{"id":12199,"date":"2007-10-23T20:40:34","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T03:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/10\/23\/sales-calls-are-sales-calls.html"},"modified":"2007-10-23T20:40:34","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T03:40:34","slug":"sales_calls_are_sales_cal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/23\/sales_calls_are_sales_cal.html","title":{"rendered":"Sales calls are sales calls …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… even if you support the organization making them.<\/p>\n

So tonight, around 8:30 p.m., I get a sales call from a group that I belong to and support.  Let’s call them Group X.<\/p>\n

And it was nearly as obnoxious and annoying as if it had been a group I opposed — say, Group Not-X.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Don’t preach to the choir.  If I belong to Group X, you can probably assume that (a) I know what Group X stands for, (b) I know that they are busy fighting the Tyrannical Evils of Group Not-X, and (c) I most likely read that monthly newsletter you send out,  So it’s not necessary to launch into a long litany of how Group X Bravely Fights the Nasty Predations of Group Not-X.<\/li>\n
  2. Don’t make “Wouldn’t you rather send us a regular contribution each month through automatic withdrawal from your checking account?” sound like an offer of membership in Something Really Select and Special and Elite.<\/li>\n
  3.  When I say not to #2, don’t remind me you also take one-time gifts as well.<\/li>\n
  4. When I say I’ll keep that in mind, don’t keep nattering on about how only my money can Ward Off The Evils of Group Not-X.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It’s not enough to make me no longer support Group X — but it does tell me I need to be more careful about giving a real phone number to those guys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    … even if you support the organization making them. So tonight, around 8:30 p.m., I get a sales call from a group that I belong to and support.  Let’s call…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-politics-law"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9756,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/11\/07\/dirty_tricks_2.html","url_meta":{"origin":12199,"position":0},"title":"Dirty tricks","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Nov-06 7:09am","format":false,"excerpt":"Oh, and don't pay any attention to issue fliers and phone calls you've gotten in the last day or two -- especially if they really made you start to change...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2006"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2006","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2006"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1561,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/09\/5_4_3.html","url_meta":{"origin":12199,"position":1},"title":"… 5, 4, 3 …","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 9-Dec-01 11:12pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I should really be going to bed, but why not round out the day with yet more comic reviews, this time of the three most recent issues of Marvel's \"The...","rel":"","context":"In "Comics & Comic Books"","block_context":{"text":"Comics & Comic Books","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51347,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/03\/so-it-appears-marvel-really-is-shooting-itself-in-the-foot.html","url_meta":{"origin":12199,"position":2},"title":"So it appears Marvel really IS shooting itself in the foot","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-Jun-15 5:13am","format":false,"excerpt":"I really didn't believe it when conspiracy theorists started suggesting that, because they don't control the movie rights (or, more importantly, revenue), Marvel was downplaying both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four in their comics and associated swag (posters, shirts, etc.). 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