[Mishmash] FOX News Video: Got Your Number

[Fred Atkinson]

David,

    What can you tell us about the telemarketing laws in Australia?  I'd be
interested in knowing.

    Regards,



                                                                        Fred

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Brown" <krasney at k-ow.net>
To: "'Mishmash'" <mishmash at mishmash.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Mishmash] FOX News Video: Got Your Number


> I don't get telemarketers very often but I also punish them.  I tell them
> that yes I am very interested and then ask them to hold while I get a
pencil
> and paper.  I then put the phone beside the TV and leave it.  My
> understanding is that they are not allowed to hang up while they can hear
> voices.  I figure this ruins their quota and they drop me off the call
list.
>
> Cheers
>
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: William Smyth
> >
> >
> > > Video Headline: Got Your Number......
> >
> > We have caller id plus an answering machine to monitor and
> > filter out telemarketers, etc. We're also on the US national
> > Do Not Call list.  The answering machine also has the blocked
> > call disconnect option engaged.
> > Despite these efforts we still receive calls from stubborn
> > sources.  Picking up then instantly hanging up helps
> > sometimes but not always so I resort to my bigger gun.
> > My Big Gun is to hold down one of the number keys on a
> > standard desk Touch Tone phone then pick up the handset.
> > This sends out the very loud number code to sock it to the
> > fool with the fancy one piece headset who's making the annoying call.
> >
> > Ain't I so mean to the low paid murgatroyd odered to make
> > these calls but dammit they're irritating time wasting intrusions.
> >
> > Bill in SC
>
>
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