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Had a printer company call get forwarded up to me. From “Universal Cartridge Supply” or something like that. I wasn’t really paying attention but the guy went on to say “…and I would like to send you a complimentary $50 American Express gift card”.

I said “I’m not interested.”.

He replied, “Why aren’t you interested??!”.

“I don’t have to explain to you why I am not interested”.

“You’re a weirdo!” and hung up.

Are sales calls getting that desperate these days?

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That almost sounds like a prank call.

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Shut up weirdo.

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Good choice. Nothing is free. There are strings attached somewhere.

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That is awesome. That’s like the people who call my house trying to get information off my electric or gas bills. They seem dumbfounded when I tell them I don’t give out information to unknown, cold callers, especially those not affiliated with my current carrier.

I asked the last one to verify her social security number with me.

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I got told to " go die " once. Woman called asking for the make of our printers (so they could hack them?)

I simply said “I’m sorry we don’t give out company or product information”

After a long rant at me she ended with " Well why don’t you just go die" and hung up

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LOL reverse logic @egOAI that’s awesome. Oh you are cold calling me for information, why don’t you give me your social security number, date of birth, address, routing number, bank account number, and mother’s maiden name. :smiley:

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This reminds me of that credit card commercial or whatever where the baby doesnt want the money.

Well in real life, there are strings attached to everything.

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Do what our boss does…

They call asking for our printer models. he tells them we have a Ticonderoga 5000. If they can find cartridges, call us back.

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When I get calls like that I just I quickly reply “Thanks, I’ll look for it in the mail.” and I hang up before they can say anything else.

If they call back, I tell them “I have nothing received the card yet, we have nothing to talk about.” and hang up before they can talk.

Put all your phone numbers on the “do not call list”.

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Uh that’s odd.

That reminds me though that I need to add my new number to the do not call. I went to do it before but the website was shutdown. Thanks government.

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And the fish looked at the worm hovering two feet from the bottom of the pond and thought “What the hell…?”

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I guess I’m fortunate. Most of our calls are just automated ones… the worst one is one where they are trying to sell cruises…

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You have to do this every so often.

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You’re a weirdo.

Yes. And your point is?

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They’re fishing for information, probably to send you overpriced toner with an invoice they hope you’ll pay.

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I always try and sell them something back…such as x-rated supplies or dodgy used cars, it always gets me removed from their cold calling list .

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My little brother, had (he died 3 years ago) perfect answers for telemarketers every time.

News Paper calls = “I am ashamed to admit this, but I do not know how to read.”

Cable or dish calls = “Sorry we are Amish and it is against my religion to watch TV.”

Can we talk to Mr blabla = “How dare you ask for him. He just past away, my family is grieving and you call to take his money. How dare you?”

Calls for carpet cleaning = “Sorry we have tile floors. No carpet.”

For persistent telemarketers he would act interested and ask lots of questions. He would have them on the phone for more than an hour and then he would say “I just wasted over an hour of your time you are behind on your number of contacts per day and I am not buying anything. If you keep calling me I’ll keep wasting your time. I’ll lose some time, you could lose your job.”

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You are SO weird for not wanting to take candy from a stranger…or a gift card in this case :stuck_out_tongue:

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^ Beat me to it :slight_smile: