Simply ask them to “Please Hold” and put the phone down for 5 minutes or so then hang up… Your telemarketer calls will quickly diminish…

(evil grin) The best and easiest way to get rid of them, I found out from working at a call center, is to pretend you are with a pizza company. Or fast food chain. Just pick up the phone and in your happiest voice say: “Thank you for calling ____! This is (insert random name, not yours), how can I help you?”

This confuses the FK out of them everytime. I usually get a hang up, a confused telemarketer, or an apology when I answer the phone that way. This will work also for any businesses out there- because it’ll make the operator believe the number is no good anymore and will purge it out of their system.

There are several good pranks at RUFKM that had me rolling on the floor on how to get rid of telemarketers. My favorite was the “Do you like cheese?”

I work as a Receptionist in an office, and I get the same telemarketing call about three times a month (something about “yellow pages online…scam, turns out). These people wanted to know my name, month/date of birth, job title, and age. The first time I spoke to them, I actually gave them that info…yep, like a moron! And stayed on the line with them for 20 minutes for who-knows-what. Eventually, once they put me on hold (and being confused and young, I held) I hung up on them, and they called right back and asked, “[my name], what happened there??” OMG.
Anyway, now I hang up immediately once I recognize who it is. I can’t screw with telemarketers while at work, unfortunately. But I discover that if they find out you’re underage, they don’t want to deal with you. So maybe that’s worth a try to keep them away.

Yea as my name says i am an ex telemarketer… i sold xm radio subscriptions for people coming off there trial period now the best thing for you to say to THEM is put me on your dnc (do not call) list they HAVE to read you a dnc closure then you can hang up… sometimes it takes about 30days for them to stop… don’t ask why i think it’s kinda retarded but yea so be it…. but i still LOVE to mess with telemarketers like for instance have a room mate pic up another phone in the house so he or she is on the line then contradict person A with person B it all gets really confussing and they get really mad… person A has to act like they don’t know what is going on or who that person is… just have person A get mad at the telemarketer and accuse HIM of being the person on the other line… just tell them that the person B’s voice sounds like them regardless of gender or race… it’s really funny…. either that or you can always add … your accent isn’t fooling me i know your from zimbabwea or how ever you spell that haha there are alot of fun things…. me? i would LOVE to get calls everyday from telemarketers but unfortunatly it only happens everyonce in a while

This industry needs to go the way of the dinosaurs. It is fraught with fakers, criminals, ID thieves, and personally I don’t see that it serves an purpose for the good of humanity. Those people in the industry need to get another job. Preferably an honest one. I want you to hang up. If you get a prerecorded message that has a fake business name and no call back phone number, it is a dishonest business. If you have caller ID, file a complaints with the FCC, the FTC and your state attorney general. Now, I want to propose a law about the setting up of boiler rooms, where these obnoxious phone calls originate. I wrote my local congressperson that legislation should be drawn up so that companies that set up boiler rooms either with phone lines or equipment must have several items from the entity that wants a boiler room:
1, the entity must have an IRS tax nubmer 2. the entity must be a licensed business in the state that the boiler room is set up physically, 3. the entity must sign an agreement with the supplier not to violate FCC regulations and that the purpose of the business is not fraud or ID theft and 4. the entity must put up a hefty bond for say at least a million that will be forfeit if it violates the written agreement. If you think this is a good idea, please pass it on to your congressperson. The reason that I came up with this idea is that I contacted one of those suppliers and they told me that they take no responsibility if their equipment is used for criminal purposes and that tells me that these suppliers are also unethical. They told me to go get a subpoena. I also talked to the state attorney general’s office and they said only legislation could change things. So let’s change things. Let’s make it harder for the bad guys. Pass on the word and remember to hang up Don’t mess with folks. If they are criminals they could be dangerous. AND or heaven’s sake don’t let them have your address. You don’t want want them in your house. HANG UP!

I had a guy that called every day for about a month, what seemed to work for me was telling they guy that i was on the do not call list and asking him not to call again. But i did have some fun with him, once i answered the phone posing as a 7-11 clerk and asking him if he wanted a slurpie he got really mad and i just hung up on him.

In a 2 week time span I received a call DAILY about some hydro deal…Every time I would tell them to take me off their list…Finally I decided enough was enough. I politely told the broad that couldn’t even speak English that I was going to leave my phone off the hook for the rest of day and tie up HER line!!! AND I DID IT!!! Hopefully I’m off their list now…(lost time is lost business for them)

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See i am creative when it comes to telemarketers ill jsut randomly start talking about a tv show or ask them how there day went and if that dont work i just turn on the radio (really bad music that no one likes) then leave the phone there till the song is done and they normaly hang up by the time its done.

