Does wank + telemarketing = phone sex?
Oh, customers_suck, you bastion of wank.

shadowsync posts a potentially wanky list of things to do when a telemarketer calls (how to get them to stop calling you the polite way, but phrased badly).

Of course, it's customers_suck. Are they going to let them live it down?

Not if they can help it!

Be sure to look out for

tigerwolf's comment about his newly-purchased airhorn (second page), and

susano_otter's comment about how telemarketing is equivalent to selling yourself (second linked thread, last comment).

And, of course, there's a condensed version of the stupid on stupid_free.

Telemarketing: only the strong survive.

ETA: Fixed to include link to original post.

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(Anonymous)
2007-01-20 04:14 pm UTC (link)

Wait, you pay for incoming calls?!

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If you sign a contract instead of doing a pay-go system, most cell phone companies have free nights and minutes plans, and some plans also allow you to call other people using the same company for free at any time during the week. For example, Sprint has a basic plan that's $40/mo., which includes free night calling (calls after 7 PM), 450 minutes a month, and free calls between Sprint customers. That may not seem cheap at first, but a lot of people use Sprint, so it's easy for many to talk a lot but never get charged for minutes. Then there are discounted family/group plans, etc. Other companies probably have better plans, but I'm still on my Sprint contract, so . . .

I'm not sure if there are any land line contracts that require you to pay for incoming calls, but I've never dealt with one if they exist.

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	felinephoenix 2007-01-21 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	I use a Tracefone, and I'm charged by the minute regardless of whether I'm the one making the call or not. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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