Hyundai Greenhilss making COLD CALLS!

[first_light]

I am not pro or anti cold calls.
It's true that iba-iba ang reaction ng mga tao sa mga cold calls dahil iba-iba ang naging training nila sa pag react sa kahit anong circumstances.

I agree with the advise of Clavel.
It's just like how we handle our temper kung may nag-cut sa 'yo habang nagmamaneho ka sa daan.

If you are saying that you are a professional but doesn't know how to handle this kind of situation, then you have to think about it. This thread is a lesson to all of us how to cool our temper in any kind of circumstances. Drive safely mga tsikoteers.

[ess]

Also remember that they're being paid to disturb and/or annoy you.
They don't give damn if they disturb or if you react rudely to them because they're trained to handle that.

So, if they call you at a bad time, and it annoyed you, then by all means, be rude to them. Bali wala lang siguro sa kanila yon since it's part of their training.

If they call you in a not so bad time, then maybe you can just shoo them off without being rude. If they ask for referrals after you refuse their offer, ibigay mo yung phone number ng mga kaaway mo. :D

[renzo_d10]

I've received some of those calls from agents I've dealt with before. Not just from car dealers but from banks as well. The excuse of they're just doing their job is simply out of context. Doesn't mean since they're doing their job, they can freely evade someone else's privacy or leisure of time. A text is easy to ignore since it can be replied to after some time, while calls, on the other hand, are a bit more annoying. Probably one reason why dealers choose to call their " victims " rather than texting them is texts can be easily deleted even though you haven't finished reading the entire message while calls require you to listen to their voices, let them finish, before you could say no. And calls, from unknown numbers, are more attention-catching rather than texts from random people.

Some might enjoy such calls, but as for me, thanks but no thanks. Even though the need for a new car comes up anytime soon such actions won't convince me to buying a vehicle from them, else, it would make me avoid them as I find those kind of attitude rude, immoral and stupid.

It doesn't hurt to say no, correct.
It wont mess up your day if you reject, yes.
But in certain conditions, which happens most of the time, those things get annoying.

[holdencaulfield]

tumawag sakin st. peter life plan, nataon may sakit ako. pero oks lang mabait naman. di ko lang kung kalmadomlang ako gawa ng mga gamot.

[ess]

Okay, I take back what I said about just flatly rejecting these lowlife pests and not letting them ruin your day. I guess I've not yet had them calling me on a bad day kaya I can easily say, "Just reject them and get over it." Well today, I just had a bad Cold Call day!
Leche silang lahat!

I took the afternoon off from office because my 4 year old daughter's fever was getting a bit worse. I drove from my office at The Fort to my home in QC. When I got home, I was glad to see my daughter feeling better, but her temps were still a bit high. As I was comforting her, my phone rang. Unknown number. Hey...maybe it was from the office asking about work stuff. I answered the phone. But the signal in my house was bad. So the voice at the other end was very choppy. I left my daughter to step out of the house. Finally the voice was clear.

Hi sir, is this <my name>? I'm calling on behalf of Discovery suites! YOu're in our VIP list.
I interrupt her by saying, not interested.
Teka sir, i've not yet told you about the perks. Mahirap po mapunta sa VIP list namin. THis is very exclusive!
<in the background, I could hear my daughter's muffled voice from inside the house.>
I raised my voice, I'M NOT INTERESTED.
Sir may I know why?
<At this point, I wanted to scream at the telemarketer. But I know that screaming over a cellphone might not get through like it would via landline. Baka maging garbled lang.>
SO I just said, text mo yung perks.
ANd i hung up.

Scum of the earth, those people!

[cabbyrider]

Why apologize to me? I am nothing to you and you are nothing to me. If you want to apologize, apologize to your parents and family if you thinking you are underachieving - as you said, "isang mababang nilalang lang ako."

nakakapagtsikot - See my previous post.

