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Sep 22, 2015
I've been getting calls from this number from a woman with an Indian accent, asking to speak with "the owner of the business." On subsequent calls she's also occasionally asks for me by name "May I speak with Steven G----." She purports to be offering some cash business financing. She's mentioned the name of the company but I can't remember. It's a name that suggests they provide capital in the form of loans to businesses.
I always have her hold on ("Let me see if he's available, can you please hold? He's on the other line but I think he's about to get off."), put my phone on mute, and let it sit there until she hangs up a couple minutes later. I've done it to her five of six times, and she keeps calling back like a clingy ex-girlfriend. She'll eventually get the hint.
Word of advice: Never hang up on telemarketers. When you cut it short and hang up, you are doing them a favor. Instead, take up as much of their time as you can without taking up too much of yours. Telemarketers rely on non-interested people hanging up on them or cutting it short so they can move on to the next call. Their conversion rate is way too low to spend any more than 20 seconds with people who are not going to convert. So if everyone would just keep on the line for at least a minute or two, the bottom would fall out of their business model.
I always have her hold on ("Let me see if he's available, can you please hold? He's on the other line but I think he's about to get off."), put my phone on mute, and let it sit there until she hangs up a couple minutes later. I've done it to her five of six times, and she keeps calling back like a clingy ex-girlfriend. She'll eventually get the hint.
Word of advice: Never hang up on telemarketers. When you cut it short and hang up, you are doing them a favor. Instead, take up as much of their time as you can without taking up too much of yours. Telemarketers rely on non-interested people hanging up on them or cutting it short so they can move on to the next call. Their conversion rate is way too low to spend any more than 20 seconds with people who are not going to convert. So if everyone would just keep on the line for at least a minute or two, the bottom would fall out of their business model.