[164745] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Wed Jul 31 11:00:35 2013
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:00:19 -0700
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <51F2968A.3090701@opus1.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 7/26/13 8:32 AM, Joel M Snyder wrote:
> I also don't see the problem of cold calling when it's obviously for a
> service or product that I am interested in, just as I don't see the
> problem of cold snail-mailing for the same services. I'm in business,
> and I expect other businesses to try and market to me.
I have a low tolerance for telemarketers, especially those who scrape
technical lists or databases. One test I have is to immediately ask,
"Is this a sales call?"
Anything other than a forthright "Yes" gets nowhere. Weasel words don't
count. If the first thing they tell me is a lie, I don't want to do
business with them. If they're honest I might give them a minute or two
to pitch their wares.
It's surprising how people go out of their way to deny that it's a sales
call, and then start trying to sell something.
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