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Surely

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I know there has to be more people out there receiving these calls than just me. I get calls from a wide spectrum. I get the lower your credit card rate calls (usually 1 to 2 times a day), I get the free vacation from Marriott call, also the knee and back pain call and last but not least, the Microsoft support service call. It really used to piss me off when they call (usually when I'm at work) but since I can't stop them, I decided to have fun with them and keep them on the line as long as possible. After I started doing this I noticed that these people have a lot of quit in them. For example, I got the knee and back pain call. I pressed 1 to speak to someone and once they got on the line I asked if they have anything for *** pain. The guy sounded confused so I explained that I have a certain telemarketing company that calls all the time and is a pain in the ***, do they have anything for that? Click. I got the credit card call and they asked how much I owe on my credit cards. I told the guy around $25k. He asked if I was sure so I said, "Hold on, let me look it up on my computer". Then I pretended that I was booting up my computer "Sorry, I have the slowest computer in the world, please wait with me". This guy actually waited. Then I pretended I forgot my password to log into my credit card account "Sorry, I guess I'm going to have to reset it". Click. My nephew who works with us got the extend your warranty on your car call the other day. He asked if they could extend the warranty on his Razor scooter. Click. I now look forward to these calls and think of all my new friends I'm making all over the world.

So what are your good stories with these yahoos?
 
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I usually get at least two calls a day from telemarketers. I swear Facebook leaked my number (I was stupid enough to have it on there back in the day.) The worst calls I get are from solar companies in Utah. I ask them to not call me and to take me off their list. They usually hangup before answering so they probably just enter my number as a call back on their computer. Those ****ers.

I listed my motorcycle on KSL the other day and someone tried to text scam me saying he was in the military and wanted to purchase my bike and he would have it shipped after we completed the transaction.

My son is in first grade and his elementary schools at least once a week with some long a dumb message. I never answer and they always leave a 2 or 3 minute voicemail, "Good morning, Aspen Elementary Family" they say. How bout call only for important things.

I also hate the calls where it's an automated voice saying something like, "Hi this is Shauna, I'm calling you about your credit."

Lastly, yesterday I called my bank to have my credit card replaced because it stopped working. I specifically told 2 customer service agents I did not want a knew credit card number and I just wanted to have my card replaced with a new one that worked so I wouldn't have to waste my time updating all of my automatic bill pay. They lady ****ed up and reported my card stolen and said they had to replace my credit card with a new one. I told her that's specifically what I said not to do and I wouldn't have called for a new card if I had to replace it with a new one. She put me on hold so I could talk to a manager (I didn't request that.) The manager gets on, puts me on hold and 30 minutes later tells me there was nothing she could do for me. I told her about how I told two of her reps I did not want a new number and now they wasted my time 30 minutes and it's going to take me, god knows how long, to update everything I have on automatic bill pay. Efff.

Young people don't listen worth **** nowadays. Every time I go to a drive through to get a coffee or something simple, I order and politely say and that's everything. With out fail they always respond with asking me is that everything after I tell them that's everything. Then they tell me to pull forward and at the window they ask me to repeat what I ordered (because they didn't listen.) I always check my order before I take off to make sure it's right. Fast food kids usually get it right every time with a few mess ups here and there. The kids at Dunkin Donuts and Beans and Brew **** up my order 80% (mainly Dunkin Donuts in South Jordan.) You can see the kids through the window on their phones and hanging out with their friends. Our phones educate and help us a lot, but god damn they hurt our people skills.
 
I've been doing this for quite a while. My personal best is over 20 minutes and I look forward to breaking it. They've wisened up a bit and usually hang up fast now. I got the same credit card guy several times. He started telling me to swipe my credit card up my ***. O got to his boss once and he told me "[the FCC] are smart but I'm smarter". The health insurance and pain people dont have much patience. I have to change up my responses with them.
 
Surely said:
I know there has to be more people out there receiving these calls than just me. I get calls from a wide spectrum. I get the lower your credit card rate calls (usually 1 to 2 times a day), I get the free vacation from Marriott call, also the knee and back pain call and last but not least, the Microsoft support service call. It really used to piss me off when they call (usually when I'm at work) but since I can't stop them, I decided to have fun with them and keep them on the line as long as possible. After I started doing this I noticed that these people have a lot of quit in them. For example, I got the knee and back pain call. I pressed 1 to speak to someone and once they got on the line I asked if they have anything for *** pain. The guy sounded confused so I explained that I have a certain telemarketing company that calls all the time and is a pain in the ***, do they have anything for that? Click. I got the credit card call and they asked how much I owe on my credit cards. I told the guy around $25k. He asked if I was sure so I said, "Hold on, let me look it up on my computer". Then I pretended that I was booting up my computer "Sorry, I have the slowest computer in the world, please wait with me". This guy actually waited. Then I pretended I forgot my password to log into my credit card account "Sorry, I guess I'm going to have to reset it". Click. My nephew who works with us got the extend your warranty on your car call the other day. He asked if they could extend the warranty on his Razor scooter. Click. I now look forward to these calls and think of all my new friends I'm making all over the world.

So what are your good stories with these yahoos?
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Not all heroes wear capes wear capes.
 
I never used to get these calls now I get 2-3/day. A lot of them use my 801 area code which makes it harder to filter calls. WTF is going on all of the sudden?
 
Archie Moses said:
Young people don't listen worth **** nowadays. Every time I go to a drive through to get a coffee or something simple, I order and politely say and that's everything. With out fail they always respond with asking me is that everything after I tell them that's everything. Then they tell me to pull forward and at the window they ask me to repeat what I ordered (because they didn't listen.) I always check my order before I take off to make sure it's right. Fast food kids usually get it right every time with a few mess ups here and there. The kids at Dunkin Donuts and Beans and Brew **** up my order 80% (mainly Dunkin Donuts in South Jordan.) You can see the kids through the window on their phones and hanging out with their friends. Our phones educate and help us a lot, but god damn they hurt our people skills.
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Too many times to count, I always get the following:

Me: Can I get a #1 with a lemonade?
Them: Would you like the sandwich or the combo?

