Those Pesky Calls
Published by Al Adomite on June 2nd, 2008
Do you ever get those phone calls, you know, the ones that say “press 1 to talk to someone to lower your interest rate…” or “your car’s warranty is almost up…”
Nothing gets me more worked up than those calls.
Tonight I got two of them in a row. The first one from an “Unknown Name” at 506-220-8778 said if I press “2″ I would be removed from their list.
Worked great! Exactly five minutes later I got a phone call from the same “Unknown Name” at 506-223-7670 with the same message. This time I pressed 1 to get a live operator. They said they work for hundreds of lending companies to get lower interest rates on credit card debt.
I told them I was on the no-call list and I wanted to know which of the credit card companies I do business with was contractually working with them and, thus, would allow them to contact me. Then I asked them where they were calling from and they said “Account Services” in Orlando, FL. (Honestly? Then why is 506 is the area code for New Brunswick, Canada)
I asked for the name and phone number of the president of their company, so I could call him/her back if I found that none of my credit card companies were contractually working with them. I was told I could call the number on the back of any of my credit cards. Then I was hung up on.
You would think with all the laws we have in this country, the disclosure, the regulation, and everything else, a consumer would at least not be treated that way without a way to verify or recontact the company that decided to ring my home phone. Twice. In 5 minutes.
Would any sane person actually give their financial information over to someone who called from a non-registered caller-ID that wouldn’t give out their boss’s phone number? How can this be legit, and if not, how can we shut them down?
Filed under Housekeeping
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 am
I’m shocked you got as much information out of the caller as you did.
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:31 am
The last telemarketing call we got was in 2003, right before we turned off our landline home phone.
Why do you need a landline again?
June 13th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
[...] the list” by both pressing “2″ and with speaking with a representative (remember this post back on June 2), “Account Services” is back at it again, calling me from (506) 220-3691 this [...]