This telemarketer was from a company called House Seekers for You. I will not list the URL here because the very last thing I wish to do is give them any encouragement. And yes, you guessed it-----he had 400 leads for me. Wow--a miracle, right?
The next part of this story is truly amazing-----He left a message on my cell phone telling me that his mother always taught him to say good bye and since I was so rude and hung up on him (which I didn't but wish I did) he was going to give his 400 leads to another top agent in the area. He then went on to say that obviously, I was a brand new agent to the business and didn't know how real estate marketing works and he was declining to work with me because I was rude to him by hanging up.
So folks, when Andrew calls with the miracle of promising 400 calls for you, don't say I didn't warn you.
And Rainers, how do you handle these calls? Does it even make a difference that my cell phone is on the "Do Not Call List? Without a doubt, I must get about 15 calls like this every week. Do the rest of you suffer with this agony also?
People get my cell number from different web sites I am on, especially realtor.com. I have learned to look for certain area codes and ignore them. Usually the spamers are concentrated in an area or make use of different 800 numbers or restricted.
I agree with your frustration. I got to the point last summer of not even answering calls from anything outside of South Carolina or North Carolina. Google ad-words was the worst - I told them ten or twelve times to take me off of their call lists, and had some very rude responses. I even tried to complain to their corporate entity, but I couldn't find the right place. Finally gave up.
I try to be nice, but sometimes you just have to shut them down when they keep trying to persist. I understand that they are trying to make a living, but they should be more professional and courteous about it.
My rant for the day :)
Bill K
Bill,
Glad to hear I'm not the only one bothered by this. Thanks for stopping by.