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04-17-2007, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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Dealing with Telemarketers
Dig this guy! And I thought I played with telemarketers until they stop calling. This guy is merciless!
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04-17-2007, 09:53 PM | #2 |
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That is absolutely freakin' hilarious. I know I like to fool around with these telemarketers myself.. but that's just damn funny ! |
04-17-2007, 11:01 PM | #3 |
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There is one stunt that I pulled on the Earthlink telemarketer that wouldn't stop calling. It wasn't as good as Tom Mabe up there, but it was worth a chuckle when you make them realize just how little they know about their own product. I like giving them these totally high-tech questions that call center reps aren't expected to know.
She called me to push some "high-speed dial-up" service from Earthlink, totally unaware that I know better. There is NO SUCH THING AS HIGH-SPEED DIAL-UP!!! Anywho, she starts trying to push this crappy service on me and I feel the urge to toy with this woman. The dialogue was something like this. Woman: I'm calling today to tell you about our high-speed dial-up service. Me: Really? How fast is it? Woman: It is 56k per second. Me: Is that kilobytes or kilobits? Woman: Uh....one moment while I check on that. **2 minutes later** Woman: It's 56 kilobits per second. Me: Ok, that's 7 kilobytes per second which is about as fast as regular dial-up on a good day. The average music file is 4MB which is just over 4000 kilobytes. It would take almost 10 minutes to download one song. How is that high-speed dial-up again? Woman: Actually, it is up to 5 times faster than regular dial-up. Me: Really? How are you getting around the standard dial-up overhead and line noise issues associated with dial-up speed limitations? Woman: Uh...one moment while I check on that? **2 minutes later** Woman: I'm really not sure about that. I'd have to have someone call you back with an answer. Me: Nah, that's ok. I have Bellsouth DSL and prefer keeping my high-speed. Woman: Ok, have a good day. I was tempted to keep her going. I could come up with some seriously complicated questions, but it gets boring when she offers to have someone call me back with my answers.
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04-18-2007, 05:47 AM | #4 |
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MAN that was funny......
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04-18-2007, 03:46 PM | #5 |
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LAF
I get a negative response with no comment on THIS topic? Nah, there's no abuse of the reputation system taking place on this forum.... |
04-18-2007, 05:05 PM | #6 |
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HA! That's a good one!
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