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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeS View Post
    For $10-$20 a month get a 1800 or 1300 number that goes direct to your mobile, best of both worlds, the oldies love it and turn on silent when you don't want calls.
    Who Else has a 1300 or 1800 number and/or virtual office?? Have been starting to think about it as missed so many calls this year and obviously that translates to misssed business.
    What cost and what can be expected??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawnmowing Wheelers Hill View Post
    Who Else has a 1300 or 1800 number and/or virtual office?? Have been starting to think about it as missed so many calls this year and obviously that translates to misssed business.
    What cost and what can be expected??
    I looked at a virtual office at one stage but it was a bit pricey for our line of work.
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    I have my own way of dealing with annoying telemarketers, If I happen to be in the office when they ring I play some hard core, to the bone, death metal on the computer and put the phone right near the speaker for about 15 minutes. That sorts them out.

    I'd love to hear other peoples handy tips on how they deal with these so and so's.



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    Have always advertised with home and mobile number cause most oldies just won't call a mobile. Most oldies are the best clients going so I always thought giving the home number a good thing. Look it's happened maybe 5 times in 4 yrs just s@it's me when it does. When next ad goes in the annual directory I won't be including it. Even to avoid telemarketers. Now THEY make me grumpy. Probably more than anything.

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    I have in the past turned the telemaketers call on them by taking their call as a request for a job, just dont take no for an answer, they tend to get upset in the end and hang up. I just keep asking for address and time to give a quote, and persist that reguardless of what they may have said, I heard them ask for a lawn to be mowed....
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    The wAy I deal with them depends on my mood at the time. Usually I just hang up. Sometimes I tell em to find a real job and stop being a bottom feeder (not in so many words). Once i had one wanting my email adress etc saying they were from Microsoft windows maintenance and i apparently had a serious problem with my computer. I said mate ya gotta be kidding you think Im a fuggin idiot. He responded with go f@*k ya mother and hung up on me Lol I nearly pissed myself laughing. He beat me to it. Fair dinkum but their some of the scum of the earth. Should be illegal I reckon.
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    some times you hang up and they ring back i had one ring back 4 times before i said to him are you a f'n idi*& if i hang up oon you that meanns i dont want to talk to you and defantly dont want your product.
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    Just politely ask for their credit card details - explain that you are a very busy person, time is money, so if they want to talk to you, they will be charged at the "standard rate" - $180 per hour, minimum charge half an hour.
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    Quote Originally Posted by NLALM View Post
    Bloody easter I was looking foward to five days off , second lawn yesterday broke a guys car window, then the whipper snipper died I knew it was close to death but streched it out as long as I could. Anyway five days off all is good took my two little boys up to the new skatepark this morning thought I would shred the bowl, Yeah right, fell off spent the rest of the day up at the hospital. My right wrist is stuffed, they don't think it's broken but it is so swollen they can't be certain of the xrays, bloody sore as. Had a wrist gaurd on my left wrist because that is my bad one bloody genius I am. I think I'm getting to old for this stuff might stick to the surf.FOR SALE ONE NEWISH OLD SCHOOL SKATEBOARD must go before this idiot kills himself. If you guys want to check out our new bowl it's on you tube under bar beach skatepark deepest bowl in oz
    Update on the wrist had some more xrays today as it is still to sore to hold a whipper snipper , I have broken a piece off the bone acroos the top of my wrist. No plaster just have to have it wrapped up till it gets better.Might have to get myself a lefthanded mower blower and whipper snipper, has anyone got any left handed gear for sale?

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    got a left handed screwdriver u can borrow lol

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    Ouch! Take it easy with the equipment as the vibration will be murder. Maybe get an anti-vib glove (or a pair if you now have 2 dodgy wrists).

    Timmy admitted to getting old over easter and all he did was play bowling on the wii with the kids, he warmed up and was still sore for 2 days
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    things that made me grumpy today when a arse* hole side swipes the wifes car and pisses* off , lucky a lady saw it happen and got rego of the car , ring police there reply oh so what you want us to do go and see them ???...or fill out a report , i replyed well i would prefer it if you went around and shot the fuucker in the head but yes go see them etc as i have a whitness and will need a police statement for insurance ... and leaving the scene off an accident is an offence aint it , there reply um well yeh ok , will we start looking into it ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff1969 View Post
    things that made me grumpy today when a arse* hole side swipes the wifes car and pisses* off , lucky a lady saw it happen and got rego of the car , ring police there reply oh so what you want us to do go and see them ???...or fill out a report , i replyed well i would prefer it if you went around and shot the fuucker in the head but yes go see them etc as i have a whitness and will need a police statement for insurance ... and leaving the scene off an accident is an offence aint it , there reply um well yeh ok , will we start looking into it ...
    Yep great when you need them, I'm sure they are quicker than that when they catch you speeding by 10k's

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    I must say I am generally under impressed with the Police force here in SA. It all seems to hard for them to do the basic policing just like what you describe Geoff. I blame it on not getting enough people with "worldliness" into their system and the influx of Pommie coppers who are given extra incentive to come out here looking for an extra quid and easy street. Have seen quite a few of these blokes getting around and had some experience with them. Not impressed.
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    Constantly making the same spelling mistakes when typing. Damn fingers just don't work properly. Like typing Blury instead of Bluey logging in. And no I am not pissed. And I am the worlds best typist too. I can use 2 fingers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff1969 View Post
    things that made me grumpy today when a arse* hole side swipes the wifes car and pisses* off , lucky a lady saw it happen and got rego of the car , ring police there reply oh so what you want us to do go and see them ???...or fill out a report , i replyed well i would prefer it if you went around and shot the fuucker in the head but yes go see them etc as i have a whitness and will need a police statement for insurance ... and leaving the scene off an accident is an offence aint it , there reply um well yeh ok , will we start looking into it ...
    Its amaing how they quickly want to nab some one for a minor traffic offence or something they think can be a simple convivtion yet they allow real criminals to do as they please there a juvinial deliquants here that the cops let go and let go but with judges saying your 16 if you where 18 i would send you away what do you expect.
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