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Old 01-05-2022, 07:44 AM
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Wait till they find out you are retired. I get at least two a day but I have a lot of fun playing along with these hucksters.
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Old 01-05-2022, 08:01 AM
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Old 01-05-2022, 08:23 AM
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Wait till they find out you are retired. I get at least two a day but I have a lot of fun playing along with these hucksters.
LOL, me too. I like back many many years ago when you could just set your phone down and then they couldn't call anyone else till you hung yours up. Now I talk to them and say how interested I am. Then I tell them I need to get my wife to finish the transaction with them. Then just set my phone down and see how long they will stay on the line.

This will make people look at you really weird.

The car insurance scammers call my area all the time. I was at a one of my financial advisors waiting room and the guy behind the counter had his personal cell phone ring. He answered it and hung up.

Guy: It was one of those car insurance scammers. Last time they called I waited all the way through their message and opted out of future calls. That lasted a week before they just started calling back. What a bunch of idiots.

Me: I know, some of them are really stupid. The last time one called me I had to give him my CC number 3 times before they got it correct.

The look that guy gave me was priceless.
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We get calls all day long. I have stopped picking up the phone.

There is a stand up who has a few CDs with nothing but recordings where he harasses telemarketers...here is a quick one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvZmIHIu8A
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I do miss the occasional IRS tax scam call. Had some fun toying around with those guys.
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Try being one of the last dinosaurs on earth that have a land line. Nothing but scammers and pollester, low life’s wanting to buy my house for next to nothing.
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Try being one of the last dinosaurs on earth that have a land line. Nothing but scammers and pollester, low life’s wanting to buy my house for next to nothing.
I can't bring myself to get rid of mine. I have been thinking about getting rid of it for years though...

ps...yawl keep PMing me when you see crazy stuff like this guy. We all appreciate it.
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Old 01-06-2022, 08:31 AM
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I can't bring myself to get rid of mine. I have been thinking about getting rid of it for years though...

ps...yawl keep PMing me when you see crazy stuff like this guy. We all appreciate it.
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Don't have a cell phone and don't want one. As Brett Hull said once "I'd rather be old and smart than young and dumb."
By the way the name I give the scammers is Harry Sax. Listening to the guy in India say it is worth the price of admission.
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Try being one of the last dinosaurs on earth that have a land line. Nothing but scammers and pollester, low life’s wanting to buy my house for next to nothing.
Another land-line dinosaur here. I'd be thrilled if I received an average of only 2 marketing calls a day. My wife and I no longer answer our land line, unless we know for sure who the caller is. We prefer to just delete the marketing messages every 2 or 3 days.
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I would give anything to have the telephone system we had at JIATF (Joint Inter-Agency Task Force) East down at Key West when I was in the Navy. There was no hiding who you were, or where you were calling from. We had a Chief Petty Officer who was going through a nasty divorce. His "wife" was really raking him over the coals. Bill collectors started calling. At work. One day one called, and Chief Wilson had had enough. He told the guy, "I know who you are, and you are calling from 1123 South Street, in Barton, Maryland. If you EVER call me again, I will track you down and find you and f#$%@ing kill you, no matter where you try to hide. Do you understand what I am telling you?" Admiral Grannuzo, who looked more like a mafia guy than a Navy Admiral, said, "You tell 'em, Chief!" No bill collectors ever called again.
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That guy sent me a PM with regards to my “WTB: 1906 Fan Craze Wagner” in the BST section. I sent him packing.
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Wait till they find out you are retired. I get at least two a day but I have a lot of fun playing along with these hucksters.
I had a lot fun with them until the fun was returned by one of them calling me back one morning at 6:30.
Now I just hang up.

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We get calls all day long. I have stopped picking up the phone.

There is a stand up who has a few CDs with nothing but recordings where he harasses telemarketers...here is a quick one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvZmIHIu8A
Luckily, for the most part, the phone ring is a more intermittent ring than what a normal phone call usually is so a lot of the time, I do the same.
Here's another funny prank call pay back by Tom Mabe.
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