When I get that highly anticipated phone call from some guy with a New Delhi accent named “Lance”, I’ll let them get a few lines in then I just start blurting out phrases in Spanish… “Como estas? Buenos tardes! Como se llama?” You know, stuff like that. A couple phrases in, and the guy pauses. “Do you speak Spanish?” To which I’ll rely, “Si!” “Do you speak English?” “Si.” You can keep these morons occupied for two or three minutes, just interrupting them with some first semester Spanish. One time “Lance” stated, “I will get you someone who speaks Spanish.” So I continued this silliness with her, she immediately sized up what was going on and hung up… on me!

I am also a telemarketer, so here’s a tip to get rid of them; tell them to put you on their do not call list. This is different than any other call list, this is their specific call list so that specific company does not call you back. Don’t worry guys- I’m quitting my job.

I have done most of what everyone else has here, the funnest was telling one guy that I would buy his drugs if he gave me his home phone number. He had a number of arguements why he could not give it to me but I easily countered each one. In frustration he finally said “I think you are full of c**p!” I said, “Now THAT would be too much of a coincidence!”

But, growing weary of the incessant calls to refill my non-existant prescriptions, I came up with another solution. I connected a fax machine to the line. If the caller ID shows the call coming from one of my favorite pharmacies, they get to listen to fax music. What is amazing is the same people still call my fax almost daily.

normally i just tell them i’m not interested, but for the stubborn ones, i mess with them really bad

like for the free trip questions, i ask them if the booze is free. sometimes they say yes. then i ask them if the cocaine is free. i get a “uhhhhhhhhhhh what?”

normally, i just ask if i can have their number and call them back. they try to give me a 1-800. i say “no, your house number. you see, i work nights, so i usually get home around 3 am, can i give you a ring back on your cell, and we can talk about it then?”
CLICK.

worst comes to worse, i tell them i worship the devil, who has personally advised me to not associate with anyone who does not do the same. CLICK.

other times i tell them i’m amish. they don’t get that amish ppl don’t use phones!

also, i always listen on and on and on and on, not saying a word, until they can say no more and say “so how does that sound?” and i go:
“bonjour?” or “hola?” then you hear a “CLICK”

I feel sorry for the poor telemarketers that have to go to work every day and persuade people to buy absolute nothing in particular, but then again, they know what they are doing and should find another j ob. when they pick up and ask for me, i act very interested, saying “yes” and “oooh, i’d love that!” and then when they are finished all of there miniscule details, i say “im sorry, lost connection there, can u repeat that?”

My husband was in solitary confinement for about 8 years & he’s the most nuts/aggro/sweetheart guy I ever met. but he can cut u verbally like a scalpel. I had 2 laugh @ some of your remarks, but being Christian myself, I suppose sharing the Gospel is probably the very best response. I just usually hang up though. my hubby is much more creative.

The quickest way to get rid of a telemarketer:
As soon as you realize who is calling, yell “OHH MY GOD!!!!” and hang up.
If you want, you dont have to hang up, just listen to them without talking and wait for them to hang up.

Get caller ID, Answering machine, get on the DNC list, and use Callblock as needed.

I realize Telemarketers are just trying to make a living. However, what you do for a living is disruptive and intrusive. While Telemarketers are working, people are at home enjoying the privacy and peace of their own homes, only to get a call (well, several sometimes in a day by different telemarketers). People are people, and most cannot ignore it, so they answer, or check the caller ID. But that interrupts people when they are eating, sleeping, using the toilet, having sex, etc. Telemarketers don’t know what it’s like because they are not at home getting these calls.

Also, I am offended that the phone service I pay for is abused in this manner. I did not get a phone for telemarketers, I got it for MY USE.
Telemarketers are stealing when they use my phone for profit. Or a paycheck.

After getting on the donotcall list the second time, and spending money to block those exempt from the list, or those that ignore the list, I finally have peace. Not 1 telemarketing call for over a week. But I put up with constant calls daily for over a decade, and I despise telemarketers for that reason. They are relentless.

If you are a good person, please get out of telemarketing and get a job that does not intrude on people’s homes, privacy, and peace. Or continue to be hated. Thank you.