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05-07-2011, 11:00 AM

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CarrieAnne

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Ugh, I hate it when they dont take no for an answer.

05-07-2011, 11:03 AM

#12

bearisgray

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He could at least have apologized for waking you up.

05-07-2011, 11:22 AM

#13

Maia B

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I must say, I HATE those calls. I work nights (nurse) and sleep days. I can't just turn the phone off, I have kids. But there are millions of folks who need to sleep during the day in order to keep society safely running at night. And who buys stuff from telemarketers anyway? I never would.

05-07-2011, 11:35 AM

#14

JackieG

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maybe he gets paid from commissions???

05-07-2011, 11:40 AM

#15

BellaBoo

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When a telemarketer calls me by my first name I give him/her a verbal respect lecture. That is unacceptable and I won't tolerate it. They lost the sale no matter how great a deal it is.

05-07-2011, 12:00 PM

#16

feffertim

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that is so rude, I would have been furious.

05-08-2011, 02:49 AM

#17

oneygirl

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He most likely was a telemarketer with a script. The correct verbage to discontinue calls from telemarketers is "DO not call, take me off your list" This puts you on a national DO not call list and he is prohibited from calling you again.

05-08-2011, 03:06 AM

#18

Marge L.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gale

He called at around 9:30 am. Now to some this might not be "early" but I am a night owl and crawled into bed around 5:30 so you do the math. And it's saturday-no lessons so I could sleep in as late as I wanted. Here's how it went:

him: hello, this is xxx from quilter's club of america
me: *big sigh*
him: what's the matter?
me: I'm not interested or I would have renewed when I got the letter AND I was asleep
him: oh. Well I noticed your membership has lapsed and I'd like to renew it for you

Know what you're saying. I get quite upset when the word 'no' is ignored. Did they take that word out of the dictionary?

me: I'm not interested right now
him: gale, are you still quilting?
me: yes but I'm still not interested
him: all I need from you is an okay over the phone
me: NO. I'M NOT INTERESTED *hangs up*

seriously?? Why are they so stinkin' persistent when I said no over and over? I do get calls from magazines I've subscribed to in the past but when I say I'm not interested, the vast majority say 'have a nice day' and that's the end of it. If they try to talk me into it, it's not likely I'll change my mind, and I decide then and there to never buy that magazine again. In fact I have now decided I'll never again subscribe to or buy any F&P magazine, EVER. I was so ticked off I couldn't get back to sleep and I really wanted to get more sleep since I may have to help dh move equipment today. UGH. :thumbdown:

05-08-2011, 03:07 AM

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grann of 6

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gale

He called at around 9:30 am. Now to some this might not be "early" but I am a night owl and crawled into bed around 5:30 so you do the math. And it's saturday-no lessons so I could sleep in as late as I wanted. Here's how it went:

him: hello, this is xxx from quilter's club of america
me: *big sigh*
him: what's the matter?
me: I'm not interested or I would have renewed when I got the letter AND I was asleep
him: oh. Well I noticed your membership has lapsed and I'd like to renew it for you
me: I'm not interested right now
him: gale, are you still quilting?
me: yes but I'm still not interested
him: all I need from you is an okay over the phone
me: NO. I'M NOT INTERESTED *hangs up*

seriously?? Why are they so stinkin' persistent when I said no over and over? I do get calls from magazines I've subscribed to in the past but when I say I'm not interested, the vast majority say 'have a nice day' and that's the end of it. If they try to talk me into it, it's not likely I'll change my mind, and I decide then and there to never buy that magazine again. In fact I have now decided I'll never again subscribe to or buy any F&P magazine, EVER. I was so ticked off I couldn't get back to sleep and I really wanted to get more sleep since I may have to help dh move equipment today. UGH. :thumbdown:

I don't like people calling me about these things either. I have caller ID and if I don't recognize the # I don't answer. I figure if it is important the person will leave a message. I have a feature on my machine that can block calls, and I have done this with a persistent #. Then the phone rings once and says call blocked. Best thing I ever did was adding these features to my phone.

05-08-2011, 03:40 AM

#20

bkaren6020

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Same thing happened to me, only it was 9pm. Same speal, I told him the same thing. They must not be having good luck with their membership. I can see why.