Telemarketing Script

This is getting too much: distracting, annoying, even disturbing and all unwanted calls. No matter how "insignificant" this issue might sound to some or how some others deliberately paint this issue as such, this is NOT a problem of annoyance only. Ability to place unidentifiable calls is used widely not only by "innocent" marketers, but for criminal purposes, which makes the little benefit of it actually unimportant, and which has to give the Government legitimate grounds for taking appropriate centralized measures to protect individual and public safety. Existing laws has to be corrected and/or new law(s) have to be introduced for this matter, equal to individuals, companies and organizations, with possible rare exceptions for law enforcement and government only and only under special circumstances.

Here are some ideas:

- ALL calls have to be identifiable. Caller ID and Name (Company Name) have to be displayed (real, legally obtained, listed, and that could be tracked back). Calls from public phones/booths have to display appropriate IDs/numbers.

- Technology has to adapt to satisfy mandatory identification. (E.g.: existing devices that currently enable ID suppression have to be rendered unable to place calls without positive identification; an attempt to use such device and/or method has to be tracked and recorded at a service provider level; etc.)

- Any attempt to fake an ID/Name, use someone else’s ID/Name, illegally obtain and use right to hide Caller ID and Name has to be deemed as a punishable offense.

If a person, company or organization is legal and honest there should be no reason to hide their identity. By keeping themselves “private” they are actually violating other’s peace and privacy. (E.g., one can not drive a car without a valid license plate, or enter a plane without a valid passport/ID, etc. Calling without a Caller ID and name has to be viewed as knocking someone’s door with a full face cover mask and costume on.)

A telemarketer hanging up and refusing to provide any info is illegal in Canada too, last I checked. There's a page in the front of the printed telephone books which says what these cretins can and can't do.

Yes, they do routinely break these laws. When they do, complain to the telco. Bell is a joke - they see these complaints as an excuse to lay a sales pitch on you for call block or call screening features. At this point, take the original illegal activity and the telco's inaction and complain to the government. The CRTC (crtc.gc.ca) is supposed to regulate this and may ask the telephone company to actually intervene for a change. CRTC is in turn (supposedly) accountable to the Industry Canada ministry.

If the calls originated in the US, substitute the FCC instead of the CRTC.

Just keep escalating the complaints until someone answers with something other than a blank look or a sales pitch.

Telemarketers who refuse to identify themselves are breaking the law. Call them on it.

Folks, many of these calls are coming from call centers in India. Your personal information has been sent outside of the US. The do not have to follow the Do Not Call regs.

Pretend that you're interested if you need to.  The key is to get their information.  Once you know what the company is, you can usually sue them without too much trouble.  Remember, all calls that violate the do not call list (or are recorded, or fraudulent), are violations whether or not you specifically ask them not to call you.

I've had good luck with the combination of not answering altogether, and, when I DO answer, I say right off "I'm not interested and put me on your do not call list" saving them time and me time!

It has been months since I received a telemarketer call.  Oh yes, also, I'm on Vonage and not Verizon so that could help some

I know that it is hard to deal with telemarketers. I used to do cold calls for real estate. Please be polite, as Cam stated earlier they have the same issues as the rest of us. Just say, "Thank you for calling, but I am not interested." I have told my children they are trying to make a living and not to be rude if they get a call. Remember, at least they are working and are not on welfare sucking up taxpayer dollars.

What about pay day or cach loans? Does the same, block calling work on them?
I get a 1-800-684-8429 number, repeatably calling, up to 5 times a day.
I have a list of these companies phone numbers, who constantly herass, both, my wife and I, at work. How do I put a stop to it!!
I usually ask questions but get cut off, or they hang up; but continue to call us back 5-10 minutes later.
I'd love to hear comments on this!!

