Not for the first time no doubt but arrrgghhh, bl***y cold calling

KatieDee

Ooh, the calls from mobile phone numbers really frustrates me! If the person is calling from a withheld number, I know I can ignore it and if it's important, they will leave a message. However, I'll always answer the phone if I see a telephone number as it could be something important!

I had a call the other day from a company who advised they were calling due to an accident I had been in. I explained I have never been in a car accident and the woman on the phone seemed quite surprised...she asked again if I was sure I hadn't been in an accident and I politely explained I could not remember ever being in an accident and asked her to tell me my name (which she could not do). I was getting a bit annoyed by this point as I was at work and answered the phone as I thought it could be a family member calling.

Eventually, after asking me a few more times if I had ever been in the passenger in an accident (I haven't), she finally ended the call.

I don't blame her as she was just doing her job...but I do think it's unfair that numbers are being passed from company to company.

Amber_Sunshine

I was collared by chuggers coming out of a hospital last week. A hospital, FGS. People could have had bad news, be exhausted, unwell, and they get tackled by someone trying to get them to sign up to a direct debit to charity?

I've yet to spot one outside a cemetery, but it's probably only a matter of time ...

beefturnmail

missprice wrote: »

Am sooo tempted next time to just give random details and make them think they will be rich with all the massive loans I have taken out.

Oh and I want a Microsoft computer faulty call. I got it all planned out and hope to keep them on for at least a half hour.:rotfl:

This is exactly what I do. I used to get annoyed with them, now (unless I'm just about to head out or something), I put them on speakerphone, carry on with whatever I was doing before and tell ridiculous lies (e.g. a DOB that would make me over 100), wind them up, string them along, Never hang up on them, in fact the longer I can keep them on the phone the better as they are paying for the call and not bothering some one else.

Sometimes can be quite amusing too. One of the best ones was one of the 'have you had a car accident for which you were not a fault'. Acted like I had, provided false and stupid details, then when they said how many in the car, I said something stupid like '23'. To which they replied was I driving a minibus? I said, 'no - an ordinary car'. Then they wanted me to explain how 23 people fitted in a car, so I said simple, 5 in the front 3 in the back and the rest in the boot. They went and got a 'supervisor'. I repeated the same, and they got quite shirty at me for 'wasting their time'. To which I replied, 'sorry, you called me - I thought you wanted to spend time talking to me?'

eyelinerprincess

I get endless calls looking for "Geoff". It seems that Geoff used to have my mobile number many years ago and is still using it, (I got a text from Ladbrokes thanking me for signing up recently).

I also had one from a man with a Glasgow accent acting as if he was my best buddy, from Vodafone. I informed him that the only networks that actually worked enough for me to warrant considering where I live were EE and Three, for him to reply "are you sure? When did you check last?" I assured him this was the case and he said he'd check and call me back. I'm still waiting.

eyelinerprincess

Oh we also had the "No" brigade at the door yesterday. Conversation went like this:
Cold Caller: Hi, have you decided how you're voting in the election?
Hubby: Yes.
CC: How are you voting?
Hubby: We're voting yes.
CC: Oh dear, well, OK, bye.