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« on: April 27, 2005, 03:39:20 PM » |
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phone call just now
me;hello
him;good day mr ironside
me; morning (well it is 3 pm)
him; i am rashid from ****** phone serives can i ask do you have a mobile phone?
me; is the pope a catholic?
him; pardon?
me; is the pope a catholic?
him; sorry! can i ask do you have a mobile phone?
me; of course i do doesnt everyone in the uk over the age of 12?
him; oh good can i ask if it's a pay as you go or contract?
me; contract
him; and can i ask how much you pay?
me; 18 a month (i lied)
him; and do you get free minutes with that
me; yes
him; how many?
me; 115,000 ( i lied)
him; how many
me; 115,000
him; oh good i would like to offer you a better service
me; great (under 18 and 115,000 minutes here we go)
him; for 25 a month you get 500 minutes cross nextwork any time minutes (sounds like a standard 3 service)
me; excuse me how is this better than my current contract?
him; because you get 500 minutes free cross network and any time!
me; but i am already getting 115,000 minutes so i pay 7 more and get 114,500 less minutes ok sounds good to me
him; so your intrested
me; you bet your bottom dollar i am
him; what?
me; what will i do with my current contact its still has 9 months to run
him; this contract i am offering you is better
me; but if i am tied to this contract for another 9 months
him; you can give your phone to someone else
me; but surely i cant as it me that has to pay the bills
him;can you cancell you old phone
me;nope not without paying off 9 months of the contract at 18 a month
him;but you will save money on this new contract
me; no i wont i will lose 7 a month and 114,500 minutes talk time
him; what
another 30 minutes of this went on before i said
HAVE A NICE DAY and hung up
as i a BUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTT came screaming down the phone
this is the 15th call i have answered from same company in last 5 weeks each call is getting longer and longer as i know there speach off by heart and wind them up even more
the fact the company involved has obviously farmed its call centre off shore where the operators are not 1st language english speakers and dont understand your wind ups makes me feel better
now if everyone who got these cold calls sales kept the reps on the phone for 30 mins + with no sale then you would think the companys might get the message.
btw its not hard to use speakerphone and play poker at the same time
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lend me a beer and I'll lend you my ear
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« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2005, 03:55:31 PM » |
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not 1st language english speakers and dont understand your wind ups makes me feel better
Are they from Scotliand then?
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2005, 03:56:34 PM » |
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I MEANT SCOTLAND
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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Ironside
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2005, 03:57:07 PM » |
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tikay thats his 5th yellow card come on time to get the red card out
after me spending a whole 20 seconds getting his pic sorted too
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2005, 04:00:18 PM » |
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Yes thank you Ironside for sorting out my pic, the cheques in the post.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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Bongo
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« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2005, 04:00:24 PM » |
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There's a generic counterscript you can use to wind any of them up if you like: http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.htmlI just hangup myself. The volume of calls can be reduced by signing up to the telephone preference service (basically you're opting out of telesales calls) for free. http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/I signed up and it's rare to get a call like this now. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2005, 04:02:18 PM » |
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He cant do that ,its the only calls he gets  |
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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Ironside
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« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2005, 04:06:14 PM » |
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i'll have you know only this morning i got a phone call from a local group asking me to be doorman at the event in june
and i also had a call sometime in feburary cant remember who but i can remember i got a call
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AdamM
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« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2005, 04:13:31 PM » |
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I've gone with the preferance service (highly recommended) but before that I used to tell them it was not a convenient time to talk and have a bit of fun trying to get them to give you their home numbers so you could call them back later.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2005, 04:20:01 PM » |
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The speaking clock doesn't count Ironside.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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Colchester Kev
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2005, 06:10:03 PM » |
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Anyway, back to this call, how did he know you were Mr Ironside  I thought your real name was Raymond Burr |
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Ironside
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2005, 06:15:03 PM » |
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Anyway, back to this call, how did he know you were Mr Ironside I thought your real name was Raymond Burr because he was a man of learning (unlike the blonde forum readers) whom new that raymond burr played ironside and knew i prefered to be called mr ironside to mr burr phuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhfffffffff |
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2005, 06:51:00 PM » |
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Was he from Scotland?
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." "Heart is what separates the good from the great. '
"All money is good, just the quantity makes it better"
My Dad
"Poker Players and Vultures are alike. They both live off the flesh of the weak"
Tony Bolto
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2005, 06:51:36 PM » |
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Ironside ....Thank you for brightening up a really crap day ......made me laugh and I will keep the telesales counterscript to hand for the next time they phone!!!!!  |
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danmonkey
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« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2005, 01:02:55 PM » |
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red card ironside? |
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