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  1. Re:What's Slashdot's cut? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Do-Not-Call List, Two Years Later

    Not only that, but the Anti-Telemarketer site quoted in the WSJ article hasn't had an front-page news updates itself since May 2005.

  2. Re:What Transpired by yog · · Score: 2 · on Telcos Play Both Sides of Telemarketing War

    There are lots of guerilla tactics to hurt telemarketers where it counts. Time is money to them, as the CNN article rightly points out. So waste their time as much as possible; every minute probably stops them from bothering maybe 10 more people.

    Express great interest in their product and make them explain all the options in detail. Pretending you are hard of hearing or your phone's out of whack helps in this regard.

    Bring them to the point of taking your credit card number, then go looking for the card. About every 30 seconds, tell them you are still looking--was it in my purse? No, on my desk? No, darn it where did I put it? Maybe I can find an old statement and just read you the number? The telemarketer is by this time salivating for the sale and will put up with this for quite a long time.

    Pretend you have just ordered a competing product with superior features, and force them to defend their product. They surely have a script for this, but if you keep making up more features you will eventually wear them out and make them put their supervisor on the line. Whenever this happens, you should insist on talking to the original telemarketer, since supervisors have more power to terminate a conversation.

    There are all the usual tactics that have been covered on /. and other forums ad nauseum (see Jim Florentine's website, Tom Mabe's website, and AntiTelemarketer.com. You can act mentally retarted, or cough uncontrollably, or chew loudly during a dinner hour call, or mix intelligent statements with meaningless babble to throw them off the script.

    Have fun!

  3. Re:Georgia has the same type of system. It works, by slutdot · · Score: 4, Informative · on Telcos Play Both Sides of Telemarketing War

    Here's a list for all states that have a web site.

    Apparently, the anti-telemarketer website doesn't seem to have a problem with pop-ups though...

  4. more than you ever wanted to know about telemktg by randyest · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Telemarketers and Cell Phones?

    http://antitelemarketer.com/

    I'm not connected with this site in any way, but I've used info from there to rid myself of 90% of telemarketing calls. And I've had some fun with telemorons in the process. :)

  5. Autodialers by Green+Aardvark+House · · Score: 1 · on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers?

    This is a great idea, not to mention the fact that these companies who use them are not only annoying, but cowardly; there's no live body on the other end of the line.

    AFAIK the automated devices are illegal in some states, but that problem can be circumvented by calling from a state where it's legal.

    The site Antitelemarker.com offers a lot of advice for those tired of telemarketers.

  6. Autodialers by Green+Aardvark+House · · Score: 1 · on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers?

    This is a great idea, not to mention the fact that these companies who use them are not only annoying, but cowardly; there's no live body on the other end of the line.

    AFAIK the automated devices are illegal in some states, but that problem can be circumvented by calling from a state where it's legal.

    The site Antitelemarker.com offers a lot of advice for those tired of telemarketers.

  7. Phone answering machine by Alioth · · Score: 2 · on TeleZapper - A Way to Avoid Telemarketers?
    You can do this quite easily with a phone answering machine - just record the three-tone "invalid number" message at the start of your greeting.


    Personally, I've not even bothered with doing that. During the time that telemarketers call (before 9pm weekdays/Saturdays) I just let the answering machine do the screening. All my friends know I'll pick up as soon as I hear them speak.


    A fun site to visit is Antitelemarketer. Has some interesting telemarketer tormenting tricks :-]

  8. antitelemarketer.com by HiNote · · Score: 2 · on New Telemarketing Laws for the New Year

    In the spirit of anti-telemarketing, I'd like to point you all to www.antitelemarketer.com

  9. Check out this site by curmudgeon42 · · Score: 2 · on The Joys Of Big Business; or Why AT&T Long Distance Sux

    this site contains a whole bunch of annoying tactics to confuse and frustrate the telemarkets. also, it has information about the "no call" lists and links to different organizations that have banded together to fight them. i spent a whole day here once looking through all the clever way to fight them. justin

  10. A source of good advice for what to do by petard · · Score: 1 · on The Joys Of Big Business; or Why AT&T Long Distance Sux

    Even more proof that telemarketers are scum. Visit The anti-telemarketer's source to get information on how to get your revenge and have some fun with AT&T.

    YMMV!
    --petard

  11. A source of good advice for what to do by petard · · Score: 1 · on The Joys Of Big Business; or Why AT&T Long Distance Sux

    Even more proof that telemarketers are scum. Visit The anti-telemarketer's source to get information on how to get your revenge and have some fun with AT&T.

    YMMV!
    --petard

  12. Helpful URLs by dmuth · · Score: 1 · on On DDoS, SPAM, Telemarketing And Harrasment?

    http://www.antitelemarketer.com/ - Anti-telemarketer website, lots of information and information on laws

    http://www.telemarketing-laws.com/ - More of the same

    http://www.suespammers.org/ - Information on how to sue spammers under existing state laws

    http://www.cauce.org/ - A grassroots advocacy group for Federal anti-spam laws

    Share and enjoy.