Ahtong 1st Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Do you guys encounter telemarketers at work? They usually have foreign sounding accents and will say things like their company is looking for business partners and want to work with your company (even though they have no idea what your company does). After that, they want your email, address, name, designation and so on. Nowadays I just say no thanks and most are nice enough to end the call. A few years back, I ever kena a very rude one who asked angrily why I don't want to make money. Any of you them before? Sometimes I really wonder how they get the company's contact number. Do they just go down the list on yellow pages? Or maybe when I attend events / seminars, the organizers take my info and sell it to these pests? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoots 3rd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 My worst experience was one whose call I answered while overseas. She greeted and started rambling away without giving me a chance to say anything. I had no choice but to interrupt her after a while, saying:"I am overseas right now and no thanks." Her response:" But I'm not finished yet!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuoom 1st Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 hang up. that's all to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Clutched October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 I say I am looking for business partners too, I am in TN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Just reply them in hokkien lor .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gearoil 1st Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Rule No. 1...ppl who have no association with me..should not call me or talk to me on the phone! ... Those who did, like from banks....get screwed!...by me, of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoonz 4th Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Some of them are very persistent in their calls... Some are also aggressive when you reject them... I just reply that I'm unemployed and I get a change of tone straight away... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Usually "no number" calls will be rejected by my phone,auto hang up! Frequent telemarketers no. will be added and blacklisted. Some no. not familiar i wont handle...let my phone record any message. Usually they dont leave any. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Try to be aggressive with me? His/her conversation is being recorded Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoonz 4th Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Aiyah also not worth it to do anything to them mah... I would suppose that their company gets their fair share of complains... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Usually i dont handle telemarketers...only when the frequent no. call kena blacklisted and hang up b4 first ring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoonz 4th Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Now they kiang liao... Mostly private numbers... No way to trace the call back to them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Precisely,private no. also kena blacklisted by my phone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoonz 4th Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Wah so against them ah? I'm okie to pick up such calls just as long as they are not pushy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Route88 2nd Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 No leh...just tat most of them are foreigner,can't make up their slang. I listen,cannot catch ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speddevil Neutral Newbie October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoonz 4th Gear October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 Yeah... More and more of such FTs being employed for this... Also for those call centers / help line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speddevil Neutral Newbie October 2, 2008 Share October 2, 2008 More often this kind of call is pushy and aggressive ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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