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- Dealing with telemarketers, and getting your own back
- While reading the thread on likes/ dislikes of the new web site, I read a few comments on telemarketers, and had a thought about hwo to get back at them.In many countries you can rent a Premium line where people pay a dollar or two per 30 seconds t
- Tags: Deadly Ernest, income, off-topic, telemarketer, telemarketing, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-10-11
- Cell Phone Telemarketing Starts in Sept 06
- Did you know that beginning on Sept 1, 2006, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies? We were told this information by the company that services our phone system. The administrative secretary sent out an e-mail to everyone informing them of this issue.Yesterday (not September yet...
- Tags: Cellular phones, telephone, cell phone, telemarketer
- Discussion threads 2006-08-30
- Calls from 888-855-8546...
- Calls from 888-855-8546...Does anyone else get them? I am on the do not call list and have reported this number numerous times. I have at least 3 calls a day, sometimes one every 45 minutes or so. (I can tell by the caller ID.) When I am...
- Tags: cancer, charity, geekchic, husband, off-topic, telemarketer, telephone
- Discussion threads 2005-06-14
- E-mail hoax sparks 'Do Not Call' stampede
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Cellular phones, cell phone, e-mail, Do-Not-Call, Jen Schwartzman, Do-Not-Call List, phone, telemarketer, wireless
- Technical articles 2004-12-15
- To spam or not to spam?
- Do you have more to lose or more to gain by sending out unsolicited e-mail for your company? Here's what some TechRepublic members have to say about spam.Every company wants to find ways to reach new customers. Whether you send direct mail to their home or mail to their e-mail...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Paul Baldwin, e-mail, spam, telemarketer
- Technical articles 2000-03-06
Additional Resources
- Telemarketer Buster (exe)
- It's tuesday evening about 5:45pm and you are just finishing a great dinner, when out of the blue "ring, ring, ring"... "Hello... click click, Hello!.. click... Good evening Mr. Smith, this is Sam Swindle from Deals are Us". Does this sound familiar? Are you tired of having your privacy interrupted...
- Tags: TeleMarketer Buster, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2006-08-28
- VoIP Blocking
- Hi. Can you block incoming calls with VoIP? If a telemarketer keeps calling you, can you add the IP address to a block list so that call can not get through to teh VoIP phone?Wrong forumThis is a tech. problem, in search of a solution.It properly belongs in "Technical Q&A,"...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-03-12
- Picture Caller ID (exe)
- Picture Caller ID identifies callers before you answer the phone. Call Blocking enables effective telemarketer call block by cutting off black-listed numbers, such as the numbers that are blocked, out-of-area, or unidentified. Picture Caller ID lets you screen your calls using text-to-speech to announce the caller's name and number, so...
- Tags: Caller ID, Call, Caller, Picture Caller ID
- Software downloads 2006-07-04
- Search with Phone Numbers!
- Hey guys,I am customer care executive in a US based company. I have a problem. My problem is that my senior manager asked me for customers list with full details and I have only phone numbers of some customers. I have to report within 4-5 days, so I am looking...
- Tags: justin9674@..., phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-25
- Computer-based telephone management solution
- I'm interested in getting a computer-based solution to address annoyance problems like telemarketers and fax machines.I'd like a solution that does something similar to this:- Intercepts incoming calls before they ring the phone- If a fax call, route through fax software, record the fax and email it to me.- If...
- Tags: computer, david_lundy@..., caller ID, fax, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- IT salespeople
- I'm not a fan of salespeople... I don't like being told how just a 25 second demonstration of the amazing absorbancy of this shammie will change my life... So, of course, I'm not that great of a salesperson myself.I'm not a great telemarketer, in fact I feel horrible when I...
- Tags: information technology, Susan1979
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- More tales of annoying "technical recruiters" who are clueless
- Look at the email conversation I had with this one bottom feeder:Recruiter:I had viewed your resume online and would like to get an opportunity to speak to you. I'm working on a position for a client of mine that looks like it would be a good fit with your background....
- Tags: Why Me Worry?, e-mail, recruiter, Recruiter, job, relocation
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Is this a paid ad?
- ZDNet's, What you need to know before deploying VoIP.It is sponsored/furnished by a VoIP equipment manufacturer, and they also collect your email addy etc. so they can call your business or send email repeatedly through their dealers telmarketers around the country. I know because I've worked with an Avaya dealer...
- Tags: ads on tr, advertisement, Avaya Inc., avaya voip, Oz_Media, ROI, sales pitch, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-06-16
- Do I have to return sales calls?
- Do I have to return sales calls?As an IT manager, I get lots of sales calls, especially after I've attended a conference and vendors get my name and title off the attendance list. A lot of the calls are shameless: they say I stopped by their booth (I...
- Tags: booth, e-mail, caller, cold caller, marketing, sales, calls, managers, txiso, it management, sales call, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- I need your help (especially if you are devious)
- I need your help especially if you are deviousI get an average of 6 cold calls each day. Most of the time, if I see a number I don't know on my caller ID, I send the call to voice mail. However, if the area code is (513)...
- Tags: Living Well, maecuff, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-11-24
- The blurring lines between VoIP, PSTN, and cellular
- This past week, I've been testing several voice services that really offer a taste of what the future of telephone service will be like. We've come a long way since my childhood, when the family had not just a single phone line but a single telephone handset that sat in...
- Tags: Concept, VoIP, Phone, Call, PSTN, Phone Number, Gizmo, GrandCentral, Voice-mail Feature, Telecom & Utilities, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Weird number on my cell phone
- Weird number on my cell phoneDue to popular request, I am moving this issue from Q&A to the discussions.The other day I looked at my cell phone and it said I had a missed call. When I displayed the number, it showed up as "1 234 567 890". There was...
- Tags: cell phone, ITgirli, off-topic, telephone, Thanks!, weird stuff
- Discussion threads 2006-03-02
- No good deed goes unpunished?
- About a year ago, I would receive requests for some charitable contributions from several different organizations. I decided to donate $25 to one of these charities. Up to this date, my mailbox is deluged with "donate to this, donate to that".Honestly, if I don't get at least one...
- Tags: charity
- Discussion threads 2005-11-01
- Remanufactured toner cartridges - worth it?
- Our LaserJet printers are way past their warranties so I'm looking at going from HP toner cartridges to remanufactured toner. Here's some pricing I found:Item: C8061X for HP 4100 LaserJetHP New: 119.95Rhinoteck Remanufactured: $86.21Xerox Remanufactured: $79.30Radian Remanufactured: $72.55West Pint Remanufactured: $61.05Verbatim Re-manuf: 57.95Okay,...
- Tags: toner, printing, remanufactured, Tink56, networking, cartridge
- Discussion threads 2006-09-05
- Why single sign-on technologies still aren't a good idea
- Why single sign-on technologies still aren't a good ideaWhat's your take on single sign-on technologies? Do you agree with Jonathan Yarden that they present security risks? Are you a Microsoft Passport user? Share your comments about the risks vs. the rewards of single sign-on technologies, as discussed in the Feb....
- Tags: debate@..., Microsoft Corp., password, security, single sign-on, single sign-on technology, SSO
- Discussion threads 2005-02-18
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