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Unfortunately there's not much you can do about discouraging that type of person from calling you.
The only suggestion that I have is to politely go on the offensive with all callers.
In this case maybe it would have been something like this...
"Hello, thanks for calling the one woman errand service, how may I help you?"
"Umm, how do people pay you?"
"Well, I accept a couple types of payments, but before we get to that, why don't I get some information about what you need. What was your name?"
"Susan"
"Great Susan, just so I don't forget later on to ask, what's a good number to contact you?"
"555-555-5555"
"Umm, ok... now what was it you had in mind that I could help you out with?"
"How do people pay you?"
"Well, Susan, I'm open to a couple different payment forms, is there one in particular that you would like to use?"
click.
Of course, this is easier typed after the fact than while on the phone.
That being said, there's absolutely nothing to stop someone smarter than "susan" from calling up and conversing as a regular client and then just saying "well, thanks for the info, I'll get back to you tomorrow if we decide to use you".
Good luck,
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