Also,

Me: Can I get a Big Mac, just the sandwich?
Them: Would you like that in the combo?
 
colton said:
Same here. Robo calls, in particular. If someone were to run on an anti-robo call platform I would totally vote for them.
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The new pixel 3 phones are supposed to filter these calls in some unique way. I think they automatically answer without your phone ringing when it's a suspected spam caller and use it's own robo system to figure out if it's a real person or call. Then it messages you to call back if it was real. That's the explanation I got but I would have to look into it more.
 
I have been getting calls for Vickie McCorkle for the last several years. I don't know what kind of scammy *** people she gives her info to but it has doubled my spam calls.

I also get ones where they want to "update" my insurance coverage. I've had some good ones with them.

TM: Do you own any vehicles?
Me: Yes, lots.
TM: What year is your vehicle?
Me: 2019
TM: What is the make and model
Me: Bugatti Veyron
TM: Okay, do you own any other vehicles.
Me: Yes, I have 12 vehicles
TM: Can you tell me the year?
Me: 2019...

Sometimes they switch to my home insurance and ask how many square feet my house is and I tell them 16,000sqft. They'll go along with that for quite a while. They don't even react to the numbers I give them.

There is a new scam where they want to record you saying "Yes" so that they can use that recording to say that you verbally agreed to some kind of credit line or whatever. So if you get some random call, often from those sound-boards, that seems to be setting you up to say "yes" don't say yes or anything that could be construed as a positive response. An example:

RC: Hi this is a recording pretending to be a real person, uh, can you hear me okay?
Me: No.
RC: Oh, is this better?
Me: No.
 
I just don’t answer any number I don’t know. If it’s imporant, they will either leave a message or text me.


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Not only do I get that standard ones you guys are complaining about, I get the ones aimed at business owners.
“Hi, it’s Rachel. I’ve got that $250,000 business line of credit that we talked about all approved”.
Guy with Indian accent:
“Hi, my name is Brad. I’m calling about your Google listing”.
“Would you be interested in an answering service?”
 
I forgot about the good old IRS call. I got that one a couple of weeks ago. Of course it is just a recording but they give you a number to call. Well, if you don't want me to call you all the time then you shouldn't give me a number. I was only able to get through a couple of times, but man those are some fun ones. On one of them I told them they'd never find me and if they did, they'd never take me alive (insert evil laugh). On a different one I cried and told them that my kids were expecting me to come home that night and they didn't want to see their daddy in handcuffs... Sadly I was only able to get through a couple of times before it went right to a message that that number was being investigated for fraud. Someday I hope to get a new number for them. It was fun calling them for a change.
 
Surely said:
I know there has to be more people out there receiving these calls than just me. I get calls from a wide spectrum. I get the lower your credit card rate calls (usually 1 to 2 times a day), I get the free vacation from Marriott call, also the knee and back pain call and last but not least, the Microsoft support service call. It really used to piss me off when they call (usually when I'm at work) but since I can't stop them, I decided to have fun with them and keep them on the line as long as possible. After I started doing this I noticed that these people have a lot of quit in them. For example, I got the knee and back pain call. I pressed 1 to speak to someone and once they got on the line I asked if they have anything for *** pain. The guy sounded confused so I explained that I have a certain telemarketing company that calls all the time and is a pain in the ***, do they have anything for that? Click. I got the credit card call and they asked how much I owe on my credit cards. I told the guy around $25k. He asked if I was sure so I said, "Hold on, let me look it up on my computer". Then I pretended that I was booting up my computer "Sorry, I have the slowest computer in the world, please wait with me". This guy actually waited. Then I pretended I forgot my password to log into my credit card account "Sorry, I guess I'm going to have to reset it". Click. My nephew who works with us got the extend your warranty on your car call the other day. He asked if they could extend the warranty on his Razor scooter. Click. I now look forward to these calls and think of all my new friends I'm making all over the world.

So what are your good stories with these yahoos?
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Lol, well done.
As for myself, i literally dont anwer any call at all that doesn't have a caller id attached to it.
 
addictionary said:
Since I know how tough of a job it can be, if I have time I listen to what they say, say no kindly and say farewell afterwards.
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That's generally what I do. If I answer (because the only phone I have is my cell and I have a business to run, I answer most calls), I politely cut them off and say something like "I'm really not interested. Please put me on your do not call list" and hang up. Then I put the number in my blocked contact list. I think most of these calls are people trying to make an honest dollar working at a legit business. Of course, there are the fraudsters and the people trying to steal your voice saying "yes" or your SSN or your CC or bank numbers. I thing I also always do avoid saying "yes". When they ask me something like "Is this Brian, the owner of BigB Electric?", my response is "it is". NEVER a yes.
 
bigb said:
That's generally what I do. If I answer (because the only phone I have is my cell and I have a business to run, I answer most calls), I politely cut them off and say something like "I'm really not interested. Please put me on your do not call list" and hang up. Then I put the number in my blocked contact list. I think most of these calls are people trying to make an honest dollar working at a legit business. Of course, there are the fraudsters and the people trying to steal your voice saying "yes" or your SSN or your CC or bank numbers. I thing I also always do avoid saying "yes". When they ask me something like "Is this Brian, the owner of BigB Electric?", my response is "it is". NEVER a yes.
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Apparently the "yes" scan may or may not be a thing. According to Snopes, no known cases of someone actually getting scammed that way https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/can-you-hear-me-scam/
 
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