GG, that list cracked me up! I've even pulled a few of those stunts. I ran out of pity for the telemarketer when my in-laws got scammed on the phone. Sadly, there are just as many phone scams as there are legit marketers. But I have a good one for you that my step-mother was telling me about.

My dad died several years ago, and she was talking with another widow about all of the phone calls they had to deal with because of their husbands' deaths.

This lady's husband had a magazine subscription for Field & Stream and she got a call telling her that his subscription was running out. She told the TM that she wasn't interested in renewing it, but the TM was pretty pushy. At one point, the TM practically yelled in her ear, "But Mrs. ?? you don't understand! His subscription has expired!"

Mrs. ?? was wore out from arguing with this woman, and yelled back, "No, you don't understand! HE has expired!"