"Pinagtyatyagaan ako" - Why not? When I have the time I also play with my dog. In your ignorance, please don't flatter yourself.

this made my day...hahaha

[cabbyrider]

I am not pro or anti cold calls.
It's true that iba-iba ang reaction ng mga tao sa mga cold calls dahil iba-iba ang naging training nila sa pag react sa kahit anong circumstances.

I agree with the advise of Clavel.
It's just like how we handle our temper kung may nag-cut sa 'yo habang nagmamaneho ka sa daan.

If you are saying that you are a professional but doesn't know how to handle this kind of situation, then you have to think about it. This thread is a lesson to all of us how to cool our temper in any kind of circumstances. Drive safely mga tsikoteers.

very well said!

[shadow]

Simple lang yan, if you're attending something important don't answer your phone! You can call back all the missed calls anyway. As I've said why stop what you're doing just to answer calls? Unless it's a matter of life and death, if it's not then all calls can wait.

[Stoner]

Hm... how would you know if a call out of the blue is not a matter of life and death, or any other emergency anyway?

Then again, those con calls come to mind, since we're talking about unknown numbers here.

[shadow]

^if non of your family has been been kidnapped.

[Horsepower]

Ako, I really hate cold calls..... from my Xs. hehehe. Ako nalilintikan sa misis ko e. :rofl:


Yung iba alam naman na married na ako at may anak, tawag pa rin nang tawag, nangagamusta (granted, yung iba di pa talaga alam). Nasasagot tuloy ni misis minsan :nerves:. Siempre, inerase ko na number nila sa phone ko so pag unlisted number, nasasagot ko tuloy thinking it could be a new client.


Kidding aside, I agree with Architect that it's really frustrating to get these cold calls though it is not enough to ruin my day kasi pag busy ako, I really just cut the conversation short. Pag may time naman, I listen, kasi malay natin, may bagong marketing technique pa ako mapulot.

[architect]

^if non of your family has been been kidnapped.

Actually the problem with receiving calls from unknown numbers is it is very difficult to assume or guess the identity of the caller. But as you correctly put it, if you have never experienced receiving a call from a kidnapper (as my cousins and an uncle did) or if you have never experienced receiving an unexpected call early morning to inform you your child has passed away (as my close friend/relative did), you simply can not fathom the anxiety such calls can trigger. Actually even being just a close relative or friend can trigger the same effect, as I have learned. Be grateful for your good fortune and (knock on wood) pray it does not happen to you.

In my case, my two kids are both in college in the States. So obviously, just the phone unexpectedly ringing late at night or early morning can shoot up my adrenaline instantly.

[architect]

Ako, I really hate cold calls..... from my Xs. hehehe. Ako nalilintikan sa misis ko e.

Yung iba alam naman na married na ako at may anak, tawag pa rin nang tawag, nangagamusta (granted, yung iba di pa talaga alam). Nasasagot tuloy ni misis minsan . Siempre, inerase ko na number nila sa phone ko so pag unlisted number, nasasagot ko tuloy thinking it could be a new client.

I don't think those will qualify as cold calls since your exs' obviously still have the hots for you, so it would be more appropriate to view them as hot calls. j/k

Kidding aside, I agree with Architect that it's really frustrating to get these cold calls though it is not enough to ruin my day kasi pag busy ako, I really just cut the conversation short. Pag may time naman, I listen, kasi malay natin, may bagong marketing technique pa ako mapulot.

As annoying as cold calls can be, they don't really ruin my day per se. I just handle them depending on my mood and anticipation at that particular moment. It is the cold calls that I receive late at night or early morning that are exasperating as the ringing itself is enough to wake me up and get my adrenaline started.

But you do have the right attitude re getting new marketing techniques from cold calls.

