How to deal with telemarketers

[Snowtractor]

The past while I have been cutting them off and saying " listen,I am a consultant and get paid $200.00 and hour with a 4 hour minimum, are you authorising payment?" It is hilarious the reactions, stuttering and saying stuff like " I can't afford that...'' or " I'll have to ask my manager" or they just hang up. Either way, they go away and don't call back.
Sean

Funny part is , I did do consulting for my company and they charged about 200 an hour for my time if not more with flights and per diem figured in. Its just I never saw the 200 per hour myself, so I can say so over the phone very convincingly.