Damn those Telemarkerters!!!

[pchang]

Not the way it works

Originally posted by Atahualpa


huh????
Telemarketing industry expects to make sales to people that dont want to buy? There seem to be some outstanding clever managers in the telemarketing industry! I doubt that everyone on the list would bring in $1000 in sales.

ata

Telemarketers get paid based upon the number of calls they make, not how many products they sell. The companies who pay the telemarketers are the ones who make money on the products sold. Reducing the number of people who can be called will definitely reduce the earnings of telemarketing companies. However, it is not clear whether it will increase the success rate of those calls. Determining this would require several years of data. Until then, it would be hard to convince companies to pay the telemarketing companies more per call.

[chequita guevara]

Re: Not the way it works

Originally posted by pchang
Telemarketers get paid based upon the number of calls they make, not how many products they sell.

Untrue.

[Chemical Ollie]

Whenever I get a call from a telemarketer, I tell him that I will call back if I want anything. Of course I never do.

[Atahualpa]

Havent you said this in the other thread aswell?

[Zero]

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97720

my post.

[Asmodean]

In my opinion, telemarketing should be on the same level as SPAM: Only legal if you specifically sign up for it.

I like opt-in more than opt-out. But that's just my opinion.

Asmodean

[mrmitchell]

"Hello, I'm from Todd's Carpet Cleaners, and I was wondering if you would be interested in our new cleaning deal"
"Hey, man, thanks....can you get blood out of carpet?"
"Uh...yes, we can..."
"Ah, man, thank god, thank god. I got blood everywhere, it's all over the carpets, it's all over the couch, and the drapes...ah man it's everywhere"
"Well, can we do something to...help you?"
"Can you come over--okay, can you come over right now?"

thanks to Tom Mabe.

[Ted Striker]

I wuz expecting a call from one of my ladies JUST NOW (like literally after reading this thread) and I get one of those b1tch asses calling me trying to sell me some credit card add ons.

[Nubclear]

AARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

[MrFun]

one word . . .

https://www.dontcall.gov

[pchang]

Hello

Hi (breathy sigh). So, what are you wearing?

[Zero]

thats good pchang. Tho I tend to stay away from anything sexual... cause im a wuss.

Best thing you can do when you have time is continue talking with the telemarketter and sound awfully interested in this product, pretending to buy into all the marketting technique they are employing without really saying "Yes I would like to buy this product". and when they try to be sly and slip that "okay so Im gonna go ahead and take care of everything for you aka charge you now". Say "waot wait wait, let me ask you just one more question: Does this come with a free spoon? Well **** this then why did I waste my time?" and hang up.

[mrmitchell]

Try to bring him into unrelated topics. See how much you can get him to reveal

[Zero]

Or spill ur (made up) personal problems at the telemarketter as if he/she was ur psychiatrist.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Zero
Or spill ur (made up) personal problems at the telemarketter as if he/she was ur psychiatrist.

You people put to much thought into this. Just tell them to hang on a second and put the phone down and leave it down.