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Originally Posted by kazbates
The same goes for the incredibly annoying telemarketer calls I get all day long ...  |
A popular method used by telemarketers at one time was to launch into a spiel about aluminum siding before giving you a chance to speak, followed by the question, “Do you own your home, or do you rent?”
Once, when being on the receiving end of that tactic, I waited for the question, then answered, “We rent, but the owner is out in the yard. Hang on a second and I’ll get him to the phone.”
I then set the phone down, and when back to the living room to watch TV.
A half-hour later, I picked the phone up and discovered the telemarketer was still on the line!
That was a dirty trick. More so; since at the time we were buying that house. These days, I’m nice enough to just say, “Thank you, but I’m not interested at this time,” and immediately hang up.