[tehitype]

I had a very long chat with one of the telemarketers once, trying my best to be very empathic and appealing to her humananity. I eventually hung up feeling defeated since she did an amazing job always defaulting to her agenda, and not giving in to my hippy svada in a very polite manner.

I'd be curious to hear how your approach works out. Ultimate best scenario would be to get completely removed from their lists - but I've almost given up hope on talking sense, and my provider, leaving Fire versus Fire.

[ironlake]

>best scenario would be to get completely removed from their lists

I don't think there is any action a consumer can take to reduce the number of calls or get removed from a company's lists. There is no incentive for the company and the person who calls is as much a victim of capitalism in that moment as you are. Just two people wasting each other's time as a result of the operation of a corporate machine.