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From: judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Peripheral Visionary 29-Oct-1990 1024)
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Subject: Re: Telemarketers: Saying No is Easy
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Date: 29 Oct 90 15:31:23 GMT
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A friend of a friend has a part time job with a telemarketer,
specifically selling subscriptions to a local newspaper. If you really
don't want to just be polite and say no, and you have a tremendous
hankering to be devious, just say "I already receive the Mudtown
Evening Star!". The person at the other end of the line has no idea
whether you're telling the truth or not, but is not going to debate
with you and will instantly leave you alone.

BTW, I especially enjoy the automated callers, since you can take out
lots of fruststration by blasting touchtones or getting your cats to
talk into the handset, etc when they record your "name", etc.!   :) 


lou