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I have been tracking my phone calls daily and I have learned that I am getting at least 7 or more phone calls per day from some company trying to sell me on something to grow my business. On Weds. I had 6 phone calls from a salesman trying to sell me a health plan. I told them that I am not interested and to place me on their do not call list. What do they do….call me two hours later, the same guy too every time! Superpages, yellowpages, merchant account services, verizon or some Internet company saying they can put me on the first page of Google. Then after I tell them I am not interested, what do they do…call me the following week and try again! This to me is a real time waster while I am on a Job or trying to get some of my paper work done. Does anyone have a way to deal with these type of calls that works to stops them from calling you?
If they are calling from the same number every time, I just save that number in my phone as “solicitor 1,2,3, etc”. That way I don’t have to waste my time answering because I know when the phone rings it’s them.
I’m extremely rude with them and try to find ways to piss them off and insult them. I know this is wrong but it makes me feel better.
😀I have been a telemarketer before, it paid the bills. If they are a reputable company they should put you on their do not call list when you ask them. If they are a dishonest company, then they won’t, so you wouldn’t want to use their services anyway. Try to remember though, they are people too, just trying to make a living.
I think that Dave’s suggestion is the best way to handle it if they don’t put you on their do not call list after asking multiple times. I really like to have my contacts on my phone organized, so I would do something like ‘zz solicitor 1’ so that way the solicitors are at the end of my contact list.
FYI: After making a call, the telemarketer is supposed to catergorize the call. Not interested, Do Not Call List, not home, call back, etc. Sometimes I accidently put people in the call back category, when they asked to be put on the Do Not Call List. So just be patient. Also, a Do Not Call list only applies for that particular product they are trying to sell. They could if they wanted, call five seconds later to try to sell a different product.
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