What's the best way to stop telemarketers?

[qdavid]

That "Do Not Call" list works good here in the states. But I don't know what to tell you. I used to say,"Could you hold on a minute"? Put them on hold, then go back to whatever I was doing. Some people have said that was mean. I don't think so, I figured, "Fuck 'em".

[ghosty]

I once had a real problem with a marketer that kept calling after we asked them not to anymore, I found out the number of the place they were calling from and recorded a message and called them and played it. went some thing like "dear valued customer thank you for your purchase of (in automated sounding voice) 100 copies of Anal Adventures 3..." they never called again

[Born To Stone]

I always wanted an airhorn for this, but i suppose it doesn't work on machines, but if you think gettin calls from michigan in canada is bad, i've had calls from florida before and i aint even on the same continent! :what:

[OLDE ENGLISH '800]

I always wanted an airhorn for this,

hey thats a good idea i never thought of that,just casually walk out side put the phone in front of my truck and empty the tanks on my trainhorns

[mikeyjo]

Using a SIT signal (beeps that signify a line is out of service) at the beginning of an answering machine message helps stop the automated dialers (some anyways). Not the most pleasing sound though.

[Reefer Rogue]

Don't own a phone..

[fasterspider]

Personally I like to sexually harrass them, it makes me laugh when I ask a female telemarketer how old she was when she lost her cherry or if she would like to come over and get close to me for an hour or so.
It is fun to catch that Indian woman off guard with a question about her clitoris or if her labia is the size of mud flaps on a Peterbuilt?

[Old Stoner]

Screw with them. Like spider said, harass them anyway you can - LOVE the Peterbilt reference - you work on the big trucks?

[SantaClawz]

Ive since canceled my home phone and now only have a cell, which doesnt get telemarketers nearly as much. But what I like to do if you have time is just go along with it as long as possible most of the time you dont have to say much as they have huge scripts they have to read from. Then at the last minutes just say nevermind. Or you can do some pretty funny things with sound boards of celebrities.
Arnold-Kindergarden Cop: "Who is your daddy, and what does he do?"
But thats all of course if u get to talk to someone real.

[FireTheft]

find porn
play porn
hold phone up to speaker
:-)