do not call registration

[indahook]

Quote from NasdaqTrader:



About 8 years ago,i gave the retail broker route a try and hated it.But almost every firm does still cold call to try and get new business brokerage profits suffer now because of this new rule?Is it time to short the brokers?

I was a retail broker for 4 years.....tried to do the right thing and barely made a salary while the churning brokers made millions. So I am very soured on that end of the biz
I believe that there is a loophole that states something like "the company may call on an existing or previous client". So.....if they have a guy who closed his account 5 years ago you can bet he will still get called.
One thing to think about is that this law will weed out the unscrupulous companies that are not looking for return biz...just a quick hit.

 

[indahook]

Quote from maxpi:

Junk mailers and phone solicitors will go away only when it costs them money to stay. With the junk mail with prepaid mailing envelopes, just tear up all your junk mail, pull out the pieces with your name and address on them, put them randomly in the mailback envelopes and mail it all. Your junk mail will go away nearly 100% in two weeks. There are two kinds of mailing envelopes, "postage prepaid" and "postage guaranteed". If it is a "postage guaranteed" one, tape it to a brick and mail that to them. With the telephone solicitors I used to do mean things like tell them I was excited to have an opportunity to buy something and ask them to wait, lay the phone down and go back to what I was doing. After a few minutes the phone would start beeping and a recording would tell me to hang up. I dont' feel too good about that because it did nothing to stop the calls at all and basically, most of those people are in halfway houses and what not due to being abused, heaping more abuse on them actually really sucks. The registration thing seems to work though, thank you Dubya, nobody did a thing about this shit for decades.

I understand the sympathy you may feel...but fuck that. I have gotten calls and tried to be nice(because I was one of them as a broker and understood) but 99% of them will fuck with you first because you cant get your hands around thier neck. You tell them no thanks and they give your number to every swinging dick in the phone bank to call you and hang up. sorry for the rant

 

[Gordon Gekko]

the worst is when you get a call and it's a recorded message saying to please stay on hold and wait for the next available person.

YEEEEAH RIIIIGHT

 

[Gordon Gekko]

the 2nd worst is when you say you're not interested and they STILL try to twist your arm and get you to keep listening to them.

 

[NasdaqTrader]

Quote from Gordon Gekko:

the 2nd worst is when you say you're not interested and they STILL try to twist your arm and get you to keep listening to them.

I guess every sales job is like that,whether it's over the phone or face to face.Just like trying to pick up woman,you have to be pushy sometimes to close the sale.

 

[bobcathy1]

Man, I hate these solicitation calls. I must get 10 a day and most of them have no one on the line, just blank. Or they are a machine. I never answer the phone, just let the machine pick up. When I hear it is someone I want to talk to, I grab the phone.

 

[indahook]

Quote from NasdaqTrader:



I guess every sales job is like that,whether it's over the phone or face to face.Just like trying to pick up woman,you have to be pushy sometimes to close the sale.

True...you ask once...get a "no"....you pitch again and try one more time. If you get a second "no" thats it you are not getting the sale. You have to ask twice is because it is peoples natural response to say "not interested" the first time. They may even love the idea or product and really want it....psychology dictates that they have to at least put up a fight.

Sorry about ranting again...I have to buy a new car this weekend and have stomach cramps thinking about dealing with a car salesman...they are gonna love me

 

[maxpi]

Quote from indahook:



Sorry about ranting again...I have to buy a new car this weekend and have stomach cramps thinking about dealing with a car salesman...they are gonna love me

I read a couple of books on car negotiating, it can be fun if you really want to play the game, get a couple of accomplices and do a lot of theatrics. Doesn't necessarily pay that much per hour but hey, it's the weekend, not like you are taking time off from trading.

But on topic, a Federal Judge just shot down the no call list!!

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid={4EEB1202-F9FC-4BC5-B388-B2F6911B6B0F}&siteid=mktw

I guess we have to go back to screwing with them. I liked keeping them on the line because it meant they could mess with less total people per hour.

 

[indahook]

Quote from maxpi:



I read a couple of books on car negotiating, it can be fun if you really want to play the game, get a couple of accomplices and do a lot of theatrics. Doesn't necessarily pay that much per hour but hey, it's the weekend, not like you are taking time off from trading.

But on topic, a Federal Judge just shot down the no call list!!

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid={4EEB1202-F9FC-4BC5-B388-B2F6911B6B0F}&siteid=mktw

I guess we have to go back to screwing with them. I liked keeping them on the line because it meant they could mess with less total people per hour.

LOL I might have to try that one....always up for screwing the screwer

Back on topic = oh well..back to fucking with them..try this one = make up your own language when you answer the phone...fun for the whole family!

 

[Nolan-Vinny-Sam]

Quote from nkhoi:

get in finally;

"Once you have registered, your phone number registration will be effective for 5 years. It will be illegal for most telemarketers to call you, and you will be able to file a complaint if a telemarketer does call you. The website www.donotcall.gov provides information about filing a complaint."

ehehe nice little updated database there

up to date personal numbers, info... and all in one nice little handy central gov't cyber location

data miners and "others" already drooling