I used to get Spanish telemarketer calls. I think the person that had the phone number before I did spoke Spanish. There's some database out there that keeps track of the language spoken that's associated with the phone number. Not sure if you had the same problem or not.

I hate telemarketers. Usually, when I hear that long pause after the hello, I just hang up. I screen my calls too.

 

Really i didnt know that...
On the same note some other guy called like 20 minutes after the post and asked nicely "would you like to take a radio survey?" i said no i will pass. He said okay cool... and hung up.
Now those are the phone solicitors i can tolerate.. Polite and respectful

 

well... having a last name that most people assume is chinese, i get calls in english and chinese. there's a form you can access at the direct marketer's assn. site that will help you reduce the number of solicitations. here in washington if someone calls you after you have requested to be placed on their "do not call" list you can collect $500/call in fines.

i'm waiting on a few calls right now hehe 5 calls and i'll have my work meister 2r's!

lig

 

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the phone just rang and the caller ID said Frito Lay/Pepsi and I was like wtf would they want so I answered it and they said " Is this Deja Blue? " I was like uhhhhhhhh no and they hang up. Freaky

 

It happen again...
Bueno..
WTF

 

Say "Porvafor ya no me lamas!"

 

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA......that would definitely do it....'no me lamas el "what"?".....

 

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Guntersmurf

 

You could just get rid of your phone service (I did), get a cell (like you don't have one) and just use it as your phone. It is illegal for telemarketers to call cell phones.

ERIK

 

I really hate the ones that call and say nothing, but stay on the phone. I have caller ID, so I call back and say "What the f*ck was your problem, you rude assh*le?" Screening calls also helps. Occasionally, I feel like just screwing with a telemarketer with a thick foreign accent and I talk back to them in Swahili. I know just enough to sound like I know what I'm talking about. It drives them crazy.

I once had a telemarketer call me at home on a Saturday (lots of others talking in the background): "Congratulations, sir, you have just won a brand new Lexus SC400. All,you have to do is come down here and pick it up." I said "Swell, where are you located." After she told me, I said "I'll be right over, boy am I excited about this. Wait a minute, what color is it?" "Red." "Oh, never mind, I don't want a red one. I'll just get speeding tickets. "Do you have any other colors?" "No." "Can you repaint it?" "No." "Then forget it ." Clik.

Five minutes later, I get a call from her supervisor "Sir, we're offering you a free new Lexus SC400." We repeat the above conversation. Click.

This call is repeated three more times by obviously progressively more senior (and more exasperated) people. Finally, I say "Oh, all right, I'll take it if you'll deliver it to me." "I'm sorry, sir, we're not allowed to do that." "OK, then f*ck you." Click.