Telephone Preference Service - we're registered
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2005-08-17 06:58:30 - Graham EllisIf you want to talk to us about a course, please call us. If you're a newcomer to Open Source or have a project you want to talk about - even if it's unlikely that you'll be wanting to be trained, please feel free to call. If you want to sell us a telephone service, holiday, double glazing, or a Jacuzzi... we're not interested.
We're registered with the Telephone Preference Service - a free registration - which adds our numbers to a list that cold telephone callers are supposed to check against ... and most do. We still get the odd one, like the call the other day from a lady who though we would be interested in her (leisure) products because we're listed in Yellow Pages.
I'm aware that we need to keep an open mind and occasionally - VERY occasionally - there will be an idea introduced to me by a salesman where I say "actually, there's something in that". If you're a salesman targeting a particular niche that we happen to fit into, you're very welcome to send me a personal email. Such emails will be read and carefully considered if there's an indication that you've actually visited our web site, read it a bit and understand a little bit about the organisation you're approaching and why your product suits us. After all, that's the mark of a good salesman.