You can sell some people anything

I have found that not having a TV saves me a good deal of time in dealing with telemarketers, since about 50% of them seem to be selling either DirecTV or cable something or other. I remember one such conversation especially:

Me: "Hello?"
TM: "Hello, I'm calling from [some tv service] and I'd like to offer you-"
Me: "We don't have a TV."
[pause]
TM: "When do you plan on purchasing a television?"
Me: "Probably never."
[pause]
TM: "Okay, we'll call you back at that time."

Come to think of it, that was the last time I answered a TM call. Hmm...