HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY AVOID TELEMARKETING CALLS

Re: telemarketing website
Asked by Libby24

Question:
 

can someone please give me the web address for that site that you can put your details on it so those dam telemarketers dont call anymore. i am gettign 4 a day atm and it

is pissing me off royally.

please help for my sanity

Liz

My Advice:

 

I worked for a company once as a "telemarketer" for a short while and I would advise that if you do not want to receive continuous calls from telemarketers it is very unlikely that playing pranks on them will work - although ti may seem funny at the time, it won't seem so funny when they continue to ring you every day!

If you want to avoid these annoying calls I suggest:

If in Australia, register your home phone and mobile numbers on the DO NOT CALL REGISTER - www.donotcall.gov.au

NOTE- you can only list private numbers, it may take up to 30 days for it to take effect and you may still receive calls from some organisations operating in the public interest who are exempt from prohibition on making telemarketing calls. You can also still receive calls from market researchers AND if you have given a business consent to call you - including if you have an existing relationship with that company, you have agreed to the fine print without realising OR you may have even entered a survey or competition form (now you wish you had read all those terms and conditions don't you!!)

So...if you don't want calls from numerous companies - list your number as a private number so it is not readily available and be aware of who you give your phone number to - including competitions entry froms (entry may be free but some times there is a catch)

I can't stand listening to a telemarketer or even a customer service agent who doesn't speak clear understandable English.  But this doesn't always mean that they are calling from overseas - we have plenty of people within Australia with accents - why they get employment as phone operators I don't know!! 

However, just remember that person is doing a job and sometimes it is a ligitimate reason they are calling.  Make sure they get to the point quickly and then give them the real reason you are not interested - they have a drop down menu on their screen of reasons you are not interested, they cna then pick the appropirate one and THEN remove you from their list.  If you get your kids to say you're not home right now...guess what?  They will try calling you again until they DO get hold of you and get a "YES" or a "NO".

Hope this inside information helps avoid some frustation!