Another quick rant. I’m working at home today, which means I’ve had to field two telemarketing calls already, and it’s only lunchtime. Both calls were from companies that I am already a customer of, but they both used a technique that I’d encountered in the past but only recently got wise to: the “Is That OK?”
Rather than asking a question that’s unambiguous, like “would you like to take advantage of this offer?”, the New Telemarketers are asking “is that OK?”, or “how does that sound to you?” A positive response on your part, meant to indicate that the offer sounds interesting but you’re not committing to anything, is taken as an acceptance of their offer. Sly, very sly. But I’ve got wise to you now: ha!
February 28th, 2005 at 7:08 pm
Not another rant, i am not prepared to listen to you Dad style ramblings any more!
Oh ps, i just purchased 5 parcans woo if you ever want to borrow them for your dj stuff let me know buddy! I just got fed up with not having any for our youth events and band stuff since i left YFC..
Love to Mummy
Andy
March 12th, 2005 at 1:58 am
I’ve found this to be remarkably effective :-
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Recommended to me by a friend who works at a local telecoms firm, I was rather sceptical but surprisingly it’s cut out ALL of those annoying Sunday morning pre-recorded messages, and we’ve not had a single marketing call since (touch wood!). I signed up work’s fax number, too, and we’ve seen a massive reduction in junk faxes – esp. those God-awful premium-rate joke/prank/vote ones. Might be worth a try?
P.S. Found your site via the OS X accounting software post – do let us know how you get on with each one, and if you settle on a particular package – I’m in the market for something myself (currently trying MoneyDance, GNUCash (via Fink) & jGnash). Cheers!