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sad to hear that you got such a brutal introduction to the flipside of telemarketing.at the age of 17,your name will not appear on many mailing lists.As you get older,buy goods,get a listing in the telephone directory,etc,your name will be added to an increasing number of mailing lists.You will end up getting bombarded with requests for donations for many causes,most of them worthy,and offers of insurance,internet services,religious texts and every other hard-to-sell product under the sun.
The reality of telemarketing is that it's a very economical way to sell dud ideas.Most of the 'donations' collected by telemarketing companies end up being swallowed up as costs by the fundraisers,rather than going to the nominated charity.Like Yogs says,most of us have our own favorite charities,and feel much better for having made a donation without being prompted to do so. I make a point of not being uneccesarily discourteous to unsolicited callers,after all,they are just people trying to make a living like the rest of us,but,I tend to shut them down quickly and firmly.At least then,they can have a shott the next name on their list that much more quickly.
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