Man Gets Revenge on Telemarketers

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-04 11:29am

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) - An exasperated resident turned the tables on a company that hounded him with telemarketing calls, calling it more than 100 times in two days.

Marc Plaisted said he started calling Minnesota Auto Glass after the St. Peter-based company's telemarketers called him up to three times a day - even after he asked them not to.

Plaisted had figured the calls would stop when he signed on to Minnesota's "do-not-call" list months ago.

"I'm following the law and asking them to be taken off the list and they ignore me and then, on top of it, start swearing at me," he said. "That was where they flipped the switch with me and I said, 'Enough is enough. I'm going after you guys now."

Plaisted started calling the Minnesota Auto Glass's Duluth office last Thursday, and placed more than 100 calls, he said.

"I just called them every five minutes and let them know that, no, I don't have a crack in my windshield, because this seems to be something they are very concerned about," Plaisted said.

A Minnesota Auto Glass manager in Duluth said Plaisted's number had been removed from its list and that proof of the removal would be put in writing.

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Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-07-04 11:49am

Good for him,that will tech them if they can`t run their f***ing business without harassing people on the phone,then they should go out of business.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-07-04 09:33pm

When I saw the thread title I thought someon had hunted some telemarketers down and shot them, but this is cool too.

Sobbastchianno · Post by **Sobbastchianno** » 2003-07-07 01:28am

Turn-about is fair play! Good for him.

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-08 03:11am

Outstanding

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2003-07-08 02:31pm

you know what it is weird I read that yesterday and wnet home and got a call from a local automotive glass repair company.
I think it is stupid for that kind of company to try and drum up business by calling and asking "Do you have a windshield we can fix for you?" I mean, if someone needs their windshield repaired they will go get it done. How many people really sit around waiting for the fucking windshield repair shop to call you and ask you to fix it for you? no-one does, I mean come on.
I like pulling the old trick of asking the tele-marketer to hold on a sec while I do something then I put the phone down and continue whatever I was doing before they called me and wait for the phone to beep because they hung up.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-07-08 02:52pm

(claps) good job... give them a taste of their own shit

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-07-08 03:34pm

Death from the Sea wrote:I think it is stupid for that kind of company to try and drum up business by calling and asking "Do you have a windshield we can fix for you?" I mean, if someone needs their windshield repaired they will go get it done. How many people really sit around waiting for the fucking windshield repair shop to call you and ask you to fix it for you? no-one does, I mean come on.

"Yeah, my windshield is totally obscured by a giant spiderweb pattern. I've been driving everywhere in reverse so I can see where I was going."

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-08 03:43pm

Good for him. Like the tactic of sending spam mail back to companies via the business reply mail envelope.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-07-08 06:28pm

heh, I use their numbers to pay for porn.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-07-08 09:25pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Link

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Better just to sue the bastards. A guy hear in Michigan got three hundred grand suing some siding people.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-07-09 08:12am

<Burns voice> Eeexcellent!

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