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Paws 
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 1:58pm |
I just had to suffer through 5+ minutes of some sales spiel for some hotel offer before I finally got a word in edgewise....that word being no...I even then managed to explain that I work in travel and get extremely good rates already worldwide so really don't need thier offer...still she persists in saying I could try it and if I like it purchase more packages next year! WTF?? Which part of "NO I WORK IN TRAVEL AND DON'T NEED IT!" was unclear???
I know I've whinged about them before but jesh pushy cold calling sales people who can't take no for an answer annoy me!! grrrrr 
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Bizzy
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 1:59pm |
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its easy on the phone cause i say NO and hang up.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:01pm |
I almost did! I'm too damn polite...plus I was scared she'd think we got cut off and ring back. 
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:06pm |
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I'm too polite too but those holiday people drive me nuts! At least 3 calls per week. I got pretty tetchy with them the other day as the lady lied stating that she'd spoken to my husband who told her we were interested and to call back. He said no such thing. I told her for the THIRD time that we were not interested and did not want to receive any more calls and then she called back the very next day! Saying she was following up as we had asked her to!! Grrrrr. I know their job is hard but that was just rude.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:13pm |
I had similar issues with American Express - and they ended up sending me a card anyway with some ridiculous preapproved limit even though I'd said I didn't want OR need one! The worst part though, was that I had also made it clear if anything turned up it would go straight in the bin, and a few months later I got a statement asking for a minimum payment! Fortunately I put my foot down and asked for someone higher up to sort it out and they canceled the invoice... I was just stunned it had happened in the first place!
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:18pm |
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Hmm I think its rude that they call OUR house expecting US to listen to THEIR CRAP! My mother is far too polite to tell them to rack off, but heck if it's Dad or myself that answers the phone they get an earful! Espesh the hours some of them call here, midnight the other night we received one phone call.
We've been getting several a day lately, really gets to me coz half the time they call when Lucas is sleeping and the phone wakes him instantly.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:19pm |
Telemarketers and Telephone Sales people are the worst...
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:26pm |
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I get it with insurance telemarketers and before they get a word in I politely say I work for an insurance company and have good cover. Sometimes a persistant telemarketer will try and push me saying they can do a cheaper deal to which I always respond - my cover is free, how can you get it cheaper? That usually shuts them up pretty quickly.
I actually do feel very sorry for these people and only get rude if they are impolite (by not letting me talk or ignoring me when I say no), even though they are extremely annoying, they are also just trying to make money to live just like the rest of us.
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MummyFreckle
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 2:42pm |
I always try to be polite as I figure that they are just doing a job and earning a living. But if they are really pushy then I will just say " no thanks" and hang up. They always seem to ring around dinner time. We dont get a lot actually - I wonder if it is because our phone number is ex-directory?
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 3:01pm |
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those holiday people once tried to rip me off. i posted about it. they wanted my credit card details because i had "won" something. I went to the paper in Gisborne as they had rung several people in the neighb ourhood, and they denied the whole thing! and then another woman was in the paper saying how she was ripped off by them giving her credit card details. When someone rings - with an foreign accent - asking for Mrs. M I always say no, and wait. then they say who they are and I hang up.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 3:05pm |
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We get them all the time and they are usually ring from Aussie, so caller ID is great for that, I just don't answer! They are very persistent though, they will ring at least once a day at the moment.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 4:22pm |
We have a very persistent ‘hotel deal’ company that keeps calling here with the ‘you asked us to follow you up’ line. Whatever!
I was reading a newsletter today though that gave a hint something like …”when you get one of ‘those’ calls, politely ask the caller to “hold the line”, and then put the phone down and walk away.”
Apparently when they tested it and checked the phone 30 mins later the ‘offenders’ had hung up…not surprising! Beats arguing with someone who doesn’t want to listen to you anyhow.
Man, I’d hate that job. Although they drive me up the wall, I feel really sorry for them.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 5:04pm |
 surfergirl wrote:
I was reading a newsletter today though that gave a hint something like …”when you get one of ‘those’ calls, politely ask the caller to “hold the line”, and then put the phone down and walk away.”
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This is what my mum does 
We have an unlisted phone number so don't get any spam phone calls at all 
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:21pm |
I don't get it much at all, I have an unlisted number 
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:51pm |
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We get them all the time from toll call or internet companies. DP works at Telecom so we get both free.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:10pm |
It's so easy to hang up  I do that as soon as I figure out they're just calling to sell me something. If they're going to be rude enough to call me in my own home, to try and sell me something I don't want without my prior permission, then I'm going to be perfectly rude right back 
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:12pm |
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And they do choose to work there... it's not hard to get jobs in incoming only call centres (telecom, studylink, winz, etc etc) rather than telemarketing...
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:16pm |
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I dont really even give them a chance. We have the phone and internet ones lately and when they say where they are from i straight away say thanks but im happy with our current company but thanks for calling and hang up before they say anything else. then i dont feel rude cos ive told them no thanks, i just havent carried on the phone call!
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:19pm |
I'm torn between thinking they're just doing their job so I want to be polite to them, and resenting the fact that these companies are using MY phone line and MY time to get pushy about something that I don't want. I haven't had the guts to hang up on them yet 'cause it's the company that pees me off, not the worker... usually. Last one I had was for SKY - I said 'no' three, THREE times before she said "but why not?!?" "we don't watch that much TV" "ah, well that'll be because there's nothing good on TV and you need SKY!". Well, points to her for thinking on her feet but even after then I said 'no' twice more. Sheesh.
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:24pm |
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Which part of no is unclear???
Bet I totally just jinxed it though!