Cold Callers

[johnnyboy1965]

How do you play the satellite game?

When you answer you don't say hello and just as an awkward length of time has passed and the caller says hello again you say hello, this confuses them. They will usually say hello again to which you answer hello, hello as if you can't hear anyone. Next they may ask if Mr Johnyboy or whoever is in, delay answering again and just as they are about to speak again usually going into their speech you answer their question. You just carry this on a s long as you like always answering there last question just as they go into the next part of their speech.

To be honest most of them don't get past Hello :lol: :lol:.

The other things which throws them is if you give answers which is not predicted on their script. This is were random words work or strange sounds as if you are barking mad :lol: :lol: .
So how do you play the satellite game...can you see what Ive done...sorry done...sorry done

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Cold callers often assume that what they are trying to sell is exactly what you want. When Mobile phone sales people come on I tell them that I have no need for a phone, if they ask why say that it is against your religion or you have no friends, if they let out that awkward snigger turn it back on them and ask why they are laughing at you.

If I have the time I have great fun with cold callers. :lol: :lol:

 

[johnnyboy1965]

How do you play the satellite game?

When you answer you don't say hello and just as an awkward length of time has passed and the caller says hello again you say hello, this confuses them. They will usually say hello again to which you answer hello, hello as if you can't hear anyone. Next they may ask if Mr Johnyboy or whoever is in, delay answering again and just as they are about to speak again usually going into their speech you answer their question. You just carry this on a s long as you like always answering there last question just as they go into the next part of their speech.

To be honest most of them don't get past Hello :lol: :lol:.

The other things which throws them is if you give answers which is not predicted on their script. This is were random words work or strange sounds as if you are barking mad :lol: :lol: .
So how do you play the satellite game...can you see what Ive done...sorry done...sorry done

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Cold callers often assume that what they are trying to sell is exactly what you want. When Mobile phone sales people come on I tell them that I have no need for a phone, if they ask why say that it is against your religion or you have no friends, if they let out that awkward snigger turn it back on them and ask why they are laughing at you.

If I have the time I have great fun with cold callers. :lol: :lol:

 

[johnnyboy1965]

I always politely tell cold callers that I'm not interested and to remove me from their call list. Usually works.

I haven't been rude to one since working in a call centre doing mortgage questionnaires. One of my colleagues took an earbashing from someone who swore profusely at them because she was renting the place and what the f**k would she know about the mortgage and how dare you call up and impose yourself on me etc etc. He had a little notebook in which he kept details of the people who were rude to him, with a few notes of what they had said, for the purposes of making prank calls on the Saturday shift when the boss wasn't in. He managed to get the name of her landlord out of her under the pretence that it was important, and he needed to speak to him instead.

The following Saturday he called the woman back saying that he was calling from Carpetright, he would be there in a couple of hours to lay her new carpet. Just making sure you have all the furniture out of the room. She obviously knew nothing about this, and he said her landlord (quotiong his name) had arranged it. She fell for it hook line and sinker. we will never know if she actually cleared all the furniture out of her living room, but it goes to show. People in ****** jobs can have a wicked sense of humour, and if you piss them off when they are just doing their job, they have access to your phone number and can be considerably more annoying.

And this is funny??? How very drool..People have ****** jobs for only one reason

 

[Jeltz]

We are registered with the telephone preference service but that doesn't stop cold callers from outside the UK. My son usually answers "international" calls in German he's 13 and just starting to learn German at school so he's not very good at it either but it usually results in the person hanging up.

 

[ryanshelton]

The following Saturday he called the woman back saying that he was calling from Carpetright, he would be there in a couple of hours to lay her new carpet. Just making sure you have all the furniture out of the room. She obviously knew nothing about this, and he said her landlord (quotiong his name) had arranged it. .

No regard for the member of staff at Carperight the who will no doubt have received an angry phone call that day? Or in fact the reputation of any firm you pretended to be?

 

[dennisking]

I actually feel a bit sorry for these people trying to make a living from such a sold destroying job. Must be awful to wake up each morning knowing the amount of abuse you are going to get each day. Mind you when I get PPI ring up I let them go on for a bit then tell them with great glee I've already done it myself and received over £4000 with no parasite taking a large percentage.

 

[calumscott]

I'm on the TPS so if any f**ker cold calls me they get both barrels...

...after I've found out the company, their name, their address, their manager...

And they deserve it too. If they're happy to work for companies who break the law, then they have to take my sh*t.

And while we're at it - I'm on the MPS too. If it comes in the post, it'll be freeposted back in a very large box...

 

[dennisking]

If it comes in the post, it'll be freeposted back in a very large box...

That's a favourite, returning junkmail freepost.

 

[Jeltz]

And they deserve it too. If they're happy to work for companies who break the law, then they have to take my sh*t.

Don't agree many people work for companies but aren't exactly "happy" about the way they operate. However they do so as they need the work until they can find something better.

 

[Dronfieldbrewer]

I pretend to be a bit deaf, constantly asking them to speak up...eventually they are bellowing down the phone at me disrupting all the call centre operatives around them..

 

[calumscott]

And they deserve it too. If they're happy to work for companies who break the law, then they have to take my sh*t.

Don't agree many people work for companies but aren't exactly "happy" about the way they operate. However they do so as they need the work until they can find something better.

And as long as people choose to work for companies with illegal practises, they will continue to operate. I'm just doing my bit...

 

[BIGJIM72]

I generally try to keep them on hold for as long as possible,saying the person they wish to speak to is on the other line.

