Cold callers!!!!
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What the man said - sound really interested - ask for a few details, name and address of company, name of managing director, name of caller, then tell them you are reporting them for calling a number registered with the TPS ....
Alternatively, tell them you are putting them on "hold"......
NS
does the tps work for the automated callers?
With Respect to door callers, I have on two occasions(and I do not recomend this) reacted in a very agressive manner, when i have tried to close the door and they've tried to hold it open, charging out the door shouting and forcing them back, and asking why the're trying to get in my house. but i'm a very grumpy man, and don't like pizza.
With Respect to door callers, I have on two occasions(and I do not recomend this) reacted in a very agressive manner, when i have tried to close the door and they've tried to hold it open, charging out the door shouting and forcing them back, and asking why the're trying to get in my house. but i'm a very grumpy man, and don't like pizza.
when they ask for Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so i just say, i'm very sorry but they died yesterday, can i help you ?......listen to them splutter !! LOL
About the pushiest chap i had was a sales rep for sky, now working for an ISP i know they just hire these guys through agencies but he was supposed to be teaching 4 other young sales bods the ropes.
so he says he's from sky and he'd like to swap me from cable to them. including of course broadband, phone and tv.
"i don't have a bt phone line" i tell him, but undeterred he continues to tell me i don't need one (i guess bt use clairvoyants now for bb) i asked how this was possible, did sky run their own fiber cable now and why didn't i see them digging up the road or is it local loop unbundling from BT (LLU) and have they bought space in the local exchange?
suffice to say his answer was "yes".
not going well for him... "ok" i says "do you know what local loop unbundling is?" at which point he goes red, he's no idea.
he tries a different tac saying that sky can provide all my services cheaper then cable.
"even my 20mb broadband?"
"That too!" he says.
Not so fast pally boy... see my local phone system is actually a boosted ring arrangement, my exchange is 2 miles away and the entirety of the 3 estates in this area all run off this boosted copper ring. which means the fastest broadband in the area will litterally be about 2mb perhaps 3 on a lazy sunday morning if it isn't raining, there's a full moon and the bones land in the right way...
i proceed to tell him so.
at which point he does an about face and drags off the 'noobs'.
for those who don't know LLU (local loop unbundling) is where your ISP buys sections of your phone exchange so they no longer have to pay subs to bt for your custom (makes your bills cheaper) however as its all old pants bt copper networks it doesn't do much for the speed.
i LOVE BT salesmen they're such easy targets...
so he says he's from sky and he'd like to swap me from cable to them. including of course broadband, phone and tv.
"i don't have a bt phone line" i tell him, but undeterred he continues to tell me i don't need one (i guess bt use clairvoyants now for bb) i asked how this was possible, did sky run their own fiber cable now and why didn't i see them digging up the road or is it local loop unbundling from BT (LLU) and have they bought space in the local exchange?
suffice to say his answer was "yes".
not going well for him... "ok" i says "do you know what local loop unbundling is?" at which point he goes red, he's no idea.
he tries a different tac saying that sky can provide all my services cheaper then cable.
"even my 20mb broadband?"
"That too!" he says.
Not so fast pally boy... see my local phone system is actually a boosted ring arrangement, my exchange is 2 miles away and the entirety of the 3 estates in this area all run off this boosted copper ring. which means the fastest broadband in the area will litterally be about 2mb perhaps 3 on a lazy sunday morning if it isn't raining, there's a full moon and the bones land in the right way...
i proceed to tell him so.
at which point he does an about face and drags off the 'noobs'.
for those who don't know LLU (local loop unbundling) is where your ISP buys sections of your phone exchange so they no longer have to pay subs to bt for your custom (makes your bills cheaper) however as its all old pants bt copper networks it doesn't do much for the speed.
i LOVE BT salesmen they're such easy targets...
Eric_Methven
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
On the phone, I just say "No!" and hang up. At the door, I just say "No!" and close the door. For the pushy ones, I say "Walk away NOW! while you still have your teeth". It generally works.
For the Jehova's Witnesses and the like, I thank them for their interest in my spiritual welfare then assure them that I have a perfectly good belief system already. Then I shut the door.
Eric
For the Jehova's Witnesses and the like, I thank them for their interest in my spiritual welfare then assure them that I have a perfectly good belief system already. Then I shut the door.
Eric
I just use caller display on the phone if i dont recognise the number i dont answer, like wise if im not expecting anyone at the door i dont answer that either.
Wow,some cracking solutions looking forward to the c.c.'s coming back just to try some of them out.
Hi ,
I love the Jehova's but unfortunately they no longer knock on my door , fairly sure I've turned a few of them .
Door to door people I find myself more and more having to resort to " Stop , YOU ARE REALLY STARTING ANNOY ME NOW " which works but doesn't stop there mates coming back . If my partner has answered the door I tend to burst past her screaming " IS THIS HIM , IS IT , I KNEW I'D CATCH YOU " they tend to run off at that .
Next time I get a phone call ( instead of walking away ) I think I'll start singing , possibly a shanty .
Cheers , Trev .
I love the Jehova's but unfortunately they no longer knock on my door , fairly sure I've turned a few of them .
Door to door people I find myself more and more having to resort to " Stop , YOU ARE REALLY STARTING ANNOY ME NOW " which works but doesn't stop there mates coming back . If my partner has answered the door I tend to burst past her screaming " IS THIS HIM , IS IT , I KNEW I'D CATCH YOU " they tend to run off at that .
Next time I get a phone call ( instead of walking away ) I think I'll start singing , possibly a shanty .
Cheers , Trev .
You can always ask them what their favourite cheese is, then proceed to tell them about yours and your experience with all kinds of cheese. Not done it myself, but I once witnessed a mate do it and it was hilarious.
A friend of mine burst into a local religious HQ during a ceremony. She proceeded to introudce herself to every member of the congregation (during the sermon) and then walked up to the lectern.
She was never troubled again
She was never troubled again
My JR terrier has put many a door cold caller to flight, quite hilarious sometimes. Not that he is aggressive but he does have a tendency to hump legs now and then.
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