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My personal best so far is a guy that held for thirteen minutes, seven seconds.
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I wonder if the telemarketer thinks of this as a nice break. I would. Unless I was being paid by the call. They get paid hourly, don’t they? Or hourly plus commission?
I told one trying to sell me dance lessons that I had polio and then I burst into tears.
[QUOTE=AuntiePam]
Was it 800-943-3022?
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No. I’m not at home to confirm it, but I believe this is the number that always calls us.
Notice that there’s seven pages of complaints going back to May 2007. There seems to be some variation—some people say they identify as Bank of America, others say QuickBooks (as coincidence would have it, that’s our bank and we did recently buy and register QuickBooks).
There also seems to be some disagreement as to whether the card offer is even legitimate or a phishing scam. They appear not to have any idea who they’re calling and prod the callers for identifying information including SSN. (I’ve actually never heard of anyone legitimately doing credit card signups over the phone in the first place, and I would never give my SSN out to anyone on the phone, let alone a telemarketer.)
The one thing I do know is that I’ve been having some Technicolor (mostly bright, bright red) fantasies about getting my fingers around the throat of whoever’s in charge of that operation.
[QUOTE=rhythmonly]
Have you tried the Hold Championship? I use this for collection agencies that call me at work, looking for past and present deadbeats:
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Unfortunately they call on my cell phone, before my free nighttime starts.
[QUOTE=rhythmonly]
Have you tried the Hold Championship? I use this for collection agencies that call me at work, looking for past and present deadbeats:
My personal best so far is a guy that held for thirteen minutes, seven seconds.
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This works well for me as well - although I haven’t used a stopwatch yet. I’ll try it next time 
[QUOTE=gigi]
But by then you’ve already accepted the call. And they know you’re a live one!
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So, if you answer the call like a Zombie, maybe they’ll stop pestering you…
after all, they don’t have to call the undead…
“Please stay on the line for an important message from ConJerkCo (a division of MegaScumBag Inc.)”
Scumbag telemarketer “Mr Smith, we’re pleased to inform you that you’ve won the NowWhatian Lottery!”
You; Braaaiiinnsss!
ST; So, if you will just give me your social security number, bank account number, and a credit card number for ID purposes, we can process your winning entry with almost no added extra fees (fees not included)
Y; Braaiiinnns!!!
continue until the scumbag hangs up…
[QUOTE=Sunspace]
Right. That’s it. No more excuses. Never mind that I dion’t speak the language and don’t comprehend the food; I’m moving to Japan.
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Worked for me!