Agreed. That would be great. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect
-----Original Message----- From: Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:29:46 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: Re: Ink & toner "cold callers" Put the home phone on the national donotcall list. I wish the feds would allow businesses to put their phone numbers on the list. Jon On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Richard Stovall <rich...@gmail.com> wrote: > IF the call gets to me, I explain that I do not take unsolicited sales > calls for any reason, and ask to be removed from whatever list they used to > reach me. Same at home. > > Just don't have the time or the desire to listen to anyone's sales spiel. > For any product or service. > > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:13 PM, <viperb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I forward the calls to our local "rejection hotline" (insert google search >> here). Unprofessional, I know, but so is cold calling IMHO. >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"John Aldrich" <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> >> *Date: *Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:05:47 -0400 >> *To: *NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> *Subject: *Ink & toner "cold callers" >> >> I’m assuming most of you are like me and in charge of the “consumables” >> for your laser copiers/printers/fax machines. How do you have your people >> trained to deal with the cold-callers who try to get you to buy the toners? >> >> Mostly, my users are trained to refer the call to me, but it’s starting to >> get old with upwards of 3 or 4 calls per week and having to tell them >> “sorry, we’re under a maintenance contract. Goodbye” and hang up. It’s 45 >> seconds to a minute I’d rather spend reading this list, etc. J >> >> I thought about emailing my users and telling them that there are only 3 >> people who order ink & toner and if the caller doesn’t ask for one of us by >> name, they aren’t our supplier, and that I’d prefer the caller never get >> passed along; but I’m afraid that if I do that, someone might go ahead and >> order toner from someone other than our normal suppliers. (I don’t have a >> lot of faith in my “users” J) >> >> >> >> [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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