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These ideas are worth trying. E Andy Rooney > > > > > >Tips for Handling Telemarketers > > > > > >Three Little Words That Work !! > > > > > >(1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." > > > > > >Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of > > >hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more > > >time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. > > > > > >Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, > > >you > > >know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently > > >completed its task. > > > > > >These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting. > > > > > > > > >(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other > > >end? > > > > > >This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and > > >records the time of day when a person answers the phone. > > > > > > > > >This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales > > >person to call back and get someone at home. > > > > > >What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to > > >immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as > > >quickly > > >as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks > > >your > > >number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in > > >their > > >system any longer !!! > > > > > >(3) Junk Mail Help: > > >When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these > > >"ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk > > >mail > > >away. > > > > > >When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from > > >credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the > > >return > > >envelope. > > > > > >Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them > > >more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" and when they receive them > > >back. > > > > > >It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50 > > >cents > > >before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, > > >why > > >not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool > > >little, > > >postage-paid return envelopes. > > > > > >One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. > > >Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza > > >coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just > > >send > > >them their blank application back! > > >If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything > > >you send them. > > > > > >You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them > > >guessing! It still costs them 37 cents. > > > > > >The banks and credit card companies are currently getting a lot of their > > >own > > >junk back in the mail, but folks, we need to OVERWHELM them. Let's let them > > >know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're > > >paying for > > >it...Twice! > > > > > >Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail > > >is > > >cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase > > >postage costs again. You get the idea ! > > > > > >If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing > > >this > > >for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore. > > > > > >THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR > > >FRIENDS! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn