I haven't had one of these for a while now, but the last time they were subjected to No. 1. When he complained that he couldn't see my machine he became angry. So I started taunting him and he became very angry and abusive at which time I gave him a tirade of extremely bad language. He responded in kind then hung up, only to call again 5 min later to abuse me some more. This time I told him what he could do with his appendage, his dog and his mum.
I think that flummoxed him as he was speechless for about 10 sec before I gave him another serve. Thats the last I've heard from them.
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Originally Posted by gds
I have had several of these usually about 6:00PM in the evening, they are really annoying and while yelling at them or abusing them is a normal response I have found 3 better ways of dealing with it.
1. Act like a complete computer novice and keep them on thye line for as long as possible letting them think that they are getting remote access to your PC without really doing any such thing. This wastes lots of their time and in the end gets them very annoyed, then laugh at them, they will eventually hang up. It seems to work in that they are far less likley to call back.
2. Tell them that your are really interested and then just put the phone down next to the television, radio or let them talk with your young children/grandchildren and go back to whatever you were doing. Eventually they will give up and hang up. Like No1 they are far less likley to try again in the short term.
3. Go to the web site they tell you about
(e.g. www.onlinepcmanager.com) and register a totally bogus tech support request like:-
Subject: Help Me
Email Address richard_cranium@turdnet.com
Phone Number: 9109873539035
Message: Go take a running jump at yourself MORON !
Method 3 is not really very effective but will make you feel better !
Geoff |