An auto dialler called. When I answered it took a few seconds to connect me to a person. I heard other people in the background. When I said "hello" again, they hung up.

Received call this morning.  When I dialed back, operator says not in service.  How is this possible.  Sick and tired of this.  Area code comes from Texas.  Don't they have anything constructive to do?

I receive calls often from this phone number. They are all hang-ups.

Well... after receiving the call/no answer/hang-up routine about 20 times over the last several weeks I have finally found out what this is about.

Someone actually responded when I answered their call today... a sales rep by the name of Tim, representing North American Bankcard. They want to sell small business owners their merchant services.

Surprise...surprise... he hung up on me as soon as I answered "yes" to already having a solution in place. Is this an instance of a telemarketer rejecting the potential customer before they get rejected themselves?? Geesh!

Even if I needed their services, this marketing behavior would have me looking elsewhere.