OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Andy Davidson
Hi, I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every few days. We don't need their product. We've tried saying no, and additionally we've tried putting people on hold indefinitely, trying to be enough of a nuisance to drop off their sales call list (works with UK telcos

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Jon Lyons
Get the guys direct number and start calling him all day. Direct marketers/debt collectors really hate it when you call them at work and bug them.. :) Andy Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every few days. We don't need

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread James Blessing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jon Lyons wrote: Get the guys direct number and start calling him all day. Direct marketers/debt collectors really hate it when you call them at work and bug them.. :) Or give them a premium rate number that they can call that goes to permanent

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Paul Vixie
here i am replying to an offtopic post. what's the world coming to? [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Davidson) writes: I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every few days. We don't need their product. every month or two somebody will ask me does BIND really drop 20% of

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread J. Oquendo
Paul Vixie wrote: every month or two somebody will ask me does BIND really drop 20% of all queries it receives? and i say, um, no, why do you ask? and the answer is always that's what the ultradns salesman told me. i can't argue with their success, but i guess i am ready to quibble over their

RE: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Jamie Bowden
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Oquendo Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:06 PM To: Paul Vixie Cc: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling Paul Vixie wrote: every month or two somebody

RE: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Gregory Taylor
Tell them that you have absolutely no interest in doing business with their company now and in the future and that any future calls will be considered harassment. If that doesn't work, explain to them that they have an inferior product to that of their competitors and that you are more likely to

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Ken Simpson
Hi Paul, just curious, someone over at UltraDNS called and told me my own bind server is dropping 20% of queries. Can you please explain to me how did they log into my systems? That's nothing. A company in California emailed me a phony report that gave the names and contact info for

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Paul Vixie
Hi Paul, just curious, someone over at UltraDNS called and told me my own bind server is dropping 20% of queries. Can you please explain to me how did they log into my systems? :-)

RE: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Ryan A. Krenzischek
Blacklisting is NO fun! Try searing for Asterisk+Telemarketer+Torture http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+Telemarketer+Torture Ryan On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Gregory Taylor wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:45:23 -0800 From: Gregory Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Andy Davidson' [EMAIL

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Colin Johnston
Just turn the sales call around and ask them if they want dns and website hosting :) Colin

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Payam
setup a charge line, ask them if they would be nice enough to call you back on that number so you can conf call it with your supervisor... hold them on the line for a nice 30min and let them pay a nice fee of 10$/min... :) -Payam Colin Johnston wrote: Just turn the sales call around and

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2006-11-28 Thread J. Oquendo
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Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Jay Hennigan
Andy Davidson wrote: Hi, I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every few days. We don't need their product. We've tried saying no, and additionally we've tried putting people on hold indefinitely, trying to be enough of a nuisance to drop off their sales call

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Nachman Yaakov Ziskind
Hi, I am really fed up of calls from UltraDNS - we seem to get them every few days. We don't need their product. We've tried saying no, and additionally we've tried putting people on hold indefinitely, trying to be enough of a nuisance to drop off their sales call list (works with UK

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Jay Hennigan
Nachman Yaakov Ziskind wrote: I have a very special voice mailbox assigned to a fictional person. Any sales calls get transferred to it. No, I don't monitor it. :-) Said fictitious person in our organization is one Ms. Helen Waite. Telemarketers and the like can all go to Helen Waite. --

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread John Levine
He told me he would still calling until he got through to the right person. I am the right person. Next time, try asking for the name and phone number of his boss, so you can call and report what an excellent job he's doing. R's, John

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET
I have a very special voice mailbox assigned to a fictional person. Any sales calls get transferred to it. No, I don't monitor it. :-) Yes, he works here too... Devlin Nuhl Good old Dev Nuhl. There are things he is responsible for that even I can't handle.

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread James Blessing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Levine wrote: He told me he would still calling until he got through to the right person. I am the right person. Next time, try asking for the name and phone number of his boss, so you can call and report what an excellent job he's doing.

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Patrick Muldoon
On Nov 28, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote: I have a very special voice mailbox assigned to a fictional person. Any sales calls get transferred to it. No, I don't monitor it. :-) Yes, he works here too... Devlin Nuhl Good old Dev Nuhl. There are things he is

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Gadi Evron
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, James Blessing wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Levine wrote: He told me he would still calling until he got through to the right person. I am the right person. Next time, try asking for the name and phone number of his boss, so you

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 05:56:19PM -0600, Gadi Evron wrote: Okay, this was fun and I am all for OT fun. But can we please stop putting down a part of our community? Especially one which contributes to NANOG so much? We all have sale trolls to live with. I both agree and disagree. I agree

RE: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Joseph Jackson
I had ultradns calling also but told them we weren't at a place to use their product and they said ok and let me be. They were always professional on the phone. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Davidson Sent: Tuesday, November 28,

Re: OT: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread Derek J. Balling
On Nov 28, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: Okay, this was fun and I am all for OT fun. But can we please stop putting down a part of our community? Especially one which contributes to NANOG so much? We all have sale trolls to live with. Like someone else said, I both

Re: How to stop UltraDNS sales people calling

2006-11-28 Thread William Yardley
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 05:48:55PM -0800, Joseph Jackson wrote: I had ultradns calling also but told them we weren't at a place to use their product and they said ok and let me be. They were always professional on the phone. One more on the side of They call all the time and won't leave