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Microsoft cold calling

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  • Lum
    Lum Posts: 6,460 Forumite
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    I got 2 hours once, many years ago, from one of those prerecorded message autodialler scams. It had "please press 1 to hear this message" at the end.

    So with my partner who had taken the call pressing 1, I knocked up a quick script to have my modem dial 1 every 1 minute and 27 seconds to trigger the message to loop one more time. After 2 hours someone cut it off.
  • swifthorn
    swifthorn Posts: 149 Forumite
    I'm a fan of answering and then pushing the mute button. See how long it takes for them to hang up.
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  • lucylucky
    lucylucky Posts: 4,908 Forumite
    I let them go through their whole routine but they invariably hang up when I tell them I don't use MSWindows.
  • alanjuk
    alanjuk Posts: 390 Forumite
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    lucylucky wrote: »
    I let them go through their whole routine but they invariably hang up when I tell them I don't use MSWindows.
    Likewise, I let him go through all his spiel and then informed him I was running Linux. He then told me that they dont support Linux and hung up.
  • lavidaloca
    lavidaloca Posts: 558 Forumite
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    Next time I shall take a leaf out of your books and put him on hold for an hour or so.
  • lucylucky
    lucylucky Posts: 4,908 Forumite
    alanjuk wrote: »
    Likewise, I let him go through all his spiel and then informed him I was running Linux. He then told me that they dont support Linux and hung up.

    I kept one of the busy for a while when I asked him to explain to me where I could find the "windows" icon on my desktop.

    Gosh we struggled for ages but no sign of it:D
  • Chimpofdoom
    Chimpofdoom Posts: 806 Forumite
    lucylucky wrote: »
    I kept one of the busy for a while when I asked him to explain to me where I could find the "windows" icon on my desktop.

    Gosh we struggled for ages but no sign of it:D

    Similar situation, although I asked him to wait while I individually booted up my imac and macbook, then asked him to wait again while i found a cable to plug into my headless ubuntu server...

    After confessing I couldn't find this "start menu" he hung up..

    I'd be tempted to see if they would wait while I install XP onto another old desktop.. lets hope they call again!
    :exclamatiTo the internet.. I need to complain about something!
  • lavidaloca
    lavidaloca Posts: 558 Forumite
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    Love it you wicked people!
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    Don't be the patsy ;)

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  • Kargo
    Kargo Posts: 152 Forumite
    I really wish this would happen to me :D I'm having one of those days where I need to let out some steam and this would be the perfect opportunity :D
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