fyi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:03 AM Subject: Useful Tips on Bothersome Junk
> Here are some great Andy Rooney ideas for dealing with telemarketers and > junk mail. Pass it on. > > > Subject: tips for telemarketers > > > > > > Andy Rooney's tips for telemarketers > > (1)The three little words are: "Hold On, Please..." > > > > Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off > > (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each > > telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room > > sales would grind to a halt. > > > > Then when you eventually hear the phone company's "beep-beep-beep" > > tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your handset, which > > has > > efficiently completed its task. > > > > > > (2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one > > on the other end? > > > > This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls > > and records the time of day when a person answers the phone. > > > > This technique is used to determine the best time of day for > > a "real" sales person to call back and get someone at home. > > > > What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one > > there, > > is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 > > times, > > as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the > > call and it kicks your number out of their system. > > > > (3) Another Good Idea: > > When you get "ads" enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return > > these "ads" with your payment. Let the sending companies throw > > their own junk mail away. > > > > When you get those "pre-approved" letters in the mail for everything > > from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk, do not > > throw > > away the return envelope. > > > > Most of these come with postage-paid return envelopes, right? > > It costs them more than the regular 37cents postage "IF" and > > when they receive them back. > > > > It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was > > around 50 cents before! the last increase and it is according to > > the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other > > junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return > > envelopes. One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. > > Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. > > Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything > > else that day, then just send them their blank application back! > > > > If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name > > isn't on anything you send them. > > > > You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to > > just to keep them guessing! > > > > Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin > > getting their own junk back in the mail. > > > > Let's let them know what it's like to get lots of junk mail, and > > best of all they're paying for it... Twice! > > > > Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that > > e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they > > need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea ! > > > > > > If enough people follow these tips, it will work---- > > I have been doing this for years, and I get very little > > junk mail anymore. > > > > THIS JUST MIGHT BE ONE E-MAIL THAT YOU WILL > > WANT TO FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS. > > > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
