Posted on 12/09/2009 11:02:28 AM PST by Grumpybutt
Just got a call (here at work) from a telemarketer with a private number concerning "our local and long distance telephone provider" - I hung up as I always do. The woman called back 3 minutes later and said the following: "Now your getting your services changed bitch!" and hung up.
If it isn't calls about our telephone service, it's the copier (which we don't have here) or the robocalls.
It's a shame people stoop to such levels just to make a point. Or that companies would employ such individuals.
Does that trace cost anything?
Good info... thanks
“Now your getting your services changed bitch”
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I wouldn’t worry about it. If she can’t even distinguish between her nouns and pronouns, then I doubt she is smart enough to change your service.
$8.00
When I’m at work, I can always tell when the phone rings whether or not it’s from the ‘outside’. I only answer internal calls. Calls from the outside, I just let go to voicemail. Problem solved. If it’s someone I want to talk to, I call them back.
They used to be able to do that by just calling your long distant carrier, pretending to be you and telling themm to cancel you...
Then they would pick you up...
That happened to mre a few years ago...
I had no warning though...
It was a mess trying to straighten it out...
But I dont think its as easy for them now...
Just call your carrier and tell them what happened and say you do NOT want to change ...
and that whomever calls is not you...
This has to be ID theft etc...
LOL at her calling you back and calling you a B. 0 voters crack me up.
Too bad you couldn’t find out who it was.
When I get sales calls, I always tell them the person they are looking for (me) is dead. The silence on the other line is golden.
On the rare occasions this happens to me, I always ask them their names, and then point out I am on the no-call list. That usually shuts them down fairly fast. The last time it happened, my car insurance company, which I have used for more than 20 years, called asking for my bidness!
>This has to be ID theft etc...
I have an idea for combating ID theft: let people kill those who steal their identity and be only charged with “attempted suicide”.
when i had little kids ( 2 or 3 years old ) i would just hand the phone to them......
Buy a whistle and blow it into the phone.
Yes, but I don’t know how much - it goes to a place call Annoyance Call Center.
I like the whistle idea!!!
Use the following script to answer such calls.
“Excuse me (sir/mame) can I have your company’s name again?”
{write it down on a sheet of paper}
“And can I have your name?”
{also write it down, then read this script without stopping for any reason.}
“Allow me to inform you that in accordance with Federal, State and local laws, I am officially notifying you that I wish this number be removed from your calling list and that I no longer be contacted with this offer or any other offer. A record of this official notification has been made and should further attempts by your company be made to contact this phone number, it will also be recorded and forwarded to the appropriate authorities for possible prosecution. Thank you”
[hang up right away]
You will be amazed at how quickly this will shut down these calls. Getting the number on the do not call list also helps.
Well I did call at&t and the advice given was to check my next bill for any changes. You’d think with the technology available these days they could have done something.
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.
It’s a shame people stoop to such levels just to make a point. Or that companies would employ such individuals.
Do companies who use such tactics really think I am going to purchase anything from them? I don’t think so.
I really hate telemarketers with a passion. I would hang them on lamp-posts if I came to power.
My condolences on your passing.
But I wouldn’t go around telling these morons that you are dead. Too many of them can easly submit that info to the Big 3 credit bureaus.
Then when you find yourself without a credit file, you will wish you were dead.
(Unless of course you have really bad credit. Then it’s OK.)
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