This is so good (got it from victor, I just have to put it on:
nThree Little Words That Work !! n n(1)The three little words are: “Hold On, Please…”n nSaying 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. n nThen when you eventually hear the phone company’s “beep-beep-beep” tone, you know it’s time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed its task.n nThese three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting. n n n(2) Do you ever get those a
oying phone calls with no one on the other end? n nThis is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.n nThis technique is used to determine the best time of day for a “real” sales person to call back and get someone at home. n nWhat 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.
(3) Junk Mail Help: nWhen you get “ads” enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these “ads” with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.n nWhen 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. n nMost of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage “IF” and when they receive them back.n nIt costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. n nOne of Andy Rooney’s (60 minutes) ideas.
Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn’t get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn’t on anything you send them.n nYou can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 37 cents.n nThe banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM 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! n nLet’s help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that’s why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea !n
… come to think of it, I worked as a telemarketer once 😛 awful and evil job.. stay way ppl.. data entry is way better!

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