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From: cowan@marob.masa.com (John Cowan)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Marketing Again
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Date: 23 Oct 90 14:44:05 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 757, Message 3 of 10


I don't understand what's so difficult about getting rid of
telemarketing calls.  I've never had more than two of them from an
undesired source.

Call #1 gets interrupted as soon as I figure out what's going on with
"I'm sorry I'm not interested in <whatever> goodbye" *click*, all in
one breath.

Call #2 gets interrupted with "This call is being recorded and will be
reported to the New York City Police Department as an act of telephone
harassment do not call again goodbye" *click*.  This statement is
untrue, but I have never had a callback after that.

After all, these people get paid by results, no?  The last thing they
want is somebody who 1) will not buy and 2) will make trouble.


cowan@marob.masa.com			(aka ...!hombre!marob!cowan)


[Moderator's Note: My sentiments exactly. I've always been amused by
the messages both here and elsewhere on the net by folks who
apparently are frightened to death that they might actually encounter
one on the phone and have to say no ... so frigthened by telemarketers 
are they that they go to such extremes: published lines where are
never answered; non-pub lines which route through an answering machine
for screening first, etc.  Do like Nancy: Just say no (and hang up).  PAT]