just ask them never to call again, and if they do you will report to the police, after calling once and telling them not to, they have stepped into a different ballgame, called harrasment
If you get an actual tele-marketer who answers play cool. Tell them they’ve contacted a federal security number and to lose it right quick. They won’t call back(they’re skuuurred :lol ). Read that somewhere else and tried it. It’s worked for me so far on most places non-automated.
Ask anyone who calls to remove you from their list --& Tell them if they do not remove you they are liable for an $11000 fine per phone call.
If they play dumb, ask them for their first and last name --and then ask to speak to their supervisor. Ask the supervisor for their name --And the name of the telemarketing company. Remind them of the $11000 per phone call penalty.
The warranty calls are the worst. We have not idea where they are getting our customers info --but I am getting complaints all day long (One of my jobs is running our dealerships call center)
PS --Politicians, Surveys and not for profit groups are exempt. And please be nice if you actually get a person and not a recording.
AND if Dishnetwork keeps calling --Contact the FTC.
i like to ask them what their real name is since they cant seem to pronounce their name and then i ask them what time it is, when they tell me the wrong time i tell them wrong answer and hang up. I get probably 10 calls a day at the office from telemarketers.
see, the real telemarkertsers are ok cuz i bust there stones and waste their time but the computer ones are thes that piss me off… oh and the warranty guys call my cell too :umm
Yup --either AT&T or Verizon got nailed a couple of years after the list came out. Big fine.
Of course there other exceptions too. If you do business with a company they can call you for 18 mos since your last purchase --or 3 mos from an inquiry about potential business.