I have said 'okay can you hold the line a minute?' Then just put the phone down and leave them waiting until they realise you aren't coming back and just hang up.

Then I got to thinking thats a pretty mean trick as they are just trying to make a living like everyone else, in fact I feel sorry for anyone who has to resort to that for a job. So now I just interupt and say 'I'm sorry I don't take unsolicited calls' and hang up straight away. They are a bloody nuisance though.

I just take them up on all their offers.

I don't get many now - but I always ask "What are you selling?" if they say "Nothing" I say "If you are honest with me I'll listen to your spiel, but if you say you aren't selling but then are I'll hang up" - if they persist in saying they have a  offer for me but aren't selling then I get the radio on a documentary or talk program and put the phone down near it. Often they are still there 10 minutes alter confused by the talk.

Have fun with this!

http://egbg.home.xs4all.nl/counterscript.html

Or;

"I really appreciate your effort and the good work you are doing, so I don't want to waste any more of your time because I am not intersted."

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There are more telemarketing calls than ever now, mainly from o/s.  I think it is getting so bad that it is going to end up killing off the business of telemarketing because people are becoming increasingly fed up with it. I could handle the odd call, but not 2 or 3 per night.

The door knocking has now stopped. Nothing was worse than people knocking on your door wanting to sell you a power or phone plan. No-one likes that, and now the companies have gotten the message, BUT most of the work has gone o/s so there are no local door knockers they can pay slave labour rates to. All these companies doing unsoliticed calls etc are representing scumbag companies that will screw the public if they can.

I remember changing my car insurance because it is getting to expensive after many years with them. I told them to give me a better deal, but they refused. For a few years later they would ring me asking how they could get me back as a customer. I gave them full opportunity at the time to keep me, but they never gived a stuff and weren't prepared to bargain. These companies are just b*llsh*t.