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5/7/2008 8:46:01 AMYou all might find this useful information 

goodintention54
Plymouth, MI
age: 55

Andy Rooney Three Little Words That Work !!(1)The three little words are: ' Hold On, Please...'Saying this, while putting down your phone and walking off (instead of hanging-up immediately) would make each telemarketing call so much more time-consuming that boiler room sales would grind to a halt. Then when you eventually hear the phone company' s 'beep-beep-bee p' tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up you r handset, which has efficiently completed its task.These three little words will help eliminate telephone soliciting.(2) Do you ever get those annoying phone calls with no one on the other end? This is a telemarketing technique where a machine makes phone calls and records the time of day when a person answers the phone.This technique is used to determine the best time of day for a 'real' sales person to call back and get someone at home. What you can do after answering, if you no tice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times, as quickly as possible This confuses the machine that dialed the call and it kicks your number out of their system. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer !!!



(3) Junk Mail Help: When you get 'ads' enclosed with your phone or utility bill, return these 'ads' with your payment. Let the sending companies throw their own junk mail away.When you get those 'pre-approved' letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and similar type junk , do not throw away the return envelope. Most of these co me with postage-paid return envelopes, right? It costs them more than the regular 41 cents postage 'IF' and when they receive them back.It costs them nothing if you throw them away! The postage was 41 cents before the last increase and it is according to the weight. In that case, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little, postage-paid return envelopes. ; ; ;One of Andy Rooney's (60 minutes) ideas. Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Send a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their blank application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them.You can even send the envelope back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! It still costs them 41 cents. Let's let them know what it's lik e to get lots of junk mail, and best of all they're paying for it...Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they are saying that e-mail is cutting into their business profits, and that's why they need to increase postage costs again. You get the idea!If enough people follow these tips, it will work ---- I have been doing this for years, and I get very little junk mail anymore

5/7/2008 9:24:58 AMYou all might find this useful information 

tracidiane
Sherman, TX
age: 61

This is great information...why didn't I think of that?

I'm gonna start doing it. Thank you.

5/7/2008 11:56:48 AMYou all might find this useful information 

goodintention54
Plymouth, MI
age: 55

Great show them that you can be just as irritating as they are...lol

5/7/2008 12:05:41 PMYou all might find this useful information 

sdcentaur
Sioux Falls, SD
age: 48 online now!

Damn!

Wish I hadn't melted down that 1/8" sheet Lead I had

5/7/2008 12:26:20 PMYou all might find this useful information 

corbinsgaga
Wooster, OH
age: 47

Great info to know.........Leave it to Andy Rooney.........Ya gotta love his outlook on life................

5/7/2008 12:39:10 PMYou all might find this useful information 

sittinginatree
Bossier City, LA
age: 46
Yep, Andy is a cut up & a smart fellow--
Love it! & will do it! I'm not doing anything else today,but cooking supper

Wish I could be a fly on the wall.

5/7/2008 6:11:43 PMYou all might find this useful information 

chopperbabe
Overland Park, KS
age: 47

I'll have to remember this stuff ... it is useful. Thanks muchly.

5/7/2008 6:14:26 PMYou all might find this useful information 

stella23
Lake Jackson, TX
age: 47

GoodIntention - You Are Inspirational! Awesome! Thanks!

5/7/2008 6:19:09 PMYou all might find this useful information 

jessie7856
Jupiter, FL
age: 35

Thank you so much they blow my phone up constantly I really appreciate that.

5/7/2008 6:34:03 PMYou all might find this useful information 

inersandman
Springfield, OR
age: 48

Makes good since to me, Thanks

5/15/2008 6:49:12 AMYou all might find this useful information 

corsoforyou
Denver, CO
age: 52

thanks andy thats good to know thanks. heres you all might find this useful information. on someones profile there is a lady is looking for a man shes saying she wants your bank account and your address phone number and etc. it sound like she want to use somebody. it sounds like she is hate full and mean. but all and all she was honest about it. so what do you think about that. i've been there done that. if anyone has a chance look at her profile its in here some where. thats know way to get a date or a man. now this useful information.

5/15/2008 7:13:46 AMYou all might find this useful information 

craftygirl002
Tacoma, WA
age: 40

That's funny. I might just have to start sending blank paperwork from citibank to american express & the paperwork from american express to citibank.