Comments on: Google Indexes Telemarketer Complaint within Minutes http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1271 Clear Answers to Common Computing Questions Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:37:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JohnMc http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/1271/comment-page-1#comment-18921 JohnMc Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:47:58 +0000 http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/?p=1271#comment-18921 Here's my favorite -- [Rep] Yes, we sell the WidgetX. [Me] Its $19.95 right? [Rep] Yes. [Me] Sign me up! [Rep] How many? [At this point just keep it going....] [Rep] Sir that will be 62.95 with tax how do you wish to pay? [Me] I am so relieved you asked. It has been so long since I have used a credit card because of the bankruptcy . Guess it must have cleared off my credit report by now... [Rep] Click! If you really wanted to get sneaky you could send tone codes to the autodialer so that it lists your number as 'not available' in the DB. Alas I don't know the codes off the top of my head. Look up your local phonepreak. I bet they know. Here’s my favorite –

[Rep] Yes, we sell the WidgetX.
[Me] Its $19.95 right?
[Rep] Yes.
[Me] Sign me up!
[Rep] How many?
[At this point just keep it going....]
[Rep] Sir that will be 62.95 with tax how do you wish to pay?
[Me] I am so relieved you asked. It has been so long since I have used a credit card because of the bankruptcy . Guess it must have cleared off my credit report by now…
[Rep] Click!

If you really wanted to get sneaky you could send tone codes to the autodialer so that it lists your number as ‘not available’ in the DB. Alas I don’t know the codes off the top of my head. Look up your local phonepreak. I bet they know.

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