>> Subject: Fw: Getting rid of telemarketers, etc.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> Andy Rooney's tips for telemarketers, etc....<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> 1. Three Little Words That Work !!<br />>><br />>> The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."<br />>><br />>> Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking <br />>>off (instead of<br />>><br />>> hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call <br />>>so much more<br />>><br />>> time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> Then when you eventually hear the phone company's <br />>>"beep-beep-beep" tone,<br />>><br />>> you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, <br />>>which has<br />>><br />>> efficiently completed its task. These three little words <br />>>will help eliminate<br />>><br />>> telephone soliciting.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> 2. Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no <br />>>one on the other<br />>><br />>> end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes <br />>>phone calls and<br />>><br />>> records the time of day when a person answers the phone. <br />>>This technique is<br />>><br />>> used to determine the best time of day for a "real"<br />>><br />>> sales person to call back and get someone at home.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no <br />>>one there, is<br />>><br />>> to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 <br />>>or 7 times, as<br />>><br />>> quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed <br />>>the call and it<br />>><br />>> kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame <br />>>not to<br />>><br />>> have your name in their system any longer !!!<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> 3. Junk Mail Help:<br />>><br />>> When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility <br />>>bill, return these<br />>><br />>> "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw <br />>>their own junk<br />>><br />>> mail away.<br />>><br />>> When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for <br />>>everything from<br />>><br />>> credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not <br />>>! throw away the<br />>><br />>> return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid <br />>>return envelopes,<br />>><br />>> right?<br />>><br />>> It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" <br />>>and when they<br />>><br />>> receive them back. It costs them nothing if you throw them <br />>>away!<br />>><br />>> The postage was around 50 cents before the last increase <br />>>and it is<br />>><br />>> according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of <br />>>some of your<br />>><br />>> other junk mail and put<br />>><br />>> it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas.<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American <br />>>Express.<br />>><br />>> Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get <br />>>anything else that day,<br />>><br />>> then<br />>><br />>> just send them their blank application back!<br />>><br />>> If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name <br />>>isn't on<br />>><br />>> anything you send them.<br />>><br />>> You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to <br />>>just to keep them<br />>><br />>> guessing! It still costs them 37 cents.<br />>><br />>> The banks and credit card companies are currently getting <br />>>a lot of their<br />>><br />>> own junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM <br />>>them.<br />>><br />>> Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk <br />>>mail, and best of<br />>><br />>> all they're paying for it...Twice!<br />>><br />>><br />>><br />>> Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are <br />>>saying that e-mail<br />>><br />>> is Cutting into their business profits, and that's why they <br />>>need to increase<br />>><br />>> postage costs again. You get the idea!<br />>><br />>> If enough people follow these tips, it will work----<br />>><br />>> I have been doing this for years, and I get very little <br />>>junk mail anymore.
