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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, good for you. I don't appreciate cold calls in any way, shape or form. As for what I do for a living, it's been well documented here that I worked for Universal & Paramount/Viacom for 10 years. My wife and I also have an extremely successful internet business that does not include cold calling. As for my current occupation, I prefer to decline *advertising* that at present.

But let me get this straight: You equate cold calls for real estate and software the same as organized religion?

That's cool I'm not trying to be a dick. Universal & Paramount/Viacom does a ton of advertising BTW. Marketing is marketing it all takes up your time irregardless of how it is done. I have found in the past that people who are usually involved in operations as opposed to sales are usually the people who like sales people the least. They think they are over paid and arrogant. Bottom line is without those people they don't have a job. Bottom line is without sales and marketing the machine shuts down. I don't like people banging on my door either but I just don't answer it if I don't want to. Sometimes I find it fun to mess with the Jehova Witnesses. Sometimes I want to help like supporting the local highschool football team. Most of the time like I said though the dog has already scared them off by the time I get there. I get sales calls at work all the time, they don't bother me at all. Sales is a part of life I'm not going to let it get to me.