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froggy_dearI got a call today from one of my credit card companies. As per usual, they were pimping some sort of service that I would have to pay for and therefore do not want.
So I decline. And decline again (because that's the game... have to say no at least twice). These calls, usually from the same company, come several times a week. So I go to my online account and see if there's something I can uncheck. Don't see it.
I call up the help line. I jump through the phone hoops - enter your account number, say your password, get a phone rep, tell him the name on the card, the card number, and my pet's name (I shit you not). Then I tell him that I don't want phone calls anymore. He takes me off the list, says it can take up to 30 days to be processed. Fine. I'm upbeat and happy sounding. He asks if there is anything more. I say nope. He then pitches the very same product that I was called about earlier tonight. I decline. He starts the second round of pitch. I tell him that I already heard about it today. So we say goodnight a few times (I wonder if they're not allowed to hang up before the customer or something, it was weird) and hang up.
I hope they quit with the calling.
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Now wasn't that exciting? Froggy's adventures in annoyance.
So I decline. And decline again (because that's the game... have to say no at least twice). These calls, usually from the same company, come several times a week. So I go to my online account and see if there's something I can uncheck. Don't see it.
I call up the help line. I jump through the phone hoops - enter your account number, say your password, get a phone rep, tell him the name on the card, the card number, and my pet's name (I shit you not). Then I tell him that I don't want phone calls anymore. He takes me off the list, says it can take up to 30 days to be processed. Fine. I'm upbeat and happy sounding. He asks if there is anything more. I say nope. He then pitches the very same product that I was called about earlier tonight. I decline. He starts the second round of pitch. I tell him that I already heard about it today. So we say goodnight a few times (I wonder if they're not allowed to hang up before the customer or something, it was weird) and hang up.
I hope they quit with the calling.
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Now wasn't that exciting? Froggy's adventures in annoyance.
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Date: 2006-08-10 03:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-10 12:20 pm (UTC)On a happy note, I got a telemarketer call yesterday around 6pm from Charter advertising their new phone service. The telemarketer asked me how much I pay for telephone service, I politely replied "I don't have a land line, and to be frank I don't have a need for one." The telemarketer thanked me for my time and the entire call lasted just over a minute. There are good guys out there in the telemarketing field, honestly!