Trolls Are Coming Out Of The Woodwork - gabrielleoddin

Lorewalker · #1 01-05-2022, 10:44 AM

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

BCauley · #2 01-05-2022, 11:20 AM

I do miss the occasional IRS tax scam call. Had some fun toying around with those guys.

nebboy · #3 01-05-2022, 11:34 AM

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.

Leon · #4 01-05-2022, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by nebboy

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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JollyElm · #5 01-05-2022, 04:11 PM

When the phone rings here, I quickly pick up a banana, put it to my ear and say, "Hello???" It gets a good laugh about 17% of the time.

Bobsbats · #6 01-05-2022, 04:50 PM

Got an email from him a couple days ago.....seemed off.

Thanks for cleaning them out Leon

Bob

jakebeckleyoldeagleeye · #7 01-06-2022, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Leon

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.

Mark17 · #8 01-08-2022, 12:28 PM

When people call and ask to speak to the woman of the house (there isn't one), I say "I CUT HER HEAD OFF!" and hang up.

philliesfan · #9 01-08-2022, 12:34 PM

I always jerk them around as much as I can as long as I am doing nothing. Sometimes I just answer the phone saying....Speak..You have 7 seconds. Then hang up on them mid sentance.

Eric72 · #10 01-08-2022, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark17

When people call and ask to speak to the woman of the house (there isn't one), I say "I CUT HER HEAD OFF!" and hang up.

I wonder if the telemarketers have a forum on which they share stories about people who have creatively hung up.

ValKehl · #11 01-05-2022, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nebboy

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.

jingram058 · #12 01-05-2022, 11:46 AM

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.

bcbgcbrcb · #13 01-05-2022, 12:07 PM

That guy sent me a PM with regards to my �WTB: 1906 Fan Craze Wagner� in the BST section. I sent him packing.

irv · #14 01-05-2022, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdoogjic4I

Exhibitman · #15 01-05-2022, 02:06 PM

That Tom Mabe thing made my eyes water I was laughing so hard.

When my daughter was little and we still had a landline I used to tell the telemarketer to hold and say to her "hold music" and put her on the phone. She would loudly sing an out of key weird tune ("la da da da. La da da da da da") until the telemarketer hung up.

At my office I get stock boiler rooms all the time. The best way to get rid of them is to ask them if they've accepted Jesus Christ as their lord and savior and offer to give them my testimony. They can't get off quickly enough and I never hear from that salesman again. Another thing I like to do is put them on hold and never come back. Some of the truly stupid ones will stay on the line patiently for several minutes. Sometimes I pull the "Dave's not here" bit from Cheech and Chong.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's ______ [salesman name; say "Dave" for the example]
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave
CHONG: Dave's not here
CHEECH: What the hell? No, man, I am Dave, man.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's Dave!
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave! D-A-V-E!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Right, man. Dave. Now will you open up the door?
CHONG: Dave's not here

maddux31 · #16 01-05-2022, 07:16 PM

I got a pm and was happy when I thought someone had either a T206 Chance or Tinker available. Looked into it and it was this person, scam written all over it.

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