"Avery" wrote in message
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> "nightjar .me.uk>" wrote in message
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>> wrote in message
>> news:fF8Gj.20272$5i5.10599@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
>>> I've just been phoned by an American/Canadian sounding woman (I think it
>>> was
>>> a pre-recorded message):
>>>
>>> "Congratulations! You have been specially selected for one of our
>>> offers.
>>> Press 9. Our operators are standing by".
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>> I'm amazed there is anyone who listens to a recorded message call long
>> enough to hear the whole message. I will have hang up within a word or
>> two from when they start.
>>
>> Colin Bignell
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> It's a shame you do that. Most people do, which is how these people find
> who is apparently a mark and who is not.
> If you were to stay on the line, tedious though it is, follow their
> procedures and talk effusively with their operator when you get through,
> keep her on line for a while before ultimately telling her in a very, very
> loud voice to sod off, they will resent your wasting their time far more
> than you will resent their wasting yours. And they are paying.
I have better things to do with my time; usually it is running a business..
Colin Bignell
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