Putting telemarketters on hold

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 20, 2005 8:53 pm

That's my new thing now, when I get a telemarketter, instead of no answering, I'll put them on hold, and put the phone near the speakers and play some midi music.

Record is only like a 30 second wait though, so I'll keep trying.

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Streety · Post by **Streety** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:20 pm

You should try reminding them every 15 seconds or so how 'important their call is to you', not sure it would improve the record much but it's worth a try.

I don't actually bother answering the landline at all at present, if it's someone I actually wish to speak to they'll have my mobile number. Only received one or two unwanted calls in the past year or so on my mobile.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:23 pm

LOL funny since I'm just making a loop mp3 that I'll play, and it will say that every now and then.

I'll post it once Im done, just some music from UO with some voice produced with a TTS system.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Fri May 20, 2005 9:45 pm

I wonder how far I'll get with this.

Anyone feel free to steal it to use it too.

http://icetekshq.ath.cx:18080/stuff/please_hold.mp3

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Triple6_wild · Post by **Triple6_wild** » Sat May 21, 2005 1:19 am

post the time's thay hold for lol

im guessing thay can only wait so long tho like 2 mins max then have to move to another call

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Streety · Post by **Streety** » Sat May 21, 2005 5:50 am

Not a bad effort, you've managed to retain the annoying factor while boosting the quality.

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