What is the best thing to say to telemarketers?

Question

when a telemarketer calls, saying "no, no thank you" doesn't always work, and I can never remember that sienfield thing. What is the best way to get rid of them?

Answer 1

Try this one. cracked me up so bad I was falling off the chair!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5...

(Tell the telemarketer the original resident has been murdered and accuse him of involvement.)

Answer 2

sign up on the federal do not call ist, it takes 60 days to activate your number, after that if they call they could be fined up to $50,000 per call, i signed up 2 yearsago since then i get 1 call every 3 months if that

www.donotcall.gov/

Answer 3

I tell them that I am a Jehova's witness and would like to get their home phone number so I can call them later and speak the word of God to them.  They need salvation and if dinner time would be a great time...then I have free time then too.

Answer 4

this worked for me,  when they called and asked for my mom  i said nope shes not here, she went to p**p and the hogs ate her! they never called back! and recently when one called for me i said hang on a minute and yelled at my kids " alex! stop lighting your daddy's farts while hes sleeping you are gonna get the curtains on fire again! they hung up! or you could tell them that you are busy, and you will call them back if they give their number! or once when they called trying to sell me something i tried to sell them some avon that i was selling!

Answer 5

Say NO THANKS assertively and hang up!

Answer 6

I screen my calls.  Since no one I know has an 800 number, or is named "Private Name", I miss a lot of telemarketing calls.  To the few that get through, I simply say, "Not interested" and hang up.  (I reported one company that kept calling [I'm on the national do not call list], and they stopped calling.)

Answer 7

tetemarketer: "Would yo be interested in purchacing a Miracle Blade Gift Set?"

you: "Yes."  then hang up.

Answer 8

I let my grand-dad handle them!!

he is soooooo lonely around the house that is actually sit and waits for them to call, so he has someone to talk too about all his sicknesses....and he goes on and on and on......until they are sick and tired of HIM and hang up!! Then they never call back!!

Answer 9

Next time I get a call from your company I will make sure the FCC is going to find out about it. That way they know you are serious. Besides why havnt you registered your number on the Do Not Call list?

Answer 10

The best way to get rid of them is to hang up. IMO, there's no need to be polite to someone who's rude enough to interrupt you at home.

Answer 11

The sienfeld thing is to say "YES!" very energetically then hang up.

You can always add your number to the do not call list, at donotcall.org, or you can have your fun.  Play along, give false info, or just pretend you don't speak english (AND NOT SPANISH EITHER).  My favorite thing to do is to just keep asking them for s*x, or cussing them in their face, or pretend I'm deaf and they're my best friend "Laura" and we're about to go have lunch.  

Ask where they live, ask their phone numbers, tell them you'll call back later, or just annoy them.

My personal favorite is to just have a cussing match.

Answer 12

"Please take me off your list" and hang up!

Answer 13

I think Seinfeld asked them if he could call them back when they got home lol.

I always wait for them to take their first breath after that long spiel, then say "Oh no thank you, I don't have time right now" then hang up before they can say anything else.

I used to try to be polite and let them reply but they never give up.