Stop Calling Me (Part 1)

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[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

Hopefully I plane to seralize this online while I'm working on it so I can get some feedback.

[cripplecreek]

Maybe you can explain why it is that I paid my house off this spring and have been inundated with calls from companies wanting me to get a mortgage?

[FReepaholic]

Revenge on the Telemarketers

[martin_fierro]

It is odd to be hated so intensely by total strangers.

Not real swift on the uptake there, are ya.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I would like an explanation about why I get calls from mortgage companies when I live in a rented apartment.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

hmmm.... I just said it was odd. The people I call are not swift and don't even have an uptake.

[cripplecreek]

I think it has something to do with America's twisted mindset that success is measured in debt. I also keep my mouth shut about having the place paid off when realtors are within earshot. Realtors assume that we want to sell ASAP. They're shocked when we tell them that our home is not an investment, we bought it because we want to live here.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

We sometimes get bad information from the people we buy our files from, it's unavoidable. Usually, we scrub the list when we come across renters.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Apparently in my area they all buy from the same vendor because about once a year I start getting calls about refinancing from every loan company in the tri-county region.

It is either funny or annoying depending on how many I have gotten that day.

[bad company]

Which company do you work for?

[MamaTexan]

I work at a mortgage company and I deal with people who do financial transactions so breathtakingly moronic that some them require a helmet.

The older I get, the more I'm convinced that the populace, as a whole, are just stupid. Speaking to the more intelligent ones has become a delightful surprise.

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Most people are annoyed by having to continually answer the phone only to discover its a business call when they're at home and it's after business hours.

While I realize some FReepers make a living with these calls, I don't think anyone should unwillingly have to deal with the constant interruption of their privacy.

If anyone want to get off a caller's list, just sign up at the NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY and inform the next telemarketer you're on the list.

They don't call back.

[Straight Vermonter]

I'm working on it so I can get some feedback.

Reread before posting. ie: I work at a mortgage company and I deal with people who do financial transactions so breathtakingly moronic that some (of) them require a helmet.

[Straight Vermonter]

This is one we can agree on MT

:-)

[MamaTexan]

This is one we can agree on MT

(applause)

I'm glad!

:-)

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

thank you for an actual valid post on this thread. sometimes I rush through my typing, and rewriting, and occasionally miss a word. Thanks for catching that.

my question is: did anyone actually laugh?

[Straight Vermonter]

I thought it was funny but I think you have a rough job trying to get people to be sympathetic towards telemarketers.

Another small piece of advice. Introduce yourself a bit more before getting into the stupidity of the people you call.

Keep writing and rewriting. My wife is a professional writer and I get to be her unpaid editor. LOL

[JRios1968]

This sounds like a call for the Manual Buzzer!

[MikefromOhio]

Jim Rome ping
FReepmail me to get on or off this Jim Rome pinglist....

"Have a take, don't suck or you'll get run......."



Does anyone have audio of the manual buzzer from the Jungle? That would be GREAT to link to this thread :)

[JRios1968]

I'd pay for the Adult Alarm...would be a great ringtone!