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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Junk Phone Calls!
Message-ID: <1284@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 01:43:54 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 10 01:43:54 1984
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>The salesmen do not get paid to waste their time (or your time).
>They work on commission.

Not strictly true. Many firms hire armies of high school kids to canvass
phones at minimum wage. If they get someone that sounds even vaguely
interested they are then passed along to a salemen (who usually works on
commission). This means that most of the harrassing phone calls you get are
by people who get paid whether or not you buy, are usually reading a
script, and normally don't care. 
-- 
From the depths of the Crystal Cavern:		Chuq Von Rospach
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