[mda_]

i wouldnt go as far as calling them lowlifes or scum or whatever because these people are just doing their job. of course it sucks that they give "cold calls" but you can just quickly hang up on them, no explanations necessary. trabaho lang naman yan eh parepareho lang naman tayo naghahanap buhay.

this is a shotgun method of marketing, bahala na kung may kumagat. mas nakakainis yung mga kumakagat sa ganito (whoever started it). how can you trust any random person who calls you?

[uls]

i don't know about other people but i don't have a problem answering calls from unidentified numbers

a few seconds into the call malalaman ko naman kung importante o walang kwenta yung tawag

pag walang kwenta, end the call

i'd rather answer a call than not answer and end up wondering who it could be/what it's about

[shadow]

Actually the problem with receiving calls from unknown numbers is it is very difficult to assume or guess the identity of the caller. But as you correctly put it, if you have never experienced receiving a call from a kidnapper (as my cousins and an uncle did) or if you have never experienced receiving an unexpected call early morning to inform you your child has passed away (as my close friend/relative did), you simply can not fathom the anxiety such calls can trigger. Actually even being just a close relative or friend can trigger the same effect, as I have learned. Be grateful for your good fortune and (knock on wood) pray it does not happen to you.

In my case, my two kids are both in college in the States. So obviously, just the phone unexpectedly ringing late at night or early morning can shoot up my adrenaline instantly.

but you can't compare calls early morning/late at night from calls made during office hours. I don't think any marketing person would call their potential customers during that time of the night/day.

[uls]

wala kasi breeding ang mga marketing people na yan

di nila iniisip ang tamang oras ng pag tawag

tayo alam natin na pag business, dapat office hours

before 9 am or after 5 pm off limits. sila walang paki

di kasi naturuan ng magulang

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pansin ko sa mga walang breeding di nila ma-separate ang professional sa personal

kung paano sila makipag usap sa barkada ganyan din sila makipag usap sa client

tanong na "baket ayaw mo?"

walang choice of wording

jologs

[architect]

My point actually was not so much about receiving cold calls but receiving calls from unlisted/unknown numbers in general and the potential resultant anxiety these may trigger, depending on the individual's past experience re receiving such calls.

But I totally agree that you can't compare calls made during ungodly hours vis a vis office hours. Of course, the caveat is what we personally consider as ungodly hours, since our individual sleeping habits vary significantly. In my case, my sleeping time ranges from 830pm to 2am and waking hours range from 530am to 8am. Obviously I would consider the timing ungodly for any such calls I receive during my sleep. But that's me and that's my own personal reaction.

However I have, on occasion, received cold calls as late as 9:30pm and as early as 7:00am. But I would agree these are the exceptions.

[Bin Diesel]

I hate cold calls too pero minsan sarap na lang nila pagtripan. Here in the office my phone always rings then kapag sinagot mo mag aalok ng credit card because pre approved daw ako.

Sample:
Caller: Sir you have been pre approved for a CC sa ganitong bank.

Me: Sige padala mo na lang sa home address ko.

Caller: Sir can I have your name, address and contact number.

Me: Akala ko ba pre approved? Paano na-approve kung di naman ninyo ako kakilala?

Caller: (mag aattempt magpaliwanag).

Me: Nanloloko ka lang pala e. Bye.

[kutangbato]

I hate cold calls too pero minsan sarap na lang nila pagtripan. Here in the office my phone always rings then kapag sinagot mo mag aalok ng credit card because pre approved daw ako.

Sample:
Caller: Sir you have been pre approved for a CC sa ganitong bank.



























Me: Sige padala mo na lang sa home address ko.

Caller: Sir can I have your name, address and contact number.

Me: Akala ko ba pre approved? Paano na-approve kung di naman ninyo ako kakilala?

Caller: (mag aattempt magpaliwanag).

Me: Nanloloko ka lang pala e. Bye.

Same here.

such stupid thing to make calls like that.

in my case, i gave the name and phone no of one of our security guards of our village. Kinabukasan laking yabang na nung guard at pinag yayabang na sa kapwa guard na magkakaroon na siya ng CC.