What do telemarketers prefer?

[Runner Runner]

When receiving a call from a telemarketer I am usually courteous and say that I am not interested and say goodbye. I started thinking that maybe they would prefer a hangup so that they wouldn't have to waste their time talking. Make sense?

[dtbog]

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When receiving a call from a telemarketer I am usually courteous and say that I am not interested and say goodbye. I started thinking that maybe they would prefer a hangup so that they wouldn't have to waste their time talking. Make sense?

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I'm a dick, but here's my thinking on the matter:

- a company pays someone to bother you in your house. this is +EV for them, -EV and annoying for you.
- a company pays an employee to harass you. this employee just needs to be in his chair for 8 hours; he probably doesn't like his job and would rather do something interesting

the only way to make this -EV for the company and not annoying for you is to mess with the guy on the phone, thereby 1) probably helping the employee enjoy his job, 2) wasting the time and money of the company that tried to bother you and 3) probably making you laugh

if they work on commission, eh, hang up

[CORed]

I have no interest in being nice to telemarketers. Depending on my mood, I either hang up on them immediately, or after I have answered, I set the phone down and let them keep taling until they realize that nobody's listening.

[Shajen]

actually, last time I checked they preferred this.

[stabn]

They don't seem to perfer my smart ass remarks.

[MINETZ]

I personally just hang up, I think that their wage is somewhat based on how many people they actually get to succed in buying their product, so i think theyd prefer a hang up instead of hearing ur not interested schpeal.

[MINETZ]

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actually, last time I checked they preferred this.

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beat me to it.

[RunDownHouse]

I briefly had a job that required some cold calling. I much preferred hang-ups. Its not like, even if I wanted to, I could take them personally after the 100th in a couple hours.

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I set the phone down and let them keep taling until they realize that nobody's listening.

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This made me laugh. Weird.

I tend to say, "Yes I want that, let me go get my credit card." I then put the phone down and see how long it takes until I hear a busy signal.