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Do you like Telemarketers?
yourNAMEinDotCom
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If SPAM is illegal, why hasn`t telemarketing been made illegal?Don`t tell me you don`t see the glaring similarities.Today, a telemarketer called me and after he made his pitch, I asked him:"So you`re telemarketing?""No," was his reply, which tripped me off even more because he`s not even willing to admit that he was telemarketing. Reminds me of SPAMMERS. They hate being called SPAMMERS and of course will never admit to being SPAMMERS.At one point, I asked him, "Do you like telemarketers?"He said, "Well, if someone calls me and has a good service to offer at a good price, I would have no choice but to buy from them."At that stage, I should have gotten his name and home telephone number and give it to every telemarketer who calls me in the future. Whatever, they`re selling, I`d say, "Well, I`m not interested but I know someone who will be..." Sorry, I am just venting here.I`d love to hear your views, even if you`re going to disagree with me. If you are going to disagree though, I`d appreciate it if you make sure you have your telephone number in your profile first.
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If you can`t respect me as another human being...then there is NO CHANCE you will ever sell me ANYTHING...regardless of how much I might need that product!! There will always be someone else out there who CAN be respectful and sell me the same thing or better! I am willing to pay a little extra and have to go out of my way to find that thing if it means I will get respect as a customer.
Good topic!!! Thanks for the vent session!
Hey Vincent,
I agree...but some "telemarketers" would argue that maybe you didn`t KNOW you needed this product until they called. I actually did telemarketing for about 3 months...one of the worst jobs I have ever had in my entire life. I am at least respectful to most telemarketers...until you are disrespectful to me. I think the problem is...most telemarketers are treated so horribly...by the time they get to you or me...they are in a REALLY foul mood! With good reason...I had one guy who basically tore me a new one just because I happened to dial his number and interrupt him in whatever it was he was doing. I actually thought his reaction was a BIT much to say the least...but sooooo many people react that way...when it is just as easy to say "please take me off your list" or "thank you, but I am not interested"...and the ever popular simply hanging up is even preferred to having your head chewed on for 5 minutes just because your boss handed you a list with his/her number on it!
If I remember the rules of the regulation here in the US...you have to get the name of the company and keep track of the calls. And technically under the law they have 1 last called allowed to them before they are no longer allowed to call you...or something silly like that. Then you have to keep track of who called you...send the complaint into the board...blah blah blah blah!! The reality is...no one is going to spend the time to do all that is required to make it actually stop. Not to mention...the companies would probably get this tiny slap on the wrist and told not to do it again...which is hardly motivation to not do it again!
yourNAMEinDotCom... Since you asked, I will expand on my reasoning for telemarketing forever existing.I believe it is likely, there will be a phone type of communication system in society forever. People always need to communicate. It`s one reason the human race has achieved in the ways it has. Therefore, if there will always be a "phone" to connect with people, there will always be a soft hearted or easy to convince person on the other end. Telemarketing is similar to any other occupation on the planet. it involves hunting. The telemarketer is hunting the type of person open to, or susceptible, to their sales pitch. Even when a hunter hunts a species which is going extinct, you eventually take home a kill.So, if there are phones, there are telemarketers. The lazy ones use the recorded message system. When that happens to me, I automatically hang up. If they don`t think their product or message is important enough to take the time to talk to me personally, they why should I listen to it? Then again, I don`t listen to the telemarketers anyway.
Me: "Doctor`s office."
Them: "Good evening Mr... have I got an offer for you."
Me: "Are you the man who called earlier, about the [unpleasant condition].
Them: "No..."
Me: "Oh there`s nothing to be ashamed of, you probably caught [unpleasant condition] while you were [embarrassing activity].
Them: "There must be a mistake..."
Me: "I`m sure there`s no mistake. You should come in immediately. Treatment will involve ... [unpleasant treatment]. [Here`s where I ramble until they hang up.]
I have thoroughly enjoyed the comments about the "infamous" Telemarketer - I am waiting for Steve with abated breath!!! LOL
My brief story: I try to keep the Telemarketer on the line as long as possible. A few years ago, my two sons were with visiting me and they just were laughing all the time - I set the record - a Telemarketer called, I had one of them set a Stopwatch and they timed me - 1 hour 29 minutes. I found out the Telemarketers life story, I told him all about my travels in 54 countries throughout my career and you want to know the best????
At the end, I referred him to a business colleague of mine and he got a "real" J-O-B!!!
Isn`t life grand after Corporate America????
Have a great weekend and a successful New Year.
I actually had one individual stay on hold for over 15 minutes..... you should all thank me... that`s 15 minutes he wasn`t calling you!