# stop telemarketers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-telemarketers/9874>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 21, 1999, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-telemarketers/9874 "1999-10-21T15:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 1999, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-telemarketers/9874/41 "1999-10-24T18:34:00Z")

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And on that note: I _fucking hate_ automatic dialers. I don’t have a problem with telemarketing as a business practice, as I’ve pointed out, but automatic dialers are a shitty way of “doing business”.

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“ChrisCTP-…the sweetheart of the SDMB…” --Diane  
Chris’ Homepage: [Domestic Bliss](http://www2.crosswinds.net/~domesticbliss/)

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**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 1999, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-telemarketers/9874/42 "1999-10-25T15:41:00Z")

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five numbers at a time?

try about 50. at least that’s the latest number i’ve heard, this from our own telemarketing group. think about that, everytime you get a telemarketing call, 49 other people were just hung up on, mostly old ladies.

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