Subject: Re: How to deal with telemarketers and junk mail
From: Scott Johnson (sjohnson@akghetto.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 21:23:25 AKDT
what's even better is to put a few rocks in the return envelope ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Zumwalt" <jwzumwalt@neatinfo.com>
To: "Aklug" <aklug@aklug.org>; "Ron Haney" <afrwh1@uaa.alaska.edu>; "Ken
Wyhand" <afkbw@uaa.alaska.edu>
Cc: "Navion-Tech" <navion-tech@neatinfo.com>; "Paul Rieland"
<squeak@alaska.net>; "Arthur Corliss" <arthur@corlissfamily.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 30 April, 2003 19.34
Subject: FW: How to deal with telemarketers and junk mail
>
>
> I thought you might enjoy this!
>
> (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..."
>
> Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of
> hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more
> time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when
you
> eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" tone, you know it's
> time to go back and hang up your handset, which has efficiently completed
> its task.
>
>
> (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other
end?
>
> This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and
> records the time of day when a person answers the phone. This technique
is
> used to determine the best time of day for a "real" sales person to call
> back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you
> notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your #
button
> on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible. This confuses the
> machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system.
>
> (3) Another Good Idea:
>
> When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these
> "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk
> mail away.
>
> When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything from
> credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not throw away the
> return envelope. Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes,
> right? It costs them more than the regular 37 cents postage "IF" and when
> they receive them back.
>
> It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was around 50
> cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that
> case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these
> cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. One of Andy Rooney's (60
> minutes) ideas. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American
> Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything
else
> that day, then just send them their blank application back!
>
> If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on
anything
> you send them. You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to
> just to keep them guessing! Eventually, the banks and credit card
companies
> will begin getting their own junk back in the mail. Let's let them know
> what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying
for
> it...Twice!
>
> Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail
is
> cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase
> postage costs again. You get the idea ! If enough people follow these
> tips, it will work---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very
> little junk mail anymore.
>
> THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR
FRIENDS.
>
>
>
>
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