How to get rid of telemarketers

> *_REVENGE ON THE TELEMARKETER_**
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> Three Little Words That Work!! * *
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> (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.* *
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> 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.
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> These three little words could help eliminate telephone* *soliciting.*
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> (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on* *the
> other end?* *
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> This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone* *
> calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.* *
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> This technique is then used to determine the best time of day for a* *
> 'real' salesperson to call back and get someone at home.
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> 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
> dialled 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!!! *
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> 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.
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> Most of these come with postage-prepaid return envelopes, right?* *
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> 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.* *
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> 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.
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> If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them back their
> blank application form .. after all, it is their form!* *
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> If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on
> anything you return.* *
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> 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!!!!
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> 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.*
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> 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!* *
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> Let's help keep Royal Mail busy. Since* *the Royal Mail 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!* *
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> If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- maybe* *you'll get
> very little junk mail anymore.* *