There’s a trend I’m beginning to see.
Every time I get a telemarketing call, I quickly interrupt the sales pitch and in not-so-nice terms say I’m not interested in their offer, and hang up the call. I hang up even before they get a chance to explain. It’s not proper etiquette but hey, like hell I care.
I feel bad for these folks. It’s really not them. It’s their job that forces them to make those annoying calls. Offlate, I’ve taken it easy on such folks.
I politely reply back saying that I’m not interested. I don’t stop there. I continue talking. I request them to please remove me from their calling-list and then I ask them to call me back to confirm the deletion of my name.
Invariably, before I can finish my sentence, they hang up. This has happened to me 9 out of 10 times. I’m sure they must feel good after this.
Glad to be of help!
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Happens to me quiet often and some times even blast on them! But what the heck!! So many annoying calls, literally an offline spam I would call it. Unsolicited calls from people we never expect, its most likely people sell these databases for few bucks to a lot of people.
It looks like some people have gone ahead and making this a big issue. If you are with Aircel (which I suppose you are!!), check http://www.aircel.com/chennai/donot_disturb1.html and follow the instructions.
This is not a way to bid away from these annyoying calls, but I am sure 75% is reduced! It worked for me. Its mandatory that all providers provide such forms which is been regulated by Government.
So make use of the link and you could save yourself a lot of precious time on this anonymous calls! These service are also available for other service providers on their homepage but take less pain to inform their customers about this.
Cheers,
Vinay
Wow, same thing happened to me few times. If you’re a Vodafone user, they have a good option to stop unwanted calls for just Rs. 90 /mo.
Once you got a got from such caller, you can just press few buttons to “put the last caller” to your blacklist.
First, subscribe to their service by typing *514# and follow the interactive instruction on your phone.
Now, you can either start adding your Blacklist numbers or do the easier one – next time when a phone call you don’t want happens, just press *514# again and you’ll have options to put the last phone to your Blacklist.
@Brajeshwar,
this is pathetic … paying 90/month! OMG… people charge to filter calls.. thats so bad.. Anyways telemarketers don’t use the same number to call us again, they use different numbers and it would be a pain to block each calls.
Think if our email service charges us to filter emails. lol! This is so so bad!!!
Cheers!
Well, as the National Do Not Call Registry don’t really work; that was one option that I opted for.
Deccan Herald recommends unsettling the caller.For instance,if the caller says “I am XYZ calling from ABC Ltd” you reply “Oh that’s nice.I am the deputy commissioner of police”
I request them to please remove me from their calling-list and then I ask them to call me back to confirm the deletion of my name.
Humour intended, or not?
another workable solution for ASSing off these unwanted callers is here in this 3.5′ You Tube Video
Srini
Sheks,
Thanks for the tip.
@ Vinay,
The Aircel link did not work. And I have a feeling they won’t fix it in a hurry!
@ Brajeshwar,
Rs.90 per month to avoid spam? Criminal.
That’s like some of the mags who ask companies to advertise so that they won’t write shitty stuff about them.
Almost like blackmail.
@ Sheks,
LOL !
@ Srini,
Fascinating video. Thanks for the link!
I found out a better way to stop them calling me. Since the last one year whenever I get these calls, I tell them that I’m a student. So my name is automatically stripped off their list. Since the last 3-4 months, the tele marketing calls have dropped by atleast 85%.
Also, I use a software called Blacklist on my Nokia phone and promptly add these number to my blacklist.
@ Faridur,
Haha, the ‘student’ description should work a lot better than ‘Deputy Commissioner of Police’, I guess!
Good one.
me and my friends have phone numbers in series and all of us get sms ads at same time, guess they have a program or something. :-p
btw that video was jus hilarious rofl @srini
i called airtel a few days back to tell them to stop sending their own ads in msgs and guess how long it takes to process this do not disturb service… 45 days!! unbelievable! i asked him why will it take so long and he says its a long process, i went on asking him can u explain me the process? he hangs up. i call again someone else picks up and he says tht process involves sending request to TRAI. can u believe that? airtel is the one sending ads and the process involves sending requests to trai and thats why it takes so long. jus hopeless.
I started doing this exactly but in an aggressive way by explainng them about Supreme court ruling about Privacy and DNC registry and all. Now I get very less calls. Probably they would have marked my number RED by now
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hi kiruba !
even sometime back i posted a similar experience on my blog about a telemarketeer who acc. to me was smart enough to use the Do Not Call registry in his favor instead of being afraid of it !!
read on here: http://www.ashishtulsian.com/2007/10/18/do-not-call/
I have a blast when these calls come in….especially personal loans…. i immediately show interest and say YES, I WANT A LOAN… then they ask what I do, I tell em ‘I’m unemployed’…sorry we cant give you a loan they say… i beg and plead to for them to give me a loan… click…they hang up….
I had a different experience. Whenever I get a call, I tell them that its not the subscriber but his brother on the line. It has gone worse that I get a call from the same number, same person every day at the same time. What can I do about this?