Three Little Words That Work!!
(1) The three little words: "Hold On, Please..."
Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of
hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing
call so much more
time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.
Then when you eventually hear BT 's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know
it's time to go back and hang up your
handset .... you have efficiently completed your task.
These three little words could help eliminate telephone soliciting.
(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with
no one on the other end?
This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone
calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.
This technique is then used to determine the best time of day for a "real" salesperson to call back and get someone at home.
What you can do after answering: If you notice there is no one
there, is to immediately start hitting your # button
on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as
possible. This confuses the machine that
dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system.
Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!
3: When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for
everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages
and similar type junk, do not throw away the return envelope.
Most of these come with postage-prepaid return envelopes, right?
It costs them more than the regular postage "IF" and when they are
returned. It costs them nothing if you throw them away! In that
case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in
these cool little, postage-prepaid return envelopes.
Send an advert for your local chimney sweeper to
American Express ...they might need one!
Send a pizza coupon to HSBC ... in case their
canteen packs up. You get the idea.
If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them back
their blank application form ... after all, it is their form!
If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your
name isn't on anything you return.
You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep
them guessing! It still costs them, and it is their envelope after
all . you are just returning it!!!!
The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of
their own junk back in the post, but folks ..... we need to OVERWHELM
them, in order to stop them.
Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best
of all they're paying for it ... Twice!
Let's help keep Post Office busy. Since the Post Office are saying
that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, let's help them so
they will not need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!
If enough people follow these tips, it will
work ---- maybe you'll get
very little junk mail anymore.
Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
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Re: Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
Three damn good ideas Derek but i'm liking the 3rd one the best
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Re: Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
Yes I never thought of that one.
Will start to do that right away.
Cheers Derek
Will start to do that right away.
Cheers Derek
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Re: Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
Love the 3rd one. We should all do our bit to keep the post office dept in business.
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Re: Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
Great ideas, Derek. I'm going to use all of them.
Re: Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back
best thing to say and this work every time, just say these words "why have you rang me when i am a member of the telephone preference society ?" they will crap themselves, try it, works every time