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