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BubbaJoe

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48. My telemarketer experience

Wed May 14, 2025, 10:42 AM

May 14

My wife gave me the phone (land line - this was a few years back) since she knows I like to play around with the telemarketers:

Him - I can offer you a home refiniance of 250,000 (I live in a manufactured home I paid 51K for in 2000).

Me - OK

Him - I just need to ask you a few questions, what kind of home do you have?

Me - so you are offering 250k and don't know what house I have?

Him, well sir we make these offers and just have to verify our information.

Me - OK, I live in a cardboard box down by the river.

Him - With a phone

Me - it's a very nice cardboard box.

Him - well sir let me give you this information if you change you mind (starts rattling off 800 number, terms, other stuff).

Me - you think I am really writing this down?

Him - you can write it on the wall of the cardboard box.

Me - there you go.

We hung up.

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