Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Getting rid of telesales calls

[Loz]

ROTFFLMFAO! Thanks for the link, Ozz!

[Ozz]

There are some more for him on you tube aswell. The funeral one is funny....

[Martini]

Originally Posted by Ains.

We've got our phone set on 2 rings and then the ansa phone kicks in. If it's a legit' call then we pick up as soon as we recognise the voice. If not we leave it, or more usually the caller rings off without leaving a message.
Get number withheld block, that cuts 90% of the sales calls out straight away.
We've got just about a 100% success rate on binning sales and other calls.

Ains.

Yes, we do that. Works a treat.

On the rare occasions a cold caller gets thru I tell them that I am interested then ask them to "hold on a minute". I then gently lay the phone down on the table, walk away and get on with whatever I was doing before they interrupted me. Ages later I put the phone back on the hook. One day I must try to find out how long they hang on for............

[muzza]

Originally Posted by Martini

On the rare occasions a cold caller gets thru I tell them that I am interested then ask them to "hold on a minute". I then gently lay the phone down on the table, walk away and get on with whatever I was doing before they interrupted me. Ages later I put the phone back on the hook. One day I must try to find out how long they hang on for............

Bugger! That's the one I was gonna tell you about. I usually put the phone under a cushion on the sofa and call out to the wife "we got another one!" I get a real kick out of it and actually enjoy it and now actually look forward to the cold calls, especially the ones from the Calcutta call centre.

I know... I gotta get out more.