Telemarketing Survey

[c9]

No no! Don't hang up! I'm wondering what you do, if anything, to combat telemarketing calls in your home.

1. listen to the whole spiel, then say no as much as necessary
2. hang up once they say something to show it's telemarketing
3. hang up when nobody says "Hi!" when you answer (i.e. computer is routing call because you answered)
4. never answer the phone
5. at first opportunity, ask to be removed from call list
6. remove your number from the call list because you work at the telemarketing company
7. use complicated math equations to get them to stop bugging you
8. other

Comments

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Tell them it's a cell # - it's illegal (in the US anyway) to telemarket to cell numbers because you're paying for the call.

That seems to have worked for me (though, for me it really is a cell # 'cause I don't have a landline).

[c9.livejournal.com]

A strategy (having only a cell, I mean) that I may try soon.

[cap-hill-latte.livejournal.com]

Having a cell is waaaaay less expensive for me than having a landline. Not sure how the landline/cell rates compare in Canada though. And since you're a two person household...

[c9.livejournal.com]

If we went for contracted plans, one phone each would cost us a minimum of $60 per month. Our landline costs only $30ish. But I think it all comes out in the wash, so to speak. You just get the deals to be had in whatever direction, and you end up spending a small fortune cause that's the only way for the companies involved to stay in business.