Telesales and Junk Mail - Fight Back

[Derekftm]

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.

[johnc10]

Three damn good ideas Derek but i'm liking the 3rd one the best

[memor]

Yes I never thought of that one.

Will start to do that right away.

Cheers Derek

[sherri]

Love the 3rd one. We should all do our bit to keep the post office dept in business.

[Ugly Betty]

Great ideas, Derek. I'm going to use all of them.

[jimmywizz]

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