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From: motcid!segal@uunet.uu.net (Gary Segal)
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Subject: A Way to Avoid Telemarketers?
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jeh@dcs.simpact.com (Jamie Hanrahan) writes:

>I think the latter.  I was at a friend's house when they received a
>survey call.  There was some confusion because this house has two
>lines, one private and one business.  When the survey folks learned
>that they had called the business line, they didn't want to talk
>further.  In this case, they were just calling every
>randomly-generated number and asking.

Hmm ... this gives my an idea!  What if I were to answer my home phone
with "Thank you for calling, how may I help you?"  Would telemarketers
and poll takers be confused and think they called a business?  Would
they care?  Could this be an easy way to cause them to hang up first?

Has anyone else tried this?


Gary Segal	...!uunet!motcid!segal		+1-708-632-2354
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