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By Theresaaiza
@Theresaaiza (10487)
Australia
January 18, 2018 4:43am CST
Because I've been getting a lot of cold calls these days from people telling me to switch to a cheaper electric company to choosing between cremation vs coffin, I have decided to not pick up phone calls with an unregistered number. If a call is really important they would know to leave a message and a call back number.
This is now how I could tell which one is a legit phone call. I used to answer each of these and feel bad about telling them to go away.
Can you imagine yourself doing telemarketing? I can't.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
I love your retirement goals. Maybe throw in some scammers on your list as well. 
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
20 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza Oooh, yeah now there's an idea. I reckon I could get very creative there. 
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
18 Jan 18
We have a land line phone for emergencies. It rarely rings....but when it does...it's always a telemarketer of even a scam call. I no longer answer that phone.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
18 Jan 18
I don't know how people can stay in a telemarketing job. The scammers, I understand. Cause that's what scammers do, they just have to be bloody persistent otherwise they can't scam! But some telemarketers are people actually needing legit jobs. You probably develop a calloused attitude after rejection after rejection.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
18 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza I know some telemarketers....they need an income...they have no qualifications and this gets them the money to live while pursuing other avenues.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
18 Jan 18
@Morleyhunt Oh fair enough. Cause I suppose money's really good if you can actually convince someone to buy.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
19 Jan 18
I hate unwanted calls such as those offering these and that.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
I agree. I don't think I've ever heard anyone who says they look forward to getting calls from telemarketers.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
A friend of mine used to do sales and part of the marketing scheme was to do cold calls, see if someone would like to enrol in courses they offered. They had legit services at least. She did get clients but most of the time she gets the rude ones too. Suffice it to say, she didn't last long in that job
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@LadyDuck (471498)
• Switzerland
20 Jan 18
@Theresaaiza Nobody lasts long doing those jobs, they are hiring all the time.
@just4him (317089)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Jan 18
I heard a statistic a couple days ago that was in the millions of robo calls sent to people in the US alone. And how many per person that amounts to. I am so sick of those calls. No, I would never do telemarketing. I worked in a call center, but those calls were all inbound. I didn't call anyone.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
I truly get you. I simply don't answer as I don't like being rude to anyone.
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@JESSY3236 (19941)
• United States
26 Jan 18
I can't either. I listen to audiobooks sometimes. So I answer and let them hear the book I'm listening to. Or the tv. I hang up later when the beeping happens.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
26 Jan 18
A friend of mine recorded her voice message saying "Hello? Who is this? How can I help?" as a prank. And she guffaws (not just laugh, guffaws) at each and every caller's recorded message, frantically responding to her hello's thinking she answered.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Jan 18
i would not be able to. too sensitive like you.
my daughter did it for many years and said i was a person could never handle such a job
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
I used to work in a clinic where we phoned patients to come back for their results, or to keep them on top of their blood tests. And I thought that was the most depressing thing I had to do in a day's work. Imagine telemarketers.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
18 Jan 18
the ones from the phone company of our landline seem to call in cycles. sometimes they're calling and calling, different people, same offers. sometimes they're silent for months.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
I finally found a way to block some of these repetitive numbers. Doesn't stop all of them but I'm certainly eliminating them one by one.
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@Letranknight2015 (51971)
• Philippines
18 Jan 18
So, now you're experience outgoing calls from another country, maybe it's time to use an answering machine or something. Or probably check youtube for advices.
A clip I found while watching Seinfeld and just had to upload it. Remember to like and comment, it really helps.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
OOOh Seinfeld 
I do have a voice message saying "F* off telemarketers". Kidding.
I do have a voice message on my phone. So if the caller didn't leave a message, well, sorry.
I do have a voice message saying "F* off telemarketers". Kidding.
I do have a voice message on my phone. So if the caller didn't leave a message, well, sorry.
@Danielclark691 (1097)
•
18 Jan 18
I don't like these types of calls. This is why we have caller ID and if we don't recognise the number we can simply reject the call.
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
20 Jan 18
For now, my general rule is, if unregistered, I don't pick up. If they leave a message and tell me who they are, I'll ring back. No voice message? Sorry.
@mikeadams (3)
•
20 Jan 18
Almost everyday I read complaints filed about these cold calls at sites like I personally get at least 2 calls from unfamiliar numbers each and everyday. Now I choose to just ignore them. It won't waste my time answering each of those unknown calls.
Useful directory of uknown numbers including scammers and telemarketers