Hear is a small list of these numbers I have spoke of:
1800648429;18008731993;18004881753;18664439968;18667420413;18666451661;18664322526;1868080936;18777111199;18776962722;18779373729;6362000116;6514159000.  These so-called companies, take money directely-out of your account;
"THEY STEAL FROM YOU!" IF you've been swindled, please visit the folowing sites: FTC.org, FCC.dove, FBI.dove, BBB.org. THEY WILL investigate!! These same so-called cash advance or cash in miutes will rob you for all they can get!! They are not legit and are illegal in NEW YORK STATE!!!

I would suggest that your start letting all calls - other than those you know are OK to your voicemail or answering machine.  Before you record your outgoing message record the Telephone company "out of service" tones.  Most people won't even notice but it may fool the auto-dialing systems that are just trying to find working numbers.  It may even "con" the con artists who have recorded messages inviting you to press a number to connect to a person.  By the way NEVER press that number as they now have a live one (YOU!!)
If you want the OOS tones a link to them can be found on this website. http://wolfram.org/writing/howto/phone.html

Also there is some good advice on the page so read it.  I am not affiliated with this person or site.  I have been doing this for about one month now and I appears the repeat calls from these scammers are gradually diminishing.  It's worth a try!

Auto-dialers which check for working numbers have been banned. Everyone in this world is selling something. Even if you're not directly involved still your firm is engaged in selling a product or service. Even a charity organization has to sell their ideas to raise funds. If you are courting a girl you are selling yourself.

What about an ad you see on T.V in the middle of your favorite program isn't that an interruption do they have any previous established relationship with you? What do you do? you change channels so why not ask them to remove your name from the list and hang up.

I get the same response from some telemarketers: the moment I begin to inform them that they need to remove me from their database and their call lists, they just hang up. Sometimes before I can instruct them to stop calling.

I will say that not all of them are that way, though. I don't get nearly as many telemarketing calls as I used to now that I just tell them to remove my information from their system and quit calling. It DOES help some, but not all telemarketers abide by the law. Wish we could nail them to the wall.

Make a living any way you want to - including prostitution!  But do NOT invade my life or privacy and expect others to tolerate or appreciate your efforts.  If you have chosen such a sorry profession out of the many other options available to you, that's simply your choice and sadly an invasion of others.  Do not expect others to appreciate your efforts or attempts to "work" in such an occupation unless you want to pay all the others you interrupt unless you want to reimburse us for our time and opportunity costs at a phone for which WE pay for service, not as a telemarketer benefit.

I as an independent insurance agent using the do not call rules work for the Carriers making straight commission for the last 25yrs not one of folks who REACT adversly would last a week doing what I do let alone build a block of buiness that pays over $90,000 a year in residuals.I was taught that if I cant say anything good about folks like the complainers especially the attorney,do not say anything.Good bye WAGE Slaves

Roger that Dennis,probably a bunch of middle age yuppies,they would not lasted a day in Nam,where your privacy was invaded by VC and NVA with more than talk,ignore the punks

Dear posters, Obviously telemarketing does not work as no one wants to take these calls so all the people doing it for a living must be wasting their time and money... NOT! people get great deals over the phone on all sorts of items including discounted Travel deals, home improvement, energy saving plans etc. and people actually take advantage of these offers and benefit from them. Otherwise no one would waste their time calling you. If you do not want to be called here is the deal, put your name on the dnc list. I do not want to call you and waste my valuable time being messed with. I only want to call people who are actually interested in saving money and getting a good deal. If you are too busy to take advantage of these offers please do us both a favor and get on the DNC. I do a legitimate sales job selling legitimate products over the phone. Here is a good idea. Don"t buy if you are not interested. By the way hanging up tells the automatic dialer you have not been contacted.  Pick up the call tell the caller to put you on their DNC. Most dialers are set up to have a button pushed and block your number from future calls. Believe me when I say I have no interest in calling people who only want to verbally abuse me. Thank you to all those who actually become customers and save big money buying the easy way, over the phone.

Just let loose with an air horn in their ear, works great! You'll never get a call from them again!