[OT] Cold calling challenge

| |Well indeed but you aren't getting at the company you are just getting at |the caller who gets paid for the number of calls they make. The company |isn't hurt at all and a low-waged person in a shit job just gets less money. |That's why I don't succumb to temptation and always hang up politely but |firmly and instantly.

Then they just ring you back, or worse, hit the "failed to contact" key on the computer, which then rings you again at some indeterminate time :-(

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Dave Fawthrop
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Never had a later call back and only once had a call back immediately. "We seemed to get cut off". Then I deemed it acceptable to be rude! If you make it a definite "No, I'm not interested" they tend to cut their losses as they are, after all, interested in leads not just calls.

I did succumb to their charms once when I was offered (before I could put the phone down) a free holiday if I took the Oxford Mail for a month free. Couldn't really see a catch (other than remembering to cancel it after three weeks) and there wasn't one. We got a free room for two nights in a nice hotel and just had to have breakfast and dinner there which was a bit more than we would have paid normally but not too bad. Well worth it as it turned out. Can't think they made much business out of that but that's their look out!

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Bob Mannix

Nothing like a bit of old fashioned bullshit.

"No I don't have any windows"

followed by one of

"I live in the basement" "I live in a nuclear bunker" "I bricked up my windows to save energy" etc The possibilities are endless.

Steve

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Steve

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Or the door to door window people...

"Er hang on" "Nope, still appear to have the windows there".

or

"Sorry, I use Linux"

or, as happened to Dad, salesman called and told him all his windows were obsolete and needed to be replaced. Dad got it in writing and then asked the firm that had installed them the year before to replace them since one of their own salesmen told him they were obsolete.

Reply to
Guy King

A bit off this topic, but I see that Royal Mail employees have agreed to up the load they will carry. This is so that the RM can post more un-addressed junk through your letter box. It seems there is no way to stop this!

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Broadback

There's a mail preference service similar to the TPS and it really does work for the junk mail that the postman delivers. Now if only there were the same for leaflets, etc...

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Dave Plowman (News)

The message from Andy Hall contains these words:

There are one or two commas.

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Guy King

The message from Broadback contains these words:

Yes there is. You can ask not to receive unaddressed advertising stuff, but I can't for the life of me remember how. I did it a few years ago and it worked for a few months then they forgot. I reminded them and it worked again for a few months.

Reply to
Guy King

That deserves an Oscar if you could it all in one breath

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Andy Hall

I've found it ideal for deterring the people in question. Although it took a while; from several calls a day, I now get almost none. I was always polite to the callers, but made it quite clear to them that I didn't buy products/services on the telephone.

Sylvain.

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Sylvain VAN DER WALDE

Mine is all digital. Whether it's better than a tape based one, I wouldn't know (I haven't read the handbook recently). I haven't had your problem though.

Sylvain.

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Sylvain VAN DER WALDE

I'm using one of the pre-recorded messages. It's very formal, and to the point. It seems to work alright.

Sylvain.

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Sylvain VAN DER WALDE

It's on the same page as the TPS. Called MPS.

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Dave Plowman (News)

optout (at) royalmail.co.uk

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Bob Eager

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Ah, here we are - To opt out of the Royal Mail?s Door to Door Service tel: 08457 950950. That's the "To the car driver" sort of letter that the postie delivers to everyone.

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Guy King

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No, that's for addressed stuff. The unaddressed stuff that the RM kindly stuff through your box specifically isn't covered. From the MPS FAQ

"7. Can MPS stop mailings addressed to the occupier/homeowner?

MPS will not be able to reduce mailings addressed to either the Occupant or Homeowner. The service works by companies suppressing their mailing lists at surname and postcode level. If you are receiving mailings addressed to the occupier or homeowner you must contact the company who sent the mailing directly and ask to be removed from their delivery lists."

The number for that I just posted in this thread.

Reply to
Guy King

They warn that it also stops delivery of circulars from the council, government, etc.

Reply to
Bob Eager

Or email to:

snipped-for-privacy@royalmail.co.uk

and they'll email back an application form.

Reply to
Bob Eager

Both are guilty, company and individual caller. A lot of people give up this kind of job precisely because they get so much abuse, so it does reduce the number of pest callers, make more hassle for the companies employing them, drive up wages, costing the companies a 2nd time.

NT

Reply to
meow2222

These companies expect high staff turnover and have an ample pool of young people willing to do the job on crap pay just as a stop gap to something else. I don't think it unduly worries the call centre company. Just hang up, life's too short.

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hicks

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