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Once, there was a telemarketer calling me and trying to persuade me to buy a home alarm system. All he wanted is to get my credit card #. I asked him to repeat

by dxxvi 8y ago

Once, there was a telemarketer calling me and trying to persuade me to buy a home alarm system. All he wanted is to get my credit card #. I asked him to repeat himself 2-3 times for almost all of his sentences (not all, because that would make him hang up). After about 20 mins, he knew my game and said that I was wasting his time and I was not a good citizen of the U.S. I was sad because somebody said that but the whole conversation was fun :-)

mikro2nd 8y ago
Have to smile, reading this. It reminds me of the time I received a very scammy call telling me I'd won a week's holiday in Florida (US accented person; I am not in the US). Now in my world view, if first prize is a week in Florida, second prize would be two weeks in Florida. Losers get to spend the rest of eternity at Maralago (sp?). But all that's a horse of a different colour... I asked the caller to hold a moment... Went out into my veggie garden and spent almost an hour doing some digging and weeding and generally having a grand ol' time in the sunshine. It raised quite a laugh when I returned around sunset and the caller was still holding, waiting for me to return. Quite unbelievable! Led me to wonder how these people are incentivised. I put the phone down without waiting to find out anything more about their scam/offer/whatever.
- frockington 8y ago
  I know a lot of telemarketers can not hang up a phone themselves or require a manager to do it for them. Not hanging up is a great method if you want to annoy them
  - mikro2nd 8y ago
    I considered it a service to society -- the longer they're (supposedly) on the phone to me, the less time they have to annoy other victims. Also: I just wondered how they would treat the situation. Clearly with more patience than I would!
icebraining 8y ago
"Sorry, I can barely hear you there." https://www.youtube.com/user/ToaoDotNet/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ToaoDotNet/videos

by dxxvi 8y ago

mikro2nd 8y ago

Have to smile, reading this. It reminds me of the time I received a very scammy call telling me I'd won a week's holiday in Florida (US accented person; I am not in the US). Now in my world view, if first prize is a week in Florida, second prize would be two weeks in Florida. Losers get to spend the rest of eternity at Maralago (sp?). But all that's a horse of a different colour... I asked the caller to hold a moment... Went out into my veggie garden and spent almost an hour doing some digging and weeding and generally having a grand ol' time in the sunshine. It raised quite a laugh when I returned around sunset and the caller was still holding, waiting for me to return. Quite unbelievable! Led me to wonder how these people are incentivised. I put the phone down without waiting to find out anything more about their scam/offer/whatever.

frockington 8y ago
I know a lot of telemarketers can not hang up a phone themselves or require a manager to do it for them. Not hanging up is a great method if you want to annoy them
- mikro2nd 8y ago
  I considered it a service to society -- the longer they're (supposedly) on the phone to me, the less time they have to annoy other victims. Also: I just wondered how they would treat the situation. Clearly with more patience than I would!

icebraining 8y ago

"Sorry, I can barely hear you there." https://www.youtube.com/user/ToaoDotNet/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ToaoDotNet/videos