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To: benchpress550 who wrote (43090)	6/27/2003 1:20:20 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57110

As soon as I detect that they are telemarketeers, I hang up. Right in midsentence (their midsenetence). Over time, it's amazing how well that works. I go several months between calls now. The latest scam is the "5-minute survey". They tell you it will take about 5 minutes to get through the questions, Invariably, if you cooperate, it is 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or longer. So you get them started, then hang up. I know, I'm not nice. BUT it is my phone, I pay for it, and it is MY time, which they do not pay for. I am hooked up with a couple of legit market research firms. I go to their offices for interviews or focus groups. And they pay. And fairly well too. I don't hang up when they call.