Ha, just wondered what you all do when you get the iritating

[X-pack-Glyn]

phone calls on your mobile from poxy mobile contract sellers?

latelly ive taken to having a bit of fun and making out its a crap line and repeatedly saying

"pardon, say that again" or things like

"mum, is that you, the lines really bad, hows the dog?",

then blowing the whistle on my key chain really pisses em off big time, i used to be polite and tell em i wasnt interested but they dont seem to understand normal english!

[orionmojo]

i have a cordless phone and usually go about my eating my dinner or whatever with them on loludspeaker for abit, them 10 or so mins later tell them your not interested . the calle DO become less frequent

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

Aahhhhh yes, the annoying sales calls!

 

Personally, I like to ask them if they would like to come to dinner,

 

Or pretend I cannot understand a word they are saying,

 

Or, say, "would you mind hanging on for a mo, theres someone at the door" & leave them on the phone for 15 mins,

 

Or, let them talk me through their sales patter & sound relly interested, then right at the last minuite, say "Sorry mate, I can't be bothered"

 

Or finally, the best of all, keep an air horn handy, and let rip down the phone - works every time!!!

[Doc]

Call them a bad name

[Jimsiss]

I like the way they use english names like brian and kevin when you know that they are from india, so I tell them Bulls**t whenever they say they have an english name and hang up

[GT_Jim]

go suicidal on the phone they dont like that

[antz]

I like the way they use english names like brian and kevin when you know that they are from india, so I tell them Bulls**t whenever they say they have an english name and hang up

 

my dad used to work in a cal centre in york and the reason they have an english name is becuase its supposed to build up a better relationship with the person you are acling becuase if you ring up and say HI MY NAME IS MUSTAFA HIMONICILI u'll go OH GOD! but if they say HI MY NAME IS ROB then you seem less likely to hang up straight away. of course the enmglish name isnt their real name.

 

i just go

 

'no thanks' then hang up.

[BaileyMex]

They normally call me when I'm right in the middle of something, so I get the hump and just hang up, dont even bother wasting my breath on them

[Gibson]

i normally either tell them to go play in traffic. or shout too my brother "NIIIIIIC! ONE OF YOUR MATES IS ON THE PHONE!" and let him deal with them

[caprifan]

...they would build a better relationship if they could speak and understand English as that is what I speak.....please take note NTL

[antz]

when my mum rin gs up companys she asks for someon british adn refuses to talk to foreigners cos she cant hear them and they have no idea what they are on about!

 

my dad was trying to get insurance for his car once and the indian tried telling him his car was manual adn asked if a garage had confirmed it

 

then they tried teling him that his nissan was a 5door because the computer said! erm..it has 3 doors!

 

he doesnt deal with that company now.

[Slik 50]

I ask them where they got my number from that normally ends the call pretty sharpish....

 

I'm registerd with the telephone preference thing

[skim]

I just tell them that work pays for my mobile & the conversation ends there.

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I've started asking them where they got my number from, and I'd like to be taken off their database. They get all flustered because they're not used to you asking them questions.

 

There was an article on BoingBoing about a guy who forwards his phone onto a pre-recorded loop saying 'Yes, I'm interested, tell me more about this'.

 

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/30/gu ... _audi.html

[Paul F]

I like the way they use english names like brian and kevin when you know that they are from india, so I tell them Bulls**t whenever they say they have an english name and hang up

 

Ha! I had "Brad" call me up the other... His name CLEARLY wasn't Brad!

[ZetecVan 2.0]

I like the way they use english names like brian and kevin when you know that they are from india, so I tell them Bulls**t whenever they say they have an english name and hang up

 

Ha! I had "Brad" call me up the other... His name CLEARLY wasn't Brad!

 

Was his surname Ford? (think about it).

 

My mate works for an insurance company and they have a call centre in India. On the walls at one end are big plasma screens with BBC News 24, the sport etc playing, plus the weather forcasts, so they can say 'Isn't the weather wet today in Bradford (or wherever the customer is from).'

[Paul F]

I like the way they use english names like brian and kevin when you know that they are from india, so I tell them Bulls**t whenever they say they have an english name and hang up

 

Ha! I had "Brad" call me up the other... His name CLEARLY wasn't Brad!

 

Was his surname Ford? (think about it).

 

My mate works for an insurance company and they have a call centre in India. On the walls at one end are big plasma screens with BBC News 24, the sport etc playing, plus the weather forcasts, so they can say 'Isn't the weather wet today in Bradford (or wherever the customer is from).'

 

Brad-Ford...very clever! It's crazy how companies will do ANYTHING to cut costs, surely everyone knows the second someone calls you up who can barely speak the language you put the phone down...it's just what you do!

[flyingbanana]

i just stick the phone next to my parrot ...does the talking for me

[Pipster007]

i just stick the phone next to my parrot ...does the talking for me

 

Does he speak good pigeon Engrish

[mk1mexico]

reminds me of when you go abroad on holiday and the touts are calling you delboy or rodney. GO FOOK YOURSELF

[ZetecVan 2.0]

reminds me of when you go abroad on holiday and the touts are calling you delboy or rodney. GO FOOK YOURSELF

 

You've just reminded me of my holiday last year. One of the African guys selling the jewellery and watches on the street tried talking to the doris walking in front of us. He said 'Excuse me lady, you have a wonderful big pair of breasts'. Yeah, as if that's going to make her stop and buy something!

[mk1super]

reminds me of when you go abroad on holiday and the touts are calling you delboy or rodney. GO FOOK YOURSELF

 

You've just reminded me of my holiday last year. One of the African guys selling the jewellery and watches on the street tried talking to the doris walking in front of us. He said 'Excuse me lady, you have a wonderful big pair of breasts'. Yeah, as if that's going to make her stop and buy something!

 

[Chelle]

I've started asking them where they got my number from, and I'd like to be taken off their database. They get all flustered because they're not used to you asking them questions.

 

There was an article on BoingBoing about a guy who forwards his phone onto a pre-recorded loop saying 'Yes, I'm interested, tell me more about this'.

 

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/30/gu ... _audi.html

 

Just tell them that your registered with the TPS! You'll soon be apologised to and removed from their databases as companies get a right rollocking for ringing people that have listed their numbers with the tps! We no longer get those annoying you've won a holiday calls where if you hung up they still wouldn't disappear! Silly auto - mated computer voice thingy

[BIGKEV]

go suicidal on the phone they dont like that

 

Love it Jim wil deffo try that next time - Chelle whats TPS?

[Chelle]

Telephone Preference or Protection Service or something! I think it's free, so look it up! It's a register of phone numbers that companies are not allowed to cold call etc!