Ten ways to stop telemarketing calls

This is a very very useful list of ways to deal with telemarketing agents. Irritate them by returning the favor. I have added some points based on my experiences. Have fun, learn and adopt, you will have peaceful life.

1.  After the telemarketer finishes speaking ask what he/she is doing this weekend. Don’t worry about other side is he/she; just ask him/her out. And finally ask him/her to marry you

2. Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment, and ask him/her if he/she will give you his/her home phone number so you can call him/her back.

3. Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times. Mimicking you played with siblings when you were young pay off here.

4. Tell them it is dinner time, BUT ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.

5. Tell them that all business goes through your agent, and hand the phone to your five year old child. Ask your child to sing nursery rhymes

6. Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up…louder…louder…louder!

7. Tell them to speak very slowly because you want to write every word down.

8. If they start out with, “How are you today?” say “I’m so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these  problems…………”   

9. Cry out in surprise, “Helen, is that you? I’ve been hoping you’d call! How is the family?” When they insist they are not Helen, tell them to stop joking. This works especially well if the telemarketer is really MALE.      

10. Tell the HSBC call center guy to call on your office number. – And give him the ICICI call center number. 

Yenjoye

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 Update 06June:

We got a good news just after a day I posted this. Feel free to thank me… then I’ll say “its okay”

Trai slaps Rs 500 fine on unsolicited calls

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has decided to levy a fine of Rs 500 per unsolicited call or SMS. Further, the telemarketer could also face disconnection of services as per the regulation rolled out by Trai.Trai has also mandated the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to set up a national do not call (NDNC) registry in three months time. It has also sought the help of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) to ensure that telemarketers are engaged after registering with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).