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Originally Posted by Alfisti
I don't understand anyone being incessant, it is a waste of money. I set our dialer to make one call, if a no answer or answering machine we call just one more time the next day then bin the record. Kinda pointless after that.
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Neither do we.
Look, I sold home heating oil via telemarketing many years ago in college. I get it. There is no sense wasting time on a call that will go nowhere but it is done over and over and over. The perception of telemarketing, which has never been great, has been destroyed by excess. There are too many calls, no respect for do not call lists, and international callers (often with robocall scams). Not all surveys are the same either. Sales calls can start as survey-sounding before the sales pitch. Surveys are also sometimes conducted by left or right leaning political groups who want a donation or a chance to attempt brainwashing. All these calls get lumped together by people who are tired of them as a whole.