Tele-Marketing Fun

I have a different take on the telephone Marketing or tele-marketing. I for one like it when they call. Now people might think me weird or crazy but when the phone rings and an offer comes up I take that poor soul on the other line to the limit. I have even had then give up on me as a customer. That’s right my goal is to have them hang up on me! Why you ask? Because its fun. Sometime I debate with them why their offer is so better than my current plan. I actually had one guy try to sell me long distance plan with a company that did not offer high speed internet, just Dial-up, whereas my current company, which is not great by any stretch, did. Why I even used a land line at the time still is a mystery. He actually said I should give dial-up a try, heh. Anyways I kept asking him questions on why I should give up my High speed to go to a considerably less fast Dialup. This debate went on for a good 15 minutes with him eventually giving up on me. I give him credit for trying to sell something from the nineties.

I guess my problem is not so much with the people making the calls, as they are just doing a job so they can eat, but more so with the Idea of invading my home when I am not wanting it. I guess its OK when watching TV that it’s a given that commercials are going to invade your head, given and accepted, again I don’t watch TV, more or less as compared to Download TV show and watch when I want, sort of Tivo on demand. I simply cut out the middle man. I suppose if iTunes in Canada allowed for TV shows downloads I would probably pay for it as I am addicted to iTunes music DL’s. Marketing Companies that deal in tele-marketing are evil. So I combat that evil by making sure that the people they hire are put through a rigorous training process that combines endurance, patience, as well as product knowledge. I want to take these people to the limit, so that they know, definitely that they are in the career for them. If they go 15 minutes on the phone with me and make it, well maybe they are in the right profession. But is sure wouldn’t want to be a party when careers are brought up.