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Johnnyuk123 10-10-2015 07:40 PM

Cold calls how do you respond to them?
 
I've got to the point now with cold callers that i welcome them and sound excited (in a patronizing kinda way lol) that they have chosen me to read their scripted bullshyte too. I say hang on a mo please as i have a call on my mobile brb one sec ok. Then i pretend to be talking on the mobile loud enough so they can here me say... Yes police officer they are here on my land line again,can you please trace the call now. They soon sod off when i do that! :joker::joker::joker:

What do you do when a cold caller calls?

Will. 10-10-2015 07:40 PM

"Suck my dyke dick"

MB. 10-10-2015 07:41 PM

Will you've never answered a phone have you

Will. 10-10-2015 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MB. (Post 8214720)
Will you've never answered a phone have you

I'm not too sure what a phone is.

rubymoo 11-10-2015 06:55 PM

We pass it around the family and speak in different languages, one of my daughters speaks Spanish, the other Mandarin, i try French and hubby.......well he does what ever accent comes to him:laugh:

Kazanne 11-10-2015 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123 (Post 8214714)
I've got to the point now with cold callers that i welcome them and sound excited (in a patronizing kinda way lol) that they have chosen me to read their scripted bullshyte too. I say hang on a mo please as i have a call on my mobile brb one sec ok. Then i pretend to be talking on the mobile loud enough so they can here me say... Yes police officer they are here on my land line again,can you please trace the call now. They soon sod off when i do that! :joker::joker::joker:

What do you do when a cold caller calls?

I tell them to politely Eff off.

Marsh. 11-10-2015 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123 (Post 8214714)
I've got to the point now with cold callers that i welcome them and sound excited (in a patronizing kinda way lol) that they have chosen me to read their scripted bullshyte too. I say hang on a mo please as i have a call on my mobile brb one sec ok. Then i pretend to be talking on the mobile loud enough so they can here me say... Yes police officer they are here on my land line again,can you please trace the call now. They soon sod off when i do that! :joker::joker::joker:

What do you do when a cold caller calls?

You've never actually spoken to a real person have you?

DemolitionRed 11-10-2015 07:18 PM

You should ask where they are calling from and for the name of their company. If they are calling from anywhere inside the EU from the EU they have to follow the ICO guidelines. This means when you ask to be removed from their calling list and your data mustn't be sold on to other marketing companies, they are obliged to follow your instructions. If you don't do this, they just keep selling your information on and you will continue to get cold calls.

If they are outside of the EU there is absolutely nothing you can do about it because they are a law unto themselves.

Jamie89 11-10-2015 07:29 PM

I'm really polite coz I used to work in a call centre so I feel sorry for them! They spend all day getting sworn at and hung up on for not very much pay

Kizzy 11-10-2015 07:33 PM

I just put it down.

LaLaLand 11-10-2015 07:36 PM

Hang up.

Daniel-X 11-10-2015 07:40 PM

I used to put the phone to my TV to annoy them but now I just hang up.

Shaun 11-10-2015 07:44 PM

Usually "hello?" at first

Jay. 11-10-2015 07:45 PM

i'm usually really polite and tell them i'm sorry but maybe try someone else

like it's just their job, they are only trying to make money lmao

Smithy 11-10-2015 07:46 PM

I pretend they've called a sex line and ask them what they're wearing

Ammi 12-10-2015 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiamBB (Post 8216857)
I'm really polite coz I used to work in a call centre so I feel sorry for them! They spend all day getting sworn at and hung up on for not very much pay

..yeah, it must be awful to be treated to contempt the way cold callers often are Liam when they just want to earn a little money...

arista 12-10-2015 05:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123 (Post 8214714)
I've got to the point now with cold callers that i welcome them and sound excited (in a patronizing kinda way lol) that they have chosen me to read their scripted bullshyte too. I say hang on a mo please as i have a call on my mobile brb one sec ok. Then i pretend to be talking on the mobile loud enough so they can here me say... Yes police officer they are here on my land line again,can you please trace the call now. They soon sod off when i do that! :joker::joker::joker:

What do you do when a cold caller calls?


I told One Bloke
I will come round and Snap his Neck
if he rings me again.


Try It

arista 12-10-2015 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smithy (Post 8216967)
I pretend they've called a sex line and ask them what they're wearing


Love IT

Ammi 12-10-2015 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8217634)
I told One Bloke
I will come round and Snap his Neck
if he rings me again.


Try It

..and he deserved to be threatened with death for doing his job....oh how lucky are we that we don't have to do jobs that make us hated...yay us.../aren't we the clever ones...

arista 12-10-2015 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 8217638)
..and he deserved to be threatened with death for doing his job....oh how lucky are we that we don't have to do jobs that make us hated...yay us.../aren't we the clever ones...



Hang On a Minute.

What about My Job
I have Private Lines
Who Sold him My Number

Ammi 12-10-2015 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8217640)
Hang On a Minute.

What about My Job
I have Private Lines
Who Sold him My Number

..then that's what you have to ask then Arista...how did they get your number/speak to a supervisor or whatever...the person on the other end of the phone didn't get your number, it was give to them on a list..

arista 12-10-2015 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 8217642)
..then that's what you have to ask them Arista...how did they get your number/speak to a supervisor or whatever...the person on the other end of the phone didn't get your number, it was give to them on a list..


They Lie



Life Is Short

Ammi 12-10-2015 06:07 AM

..yeah life is short and pretty crumby if you have people threatening to snap your neck when you probably only earn a pittance amount each day in a working life of endless rejection...

Ammi 12-10-2015 06:10 AM

..Arista...I wonder if cold calls were picture calls/whatsapp type calls ..and it was a lovely young lady with the boobs and Cosplay outfit etc...would you more say...hey, good on you missy for trying to make a living..I hope someday your lane will be fast...

arista 12-10-2015 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 8217651)
..Arista...I wonder if cold calls were picture calls/whatsapp type calls ..and it was a lovely young lady with the boobs and Cosplay outfit etc...would you more say...hey, good on you missy for trying to make a living..I hope someday your lane will be fast...


But it does not matter
if they are Hot. They are Sellers

I do not have Time to waste
but I can speak with you on here
as I have more than one Computer


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