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Real Estate Agent with Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 141871

My phone numbers are registered on the "DO NOT CALL" list.  But occasionally I will receive a phone call from some type of telemarketer that wants to sell me something and doesn't want to take "NO" for answer. 

There's a simple little thing that I have learned to do to tell me if an incoming call is one of those.  After receiving that type of phone call, I capture the number and mark it with an "X" where the name is stored.  If I have their name, or the name of their company, I simply put an "X" in front of their name.  

When a call comes in with an X as the name of the person calling, I already know that I had reason to mark that phone number.

 

Comments (7)

Charles Blumenkehl
Blue Asset Management - Wayne, NJ
Time is our stock in trade. You are wise not to let anyone take it from you without permission
Jul 29, 2007 03:58 PM
Ray Saenz
Exit Realty Laredo - Laredo, TX
Homes for Sale in Laredo, TX - Texas, Realtor

Judi,

another thing to do is that most of those calls are private, out of area or long distances, so I do not know if you receive a lot of customers from long distance calls or just a few, but if I see something that it is long distance from other state, private or out of area,  I wait until they leave a message and see if it is important or not. I do not like that people call me with a private number 

 

Jul 29, 2007 04:14 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Charles,

Yes, time can just slip right through our fingers if we allow it to be stolen for no good reason.     

Jul 29, 2007 04:27 PM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Ray, 

I get more long distance calls than local being that we sell vacation lake property.  I have done the same thing though that you mention.  

I want to give good and timely service and responses but sometimes that can best be done after a message has been left.

There are too many names and numbers to remember details about without some type of easy system.  The X system works for me.   

Jul 29, 2007 04:31 PM
Dawn Workman
Veracity Real Estate Group, LLC - Camas, WA
Camas Real Estate Expert, MBA, 480-540-8100
Smart thinking- I love your idea, and might just try it myself. Thanks for posting it!
Jul 29, 2007 04:42 PM
Todd and Danielle Millar
Glenn Simon Inc. - Edmonton, AB
Nineteen years of excellence!
That is a great idea. We spend so much time getting rid of time wasters on the phone. It is such a disruption. 
Jul 29, 2007 05:56 PM
Ray Saenz
Exit Realty Laredo - Laredo, TX
Homes for Sale in Laredo, TX - Texas, Realtor

Judi,

OOhh great :) in your case works better because you receive more long distance calls, :P

Ray Saenz

 

Aug 03, 2007 12:09 PM