
There is nothing gained to being rude.
In fact, when i was doing something similar i used to withhold who i was working for until they agreed to go ahead, because if they were rude and i was in a bad mood i'd sit there for 5 minutes ringing them constantly
I think society needs to learn a bit more tolerance and understanding, i'm starting to think this more and more as i see some of the responses to threads on this and other forums :/
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Location:
Girraween,Sydney
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September 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Wed, 10 November 2004 22:55
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I just tell them, "this is abusinees phone number you should not be calling it" every time so far i get " oh... sorry thank you for your time" "aah? *Beep Beep Beep*" Decond one is my favorite, always makes me giggle,
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Location:
Sydney, Shire
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Thu, 11 November 2004 01:24
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"hey..sorry im busy right now, can i get your home number and ring you later when im not so busy?...no? oh i guess u dont want strangers ringing u while your home relaxing?..now you know how i feel *hang up*"
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Thu, 11 November 2004 01:35
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eh
no point yelling at the person, they're just doing a job. the corporation is the thing you gotta get pissed at.
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Location:
Melbourne
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July 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Thu, 11 November 2004 02:32
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I call screen and $5 I pay a month for caller ID is worth every cent.
I've found that 99% of the telemarketers or survey people will have blocked their caller ID (shows up as XXXXXX) or come up as an international call.
One glance and I decide whether to take the call or ignore it and let it go through to voicemail - I'll then recheck in a bit to see if any message has been left.
The telmarketers never leave a message.
So it's no mess and no fuss - no stress to me and no yelling to the caller.
Frankie
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April 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Thu, 11 November 2004 09:04
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| SilverGhost wrote on Wed, 10 November 2004 18:12 |
get a silent number for $2 /month then you get piece of mind...unless you filled out personal details on some survey/raffle/car giveaway then your on someones contact list....
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nott true there random so if you have a silet number u could still be called
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Location:
sydney
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August 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Thu, 11 November 2004 09:37
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i just hate when your in the postion because they ask you with such kindness, and i hate rejecting ppl
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Location:
Darwin
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April 2003
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melbourne
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 01:27
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| draven wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 12:35 |
eh
no point yelling at the person, they're just doing a job. the corporation is the thing you gotta get pissed at.
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actually, you should get pissed off at the copmany who hired the survey company. like the surveys i was doing were for an energy company, so they gave us their customers numbers (i presume) and we called them for surveys.
and i dont really care if you yell at or swear at us, it just makes things more interesting than "dont wanna do it mate"
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 01:54
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| shoot wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 17:04 |
nott true there random so if you have a silet number u could still be called
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Actually, its not random. The reason you still get called is because your number is on a list floating around.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Adelaide
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July 2004
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April 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 08:40
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Fri, 12 November 2004 12:54 |
| shoot wrote on Thu, 11 November 2004 17:04 |
nott true there random so if you have a silet number u could still be called
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Actually, its not random. The reason you still get called is because your number is on a list floating around.
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not were i used to work
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 09:03
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Haha, odd Doesn't seem like an efficient way to do it
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Location:
Perth
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September 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 11:36
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Best response I ever heard to a telemarketter was "And may I have your credit card number please? This call will be billed at $4.99 per minute." They don't tend to ring back.
Of course, I only ever get these calls at work, since I don't have a home phone line. For some reason they're not too keen on telemarketting to a mobile.
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Location:
Potts Point, Sydney
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October 2003
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 12:02
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i got a call today from some company saying i've been pre-selected and i can save $15/month on my phone bill coz im overpaying with optus  get 100 free call and only make about 80-90/month with optus...
So he's going on about how good it is blah blah blah, obviously reading it off coz he's a newbie. So i ask him to send some info and i'll think about it, and he says "you must sign up over the phone sir"...pfff yeh right (this was after asking 3times for info to be sent)...so i just hung up
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Location:
sydney
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August 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Fri, 12 November 2004 23:31
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Silent numbers dont do shit..i have a privet number... they still call whats the difference
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Location:
Liverpool, Sydney
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September 2004
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Re: What do you say to them anyoing pr*cks
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Sat, 13 November 2004 08:11
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Some of them sound really nice though..like not nice, but they are polite, those ones i always have a hard time being rude to them... i will just say no im not interested.. it just depends on how they act after you say no.. sometimes they are fine and just say thanks and go, the ones who keep pushing and pushing you, you end up just syaing NO and hanging up....the other scenario is when sometimes you cant even get a word in, they just launch into a massive speil and if you try to talk they just talk over you.... thats when you just hang up....
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