E tech fake sky survey to sell repair cover

dollydiva

I received a withheld phone number call from a Co. calling themselves e-tech and alleging to be conducting a survey on behalf of Sky.

This intrigued me as I work for Sky and know that if Sky were indeed doing a survey, they wouldn't be calling me as they'd know I have a staff account. Aside from which, there was that withheld number...

Turns out that this lovely lady wished me to purchase a repair warranty for my sky equipment; what's even lovelier is that she said she was Sky...

When I informed her that I worked for Sky and that sky do not call up customers offering warranties, the phine went down quickly.:rotfl:

No idea who this new lot are...makes a change from Digital Satellitte Services tho who usually call...they usually hang up too when you mention you work for Sky-perhaps everyone should say that!

spike7451

I had a phonecall from some eejits trying to sell me 'insurance' too a while back..When I refused,I got the 'list of benefits' of having the insurance...I refused on the basis that I didn't need to..so the eejit started to explain the benefits again (By this stage,I was having a little fun with them) so I hummed & harred...refused again so the eejit asked why.
So I said I could fix it myself if anything went wrong...No you cant says the eejit...Yes I can said I....Why said the eejit...


Cuz I work for cable & satalite engineer!!!! said I & he hung up!

ncw

I've just had a call from Etech, a man telling me he needed to update information for Sky on the products I have. He was very insistent and kept repeating the same thing again and again. This is the second call I've had, first one was about 3 or 4 months ago. Glad I read the posts on here and didn't get involved.:rotfl:

winemart

ncw wrote: »

I've just had a call from Etech, a man telling me he needed to update information for Sky on the products I have. He was very insistent and kept repeating the same thing again and again. This is the second call I've had, first one was about 3 or 4 months ago. Glad I read the posts on here and didn't get involved.:rotfl:

They've called me 3 times in the last 2 days, I always tell'em where to get.

As of 30 mins ago it's now 4 times.

SpammyTheSpammer

If they fail, just call Sky and say that you want to terminate - they send a repairman FoC or Free replacement the next day....

geoffarm

Just had a (witheld number) call from ETECH - clearly stating they were calling '..on behalf of Sky...' to sell repair insurance. Told them I no longer have Sky (not true but it might get them off my back).

Big question is where do they(ETECH) get the information from ? Do Sky sell on the contact details of all their customers ? Or is there an insider (inside Sky) providing the numbers (for a reward).

BE AWARE - ETECH are still trying their underhand sales routine !!!!

brewerdave

Over the last two or three weeks I have had ~ 6 calls from persons unknown from the "subcontinent" (last one was "Tim" !!!) who wanted to ask me questions about my Sky Dish,box,packages etc - as a routine I'm now telling them that I don't have Sky - usually results in disbelief ! but I insist that I haven't got it -then hang up....but still the calls come.

Ban5hee

Hello, just got a call from these guys (including some others), that makes it 3 in 2 days. I decided to be a bit proactive for a change. I asked to speak to a line-manager who was very helpful. The registered postal address of the company is in Texas??? (so he says). He then informed me that the work they undertake is sub-contracted from a company called Satellite Repair Services. I requested to be removed from their database forthwith. I'll look into this and see if I can find any more info on them. If I do - anybody got any links to tell me what I can do from there?

macman

geoffarm wrote: »

Just had a (witheld number) call from ETECH - clearly stating they were calling '..on behalf of Sky...' to sell repair insurance. Told them I no longer have Sky (not true but it might get them off my back).

Big question is where do they(ETECH) get the information from ? Do Sky sell on the contact details of all their customers ? Or is there an insider (inside Sky) providing the numbers (for a reward).

BE AWARE - ETECH are still trying their underhand sales routine !!!!

Come on, there are now in excess of 10 million Sky subscribers in the UK (I'm guessing one home in 3?). So at least one in 3 random cold calls will find you a Sky subscriber.
It's like calling and saying you're calling from Microsoft to 'remove viruses'. If your victim has a computer, there's about an 85% chance that it will be running Windows.
No need to buy contact details, you just keep dialling.

brewerdave

I had a call this week from "Hannah" (from Bangaluru!) who told me she had some wonderful news about cost savings on my telephone & TV Package from BT!!(what TV package??) - I decide to have some fun - "I haven't got a telephone line" -"what?" --- " I've had my telephone line removed" - "but,but....." --" I'm speaking to you direct with my mind" ---"What??"

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" I can see you have no underwear on"

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"splutter,sputter...." - rings off - I'll have to think up another story for the next one!!

easyhost

Ban5hee wrote: »

Hello, just got a call from these guys (including some others), that makes it 3 in 2 days. I decided to be a bit proactive for a change. I asked to speak to a line-manager who was very helpful. The registered postal address of the company is in Texas??? (so he says). He then informed me that the work they undertake is sub-contracted from a company called Satellite Repair Services. I requested to be removed from their database forthwith. I'll look into this and see if I can find any more info on them. If I do - anybody got any links to tell me what I can do from there?

http://www.satelliterepairservices.com/ are UK based