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Code breaking for sales callers
More tips to get rid of sales callers. “I used to do the indefinite hold trick, and others, but they just call again and it got boring after a while. I thought of another way to frustrate them that also seems to get them off your back,” says Tony Halsall at Skipton Building Society.
“I ignore every question they ask and respond by asking for their authorisation code. They do not understand, of course, but whatever they ask next, I tell them that I cannot help without an authorisation code. Most give up at that point, but if they persevere, I just ask again for their code.
“Evidently they conclude – sooner or later – that they have called a business line, which I believe gets the number off their lists.”
If you have Tony on your list, take note of the potential flaw in his argument: “I am still waiting for one of them to conjure up a code; will I tell them that it is not valid or just hang up?”
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