"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
just received a - charitable - solicitation via telephone. I listened
to the spiel, then said - sure, ill contribute - let me get my credit
card out...

then - dropped - the phone and hung up.

they called back.

i played along, then did the same thing again - dropped the phone and
hung up.

this went on for three more times, then finally I said - what are you
doing here - hey, what's the gun for - no no - don't........slammed
the phone on the desk....hung up.

they havne't called back again.

Another one that works is asking them what they're wearing. You have to sort
of fine tune it, based on whether it's a man or a woman. Ask if they're
wearing latex, and where the holes are. :-)

Doug Kanter wrote:
Another one that works is asking them what they're wearing. You have to sort
of fine tune it, based on whether it's a man or a woman. Ask if they're
wearing latex, and where the holes are. :-)


It has taken me many years to unlearn habits of being polite
on the phone to telemarketers. But there are two good ways
to seriously discourage them: one is to talk to them
endlessly and never give them any money. Tell tham about
your boat, your garden, your new hat, encourage them to talk
about their grandkids or whatever. Thanks to modern
technology & headphones, this can go on for hours while you
are working on your boat. In fact if they seem at all handy,
you can ask their advice on the task in hand.

The other way is to put on a Jeffrey Dahmer tone and tell
them about how you are lonely and don't have any friends and
you are *so* glad they called, now you finally can talk to
somebody. Ask them "Will *YOU* be my friend?" They always
hang up.

DSK

DSK wrote:
Doug Kanter wrote:
Another one that works is asking them what they're wearing. You have
to sort of fine tune it, based on whether it's a man or a woman. Ask
if they're wearing latex, and where the holes are. :-)

It has taken me many years to unlearn habits of being polite on the
phone to telemarketers. But there are two good ways to seriously
discourage them: one is to talk to them endlessly and never give them
any money. Tell tham about your boat, your garden, your new hat,
encourage them to talk about their grandkids or whatever. Thanks to
modern technology & headphones, this can go on for hours while you are
working on your boat. In fact if they seem at all handy, you can ask
their advice on the task in hand.

The other way is to put on a Jeffrey Dahmer tone and tell them about how
you are lonely and don't have any friends and you are *so* glad they
called, now you finally can talk to somebody. Ask them "Will *YOU* be my
friend?" They always hang up.

DSK

Tom,
I can tell you are enjoying your "retirement". I always just ask for
their telephone number. Since I am on the Do Not Call Registry, they
always hang up or just tell me they will make sure they eliminate me
from their list.

I very rarely get telemarketing calls anymore.

--
Reggie
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Doug wrote:
Another one that works is asking them what they're wearing. You have to
sort
of fine tune it, based on whether it's a man or a woman. Ask if they're
wearing latex, and where the holes are. :-)
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Another one I liked, they usually begin with "How are you?" I go off
on a desertation of all my aches and pains, family problems, etc.
One time I punched in star 69 and redialed the number at about 2 AM and
said,"And how are you??"