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- From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How to fight telemarketers
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:43:41 GMT
- Organization: University of Maryland
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- In article <C19L1C.B85@icon.rose.hp.com> bparrish@rose.hp.com (Bill Parrish) writes:
- >
- >Continuing this discussion on telemarketing...
- >
- >Last night I got a call soliciting money from an organization called the
- >Police Officers Research Association (I think it was... definately had
- >the word Research... so I was guessing they were doing a survey).
- >
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- I get solicitation calls from police organizations at least once per
- month.
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- The last one was funny:
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- Solicitor: "Hello, I'm so-and-so from the Maryland State Troopers Association."
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- Me: "I'm not interested."
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- Solicitor: "Interested in what, sir?"
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- Me: "Aren't you soliciting?"
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- Solicitor: hangs up
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