More bullshit from Massive Shithead
J. M. Pescado:
The other hilarious thing to do with telemarketers is, before they can begin their spiel, immediately start with your own pushy telemarketing spiel, like you called them instead.
TaWanda:
My father-in-law loves to play with telemarketers. He gets all excited sounding, asks lots of questions about the product or service being sold, then gives a sob story about how this has been a rough year, he lost his job, etc., and how he would love to buy whatever, if only he had the money. Then asks the telemarketer if phone sales is a good job, starts getting all personal about how much money are they making and eventually asks if they are hiring. It's quite a long, drawn out performance, very entertaining for the family, probably not so much for the poor telemarketer.
His other favorite tatic is to do the same bit about getting all excited and asking questions, and then tell the telmarketer to hold on while he asks his wife if it's okay to buy whatever. Then he puts the phone down and just walks away .
Frankly I'm surprised he's still on anyone's call list.
Shivani:
I despise phones in general, which is why I only own a cell. It's set up to play custom ringtones for three numbers, I think. My husband's cell, my parents' landline, and my brother-in-law's cell (maybe the cells of my parents, I dunno). If I hear the default tone, I thumb the side button to shut the ringer off and ignore it.
I don't know my number, either, but I have it written down somewhere.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 December 11, 01:18:54
The other hilarious thing to do with telemarketers is, before they can begin their spiel, immediately start with your own pushy telemarketing spiel, like you called them instead.
My husband once managed to (ostensibly) convince a telemarketer that it wasn't actually necessary to ever file taxes. Though, she might have been playing along in the hopes of getting things back on track to him purchasing something.
Skye:
Quote from: CelestaLovesCats on 2007 November 23, 23:55:36
Quote from: neriana on 2007 November 23, 01:11:51
Which would be how he keeps his job.
This isn't MaxoidSam's fault. It's EA and Sony's fault; and he's right, if people want things to change, bitching on the BBS isn't going to do much. He's saying what they tell him to say and what will cover EA and Sony's asses.
MaxoidSam is assuming that bitching on the bbs is all we've been doing there. It's not. I for one have written the EA execs., complained to the FTC, the BBB, and my State's Attorney consumer protection. I am fairly certain at least a dozen others have done likewise. And I have gotten some results doing these things (except the EA execs. notta), but more people need to contact them. It's going to require more than one complaint to get people to act. The FTC informed me that they are collecting information about this, but they need enough consumers to complain before they can request a federal investigation. With the BBB, they told me to contact the FTC, but I already had done so. EA failed to respond to my BBB complaint and will be getting another "unresolved" mark against them for what that's worth. I've heard nothing from my State's Attorney General, but according to the FTC they send all their information to the State's Attornies themselves. Now all that's left to do for me is to keep bitching on the bbs. People do watch the bbs and look to it for information. It's about being there to inform people more than believing it will do anything to change EA. But the fact is, MaxoidSam has been worried sick about all this, and my reading between the lines of his message is telling me he is telling us what he thinks will be more effective action. Now why would he do that unless he wants us to be effective? I think he wants SecuROM off the game almost as much as we do. He just has no say about it. Oh and btw, bugging the HELL out of them is effective! ;D
Hiya hon! Skye here *waves* yeah, I did the bbb, and the ftc, and also wrote to the legal company who sued sony before (it was a link i found on the bbs). The BBB case came back as unresolved, the FTC I haven't heard from, and I guess the other one is just gathering information right now.
I have put up with a lot, just by giving my information and telling folks I have problems with my pc. I guess protesting isn't very popular, but why do those folks who take delight in insulting us who have problems even stay in that area? They like to butt in to put us down.
I still have the securom in my pc even after the "fix tool" they brought out. I am looking into how to fix this myself...computarded as I am.....lol
hugs,
Skye
Skye:
Hiya to Celesta, that is...lol
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