# FARGIN' BASTIDGES!!! (Another telemarketer rant)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-bastidges-another-telemarketer-rant/128316
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [September 13, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-bastidges-another-telemarketer-rant/128316 "2002-09-13T17:28:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-bastidges-another-telemarketer-rant/128316/61 "2002-09-16T00:13:01Z")
**Green Bean** you are my hero. We should not be required to defend ourselves from these telephone intruders. Unless you specifically request information via phone, you should just be left alone, why is that so much to ask?
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### Author:  [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-bastidges-another-telemarketer-rant/128316/62 "2002-09-16T01:40:29Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Jurhael \*
> \*\*So do I. But, I guess there’ll be people who claim that [telemarketing] works.
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> Well, does it? I don’t think so. \*\*
Then why the hell would telemarketers still be in business? There’s no government subsidy for telemarketing. They make money by making sales, and they _do_ make sales.
I always thought telemarketers were rude, and I never imagined myself being one. Then I followed up on an employment ad in the paper: “Earn big bonuses selling concert tickets from our ticket office!”
When I got down there, I immediately noticed that it was a telemarketing outfit. But after watching the operation for a little while, I noticed that it wasn’t really that hard and the people there seemed friendly, so I took the job.
I had a little trouble at first, but within several weeks I was making 20 sales a day. And it really wasn’t hard: just know the presentation, and sound good on the phone. Ask for the money. If the customer has an objection, give a straight answer, then ask for the money again. If they aren’t going to buy, get to the next call so you can talk to someone who will.
Most calls, of course, didn’t end up in a sale. But there are enough people who are truly interested in the product, and who aren’t afraid of _buying something from a telephone salesman_ ( :eek: ), that telemarketing is still a profitable business.
Telemarketing isn’t going to go away as long as people continue to want what they’re selling.
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### Author:  [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2002, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargin-bastidges-another-telemarketer-rant/128316/63 "2002-09-16T02:09:07Z")
"Then why the hell would telemarketers still be in business? "
Because there’s other(less irritating) ways to advertise what the telemarketers have been trying to sell. You yourself pretty much admitted that most calls don’t end up in a sale.
“Green Bean you are my hero. We should not be required to defend ourselves from these telephone intruders. Unless you specifically request information via phone, you should just be left alone, why is that so much to ask?”
Well, according to Mr.2001, it WORKS just enough for telemarketers to call everyone, despite the fact that the majority don’t seem to like it very much.
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