to have told the man that phoned me from india and kept me talking for 20 mins about a phone/broadband package that i didn't want to send me a letter?

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purepurple · 27/04/2009 18:05

I told him last week that i wasn't interested in whatever he was trying to sell me.
he phoned again today and tried the hard sell.
I am not sure what company he was from, hell I'm not even sure what he was trying to sell me.
But I told him to write it all down and send me a letter because I didn't have any time to listen to him waffle on any more.
It probably was rude but I feel invaded in my own home.
I hate cold callers.
I have joined the telephone preference service and the only sales calls we tend to get is from BT.

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Noonki · 27/04/2009 18:07

next time just say you are in labour...worked for me they couldn't get off the phone quick enough

themoon66 · 27/04/2009 18:07

telephone preference scheme won't stop calls from abroad - they are not bound by it.

I always ask people to send letters with details. I don't think it's rude.

HecatesTwopenceworth · 27/04/2009 18:07

Why on earth did you listen to him for 20 minutes? y'softy. a polite "No thank you. Goodbye" and put the phone down.

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purepurple · 27/04/2009 18:11

I know, that's what i did last week
when he rang today i thought I would give him the benefit of the doubt, thought it might be something important that I had missed, like a £1000 telephone bill or something.
Then I couldn't get off the phone, he kept asking me to write things down, my eyes glazed over and I just kept saying "yes, right".
Then he asked for my email address and I refused to give it.
I wasn't as rude as I could have been!

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lollystar · 27/04/2009 18:15

Tell him to take your number off the dialler if it's an automated call, and ask for the head office details too. The company I work for has to abide by Ofcom rules even though some of our call centres are abroad. Cold calls are a pain in the arse...

Kimi · 27/04/2009 18:18

Put the phone down, and if they call back a swift off will do.

Numberfour · 27/04/2009 18:18

I work from home so I am afraid that I am VERY rude when it comes to those kinds of calls. i just put the phone down.

Snorbs · 27/04/2009 18:24

Depending on what mood I'm in, I either say "Ooh, that sounds really interesting - let me go and grab a pen!", leave the phone off the hook and then see how long it takes for them to get bored or just tell them that I never buy anything from unsolicited phone calls.

AnguaVonUberwald · 27/04/2009 18:52

I just very politly say "no thank you" and then I put the phone down.

I do the same thing with door to door sales people. "No thank you" and then close the door!

ladymariner · 27/04/2009 19:09

Oh great minds, snorbs, that's exactly what I do too

Funnily enough, they never ring back!!!

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