how to prank a telemarketer

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 9th November 06, 10:43 PM

Fantastic!!!! I will have to try stuff like that.

**McClef** · 10th November 06, 02:03 AM

Brilliant!

I'm not sure that I could carry it through without laughing though!

Here many of the calls seem to come from India!

**David Dalglish** · 10th November 06, 02:10 AM

Nice one, we would all like to do that to telemarketers

**Mr. Kilt** · 10th November 06, 02:34 AM

True story...

About 7 years ago one of our local newspapers called and wanted me to buy a subscription. I politely said "no thanks, I'm not interested".
The fellow asked "why not"?
I replied that I just wasn't interested.
He was having a hard time taking no for an answer, even to the point of offering me a 3-moth trial subscription for free. He was quite flabbergasted that I still refused. This went on for about 15 minutes. (I had lots of spare time that night :rolleyes: )

He finally broke down and asked what it was about the paper that I didn't like. I said "I don't know, I've never read it before".
He replied "WHAT!?!?! How can you not like it if you've never read it? Try it for free for three months, then cancel it if you don't like it".
I replied "I can't".
"Why not"?
"Because I'm blind".
"Ackk...sputter sputter...gosh sir, I'm I'm I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean...Please forgive me."
Click.

I'd never heard anyone back-pedal so much in my life!! Sometimes it's fun to be an a$$hole.