True experience

[whitecree]

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I live in a very quiet, out of the way rural setting. No door to door idiots - except Jehovah's, and I tell them I'm a devil worshipper. They go away pretty quick.

Telemarketers I am very rude to.

Funny, hardly any call me any more...Cool

[BobD (Archive)]

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I handles them in a very similar way WC. I dressed all in black (all my leftovers from my Goth days). Turned up my Nine Inch Nails CD and answered the door. I was as nice as can be and invited them in. About that time, my all black cat scampered past...

They haven't been back sense <grin>

Bob

[rick-in-seattle]

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This is a true story; my brother had an odd mother-in-law who would show up early in the morning trying to catch him coming out of the shower.

After several weeks of this, my brother answered the door with only his towel (as usual) except this time he dropped it as he opend the door.

Standing there instead of his fruitcake mother-in-law were two middle-aged Jehovah's Witness ladies. I don't know who was more embarassed, but neither of the ladies could look my brother in the eye, but they were both looking.

[Ron Davidson]

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I don't know how many know who Bill Engvall is but he is a country comedian. His solution for sleeping late and getting rid of salesman is to make a chalk outline of a body like a crime scene and even put some ketchup and religous or pamplets lying around. You might also add some discharged shotgun shells.

[Kenny_S]

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Thank you thank you thank you. Some neat ideas. I like Dave's 2 x6 with a tomstone. The pistol idea has enter my head many times. Maybe with just a primer in the shell, Still loud enough but no harm. Nah, I don't like cleaning up crap either. Be my dang luck, the dude would die pf a heart attack.

Thank you all very much. It has been a hoot.

Ah Lori, should we hear your R rated way?

[LCorbett]

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Ah Lori, should we hear your R rated way?

Uhhh...prolly not. Don't wanna get kicked off the board. Wink
It's wicked...bad wicked. Hehehe

[Thor]

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I have always had big dogs, so salesmen aren't a problem, but I think if you got one of those really big dog bowls and put it on the front porch, then had a chain with a really huge dog collar at the end of it looking like the dog pulled it off, maybe with a "beware of dog" sign, it might be just as effective.
I think if you barked at a telemarketer over the phone they would go away too.
Thor

[wade clark]

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I had a phone solicitor call the other day... she said, "Hi! My name ees Mar-gar-et wil-lie-umms..." I said, "What is your name?" long pause...then she tried to read the name again, "...Mar...gar...et Wwwwillll- ee- ums". I said, "that's not really your name, is it?"
She said, "No'. I said, "what's your real name?" She said "I'm not allowed to give that out". I said, "Well, if I can't believe you when you say your name, I can't believe anything else you say either. Bye!" She sheepishly said "Goodbye". Her accent sounded Pakistani or Indian. Don't know what she was selling!
Wade

[whitecree]

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Heh. That's as bad as all those e-mail scams. Worse, 'cause an e-mail you just click on the spam button and it goes away.

Hey, maybe we should all pressure the phone company into adding a spam option on the phone. Press a button, and an automated rude message plays...

[Kenny_S]

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Kind of like pulling the triger on a door to door salesman eh?
The little bride and I are lucky on the spam as our ISP has spam filters and once in a great while we will recieve one.

[carver6]

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I have heard one way to get rid of telemarketers is to blow a police whistle into the mouth piece of the phone. Have also heard of it being used on obscene phone calls. One person said it would break an ear drum but I don't know that for sure. I really wouldn't care what it did to an obscene caller.
Garon

[Paul_Guraedy]

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I live in a very rural area (road ends in my front yard) so we don't get a lot of salesmen; but, do get the occasional religious group. We used to have Rottweilers and I have left the "Rottweiler Crossing" sign on the mailbox that they have to pass on the way to the house.

Now, I answer the door looking around past them saying, "I'm surprised the dogs let you get out of your car". Keep looking nervously past them as they try to convert me. Right shortly they are also looking over their shoulder with some concern and become interested in a short visit with no return plans. Have not seen any of them for several months, come to think about it.

A friend told me that a surefire cure for telemarketers is to say, "Martha, is that you? We got us a bad connection. If that's you park the car over on Elm Street when you come home. The guy that repossessed my truck is hunting it."

[Tom-H]

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Paul, They just don't get much better than those two! TOM H

[squbrigg]

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I've had no trouble with door to door salesmen ever since I got my Husky. She's as friendly as heck and wants to hug everybody....but they don't know that!!! I just stand there holding on to her collar while she lunges for them, and tries to get at them........ funny how easy they spook then! Soon as I mention I can't hold her long.......!

Works like a charm.

With phone tele-marketers.....my bosun's pipe takes care of them. Pipe "Wakey Wakey" and they suddenly hang up!

Bob

[Hugh]

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Read the posts, particularly like the one that your fighting with your wife right now. I've tried being polite lately, (dosent work) I have relatives making their slice by being phone telemarketers, and they fill me in on the things that are said to them. Its a hard way to make a living. Not for me. A girl on the phone the other day, said she was calling for MNBC, or what ever, and started her speal, stopped her and asked what the abbreviation stood for, she just didn't know. I told her she should find out. She hung up. But they do get people to call back and try to be smart and get back at you. Had three calls in 20 mins from the same outfit. Just wouldn't take no for an answer. but they did.
Bob, my neighbour has a Husky, absolutely a beautiful dog, and they are so friendly. The size of them is intimidating though. When my neighbours dog sees me, the dog always comes on the run and wants a hug. Like hugging a bear.