Nah, that wouldn't give me any satisfaction. I realize they are only doing their job, but I don't care. I consider those unwanted calls to be an intrusion of my privacy.
I know, I know. I'm just an old grouch. But, I was doing that when I was a young grouch.
With caller ID, I can ignore the unwanted calls.
If it's an important call, they can leave a message at the tone.
No, I used to be very polite, sometimes I would even listen to the pitch. I had one call that sounded good so I made an appointment for the rep to come talk to me. I was even more interested while she was here and signed up for their credit card program. Only after that, when I had enough info to do some research, did I find out how bad a reputation that company had. Needless to say I canceled immediately but had a lot of trouble doing so. I know, it was my fault for even agreeing to the meeting in the first place. Believe me when I tell you that if I had not canceled within the 3 day period, I could have been on the hook for thousand's of dollars in a contract that would have been extremely difficult if not impossible to break. Meeting with the company's rep opened the door to extreme high pressure.
The last call signed me up for something through nothing but sheer fraud. Nope, not polite anymore.