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Does anyone think this is a smart sales technique? We've been getting robocalls all day long. I thought maybe it was a prank--I thought maybe we had gotten on some harrassment list because of my volunteering for Obama. So I was trying to laugh at it, just something volunteers have to endure.
Seriously, folks--this is a terrible idea. We have had to turn off the phones at our house. Which means if someone needs to reach me in an emergency, too bad. We had to turn the phones off, it wasn't just irritating it became a health issue. Like telemarketers, these calls aggravate my husband's blood pressure. They aggravate the baby trying to sleep (and grandma who needs her sleep, too). You can't read a chapter in a book without another phone distraction. These calls keep people with home-based business from being able to do work. It's the last thing we need right now.
They are one more aggravation at a time when people really can't stand one more aggravation. I really can't take 11 more days of this. Mail me information, send me an e-mail, knock on my door if you wish--but leave my %$#@ telephone alone. I don't care what candidate is behind it, we need a do not call list, and I want my name to be first on the list.
I can maybe understand a few calls here and there. But 10-12 calls a day DO NOT make anyone want to vote for a candidate.
I always thought, if I pay for the phone, it it there for MY convenience.
You are wise to turn it off.
We got rid of the landline and have cells, now - but they are not healthy.
Yeah. The McCain campaign is desperate and now the tradeoff of annoying many people for just one more vote seems worth making to him.
I always thought, if I pay for the phone, it it there for MY convenience.
You are wise to turn it off.
We got rid of the landline and have cells, now - but they are not healthy.
Yeah. The McCain campaign is desperate and now the tradeoff of annoying many people for just one more vote seems worth making to him.
Don't think you can't get bothered on a cell phone. I get calls every other day from bill collectors for a guy named Gene. I'm like, who the ---- is Gene???
I always thought, if I pay for the phone, it it there for MY convenience.
You are wise to turn it off.
We got rid of the landline and have cells, now - but they are not healthy.
Yeah. The McCain campaign is desperate and now the tradeoff of annoying many people for just one more vote seems worth making to him.
The worst part is, I don't think they do any good. Does anyone vote for a candidate because they call your phone all day long with recorded messages? I can't imagine this brings in even one vote.
The worst part is, I don't think they do any good. Does anyone vote for a candidate because they call your phone all day long with recorded messages? I can't imagine this brings in even one vote.
What a stupid idea!
No.
I think that unsolicited calls like this are crank calls.
I wish I could think of a way of getting back at them.
If they asked for a response at the end, I might just put the phone next to a radio so the computer heard constant sound.
Maybe if you called the nearest McCain headquarters at each call and asked that they remove you from the list. It would not matter what they told you. I doubt if it would be considered a crank call if you were just responding to their call.
It is a horrible feeling, knowing you are at their mercy, and they just continually hound you.
Don't think you can't get bothered on a cell phone. I get calls every other day from bill collectors for a guy named Gene. I'm like, who the ---- is Gene???
Can you block the call?
Can you call the provider for advice?
That's a crank call. The info was probably passed on to a service that either hires low level morons or they are paid by the call or something and as long as your number is on their list they get some payback.
To be fair, they aren't all from McCain campaign. A lot of the local candidates here use them, too. And even though I haven't received one from Obama yet, I hear the dems are doing it too (although not as much). For the record, I don't care who's making the call--dem calls are just as aggravating as republican calls.
The wife and I both changed our party affiliations (one dem, one rep) to unaffiliated, about a year ago, primarily due to local politics.
To date we have not received a single bot call, maybe 1 or 2 where a real person was there, and perhaps a total of half a dozen mailings for presidential candidates. We get a few mailings for state and local races, but really not many, perhaps a total of 3 or 4 a week.
The wife and I both changed our party affiliations (one dem, one rep) to unaffiliated, about a year ago, primarily due to local politics.
To date we have not received a single bot call, maybe 1 or 2 where a real person was there, and perhaps a total of half a dozen mailings for presidential candidates. We get a few mailings for state and local races, but really not many, perhaps a total of 3 or 4 a week.
Hmm, that might work. I hate to have to change my party affiliation... but if that's the secret, sign me up!
I haven't gotten one call yet. Advantage of living in a non-swing state.
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