 

[narmour]

I always politely tell cold callers that I'm not interested and to remove me from their call list. Usually works.

I haven't been rude to one since working in a call centre doing mortgage questionnaires. One of my colleagues took an earbashing from someone who swore profusely at them because she was renting the place and what the f**k would she know about the mortgage and how dare you call up and impose yourself on me etc etc. He had a little notebook in which he kept details of the people who were rude to him, with a few notes of what they had said, for the purposes of making prank calls on the Saturday shift when the boss wasn't in. He managed to get the name of her landlord out of her under the pretence that it was important, and he needed to speak to him instead.

The following Saturday he called the woman back saying that he was calling from Carpetright, he would be there in a couple of hours to lay her new carpet. Just making sure you have all the furniture out of the room. She obviously knew nothing about this, and he said her landlord (quotiong his name) had arranged it. She fell for it hook line and sinker. we will never know if she actually cleared all the furniture out of her living room, but it goes to show. People in ****** jobs can have a wicked sense of humour, and if you piss them off when they are just doing their job, they have access to your phone number and can be considerably more annoying.

And this is funny??? How very drool..People have ****** jobs for only one reason

I'm only explaining why I don't give cold callers ****. Not claiming it to be funny or otherwise. I had nothing to do with the prank, just telling it as I saw it as a cautionary tale. I'm keeping my own personal opinions on this out of it. And yes, people do have ****** jobs for only one reason. Lack of money. And it was for that reason I took a telemarketing job. It is up to you as an individual to decide if your own personal morals allow you to do pranks such as this one. Again, I'm leaving my own personal views out of this.

 

[narmour]

The following Saturday he called the woman back saying that he was calling from Carpetright, he would be there in a couple of hours to lay her new carpet. Just making sure you have all the furniture out of the room. She obviously knew nothing about this, and he said her landlord (quotiong his name) had arranged it. .

No regard for the member of staff at Carperight the who will no doubt have received an angry phone call that day? Or in fact the reputation of any firm you pretended to be?

None at all. And no need for it. For the staff at Carpetright would say, no, we have no record of you, someone has pranked you. Job done. I think you are looking for reasons to take offence at this.

 

[ryanshelton]

You have obviously never worked with the general public then. First of all the staff wouldn't just say we have no record of you because then the customer would just get irate even more. Secondly if and when the staff find out that no order has been placed in either her or her landlords name in either their store or any other surrounding store(to put it into perspective I have 5 carpetrights within 8 miles!) How much time has that person lost and how annoyed will the customer be? It may not directly affect you but every prank you do not only affects the intended recipient but also a whole lot of other people.

Just for the record no I'm not looking for reasons to take offence to anything, people like you need to think before doing immature pranks.

 

[Jeltz]

I knew a guy who worked for Yellow Pages in the 90's selling advertising and if people gave him crap he would order pizza for them, this was in the days before caller display and 1471, I always thought that was a nasty thing to do not for the guy that had been abusive but to the pizza company who wasted time, ingredients and fuel.

 

[iceo]

i dont get many cold callers on the phone as i always ask to be removed from the there call list as i have an unlisted number. it works well

we get a few door knockers, windows, conservatorys ( its rented so no), before xmas had sky knocking every few days in the end i told the to f*ck off as at the time i had my BB with O2 who has sold it to sky so why would i set up a new contract and have to pay more than im already paying just to have a flashing box with sky on it instead of the 02 iv already got.

i have a sticker next to the door bell say we wont buy or sign any think at the door. so if they piss me off i just point to the sticker and ask if they can read and close the door on them

 

[mattyhall22]

Most of the calls I get are out of the UK, someone claiming to be "John" or "Simon" with suspect sounding Indian accent. Claiming they work for Microsoft and have been receiving error messages from my PC.

As I am typing this they have just called again!!

I used to go along with them for a bit and when they asked me to press the windows key on my keyboard, I would say I cant find it. Then eventually would tell them I have an apple mac. They then hangup :lol:

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[Aleman]

Most of the calls I get are out of the UK, someone claiming to be "John" or "Simon" with suspect sounding Indian accent. Claiming they work for Microsoft and have been receiving error messages from my PC.

As I am typing this they have just called again!!

I used to go along with them for a bit and when they asked me to press the windows key on my keyboard, I would say I cant find it. Then eventually would tell them I have an apple mac. They then hangup :lol:

I have a Linux box in my DMZ at home specifically for this purpose

 

[narmour]

You have obviously never worked with the general public then. First of all the staff wouldn't just say we have no record of you because then the customer would just get irate even more. Secondly if and when the staff find out that no order has been placed in either her or her landlords name in either their store or any other surrounding store(to put it into perspective I have 5 carpetrights within 8 miles!) How much time has that person lost and how annoyed will the customer be? It may not directly affect you but every prank you do not only affects the intended recipient but also a whole lot of other people.

Just for the record no I'm not looking for reasons to take offence to anything, people like you need to think before doing immature pranks.

You are making some pretty big assumptions without actually reading the original post properly. If you had, you would see that it wasn't me that performed the prank. You have completely missed my point.

I'm only explaining why I don't give cold callers ****. Not claiming it to be funny or otherwise.I had nothing to do with the prank, just telling it as I saw it as a cautionary tale. I'm keeping my own personal opinions on this out of it. And yes, people do have ****** jobs for only one reason. And it was for that reason I took a telemarketing job. It is up to you as an individual to decide if your own personal morals allow you to do pranks such as this one. Again, I'm leaving my own personal views out of this.