Can someone tell Rachel at Card Services to

[SC_Mike]

-stop calling me.

I messed with some guy so badly today, he cursed at me in his native language, I'm assuming. But, I got him to hang up on me so I count this one as a win.

I get these calls about three times a day, some days three within 30 min of each other. Mainly all different numbers, same script.

 

[da gimp]

heck I thought those where only inflicted on Missourians........... congrats on PO'ing them....... I suspect that you could start a thriving post here on how to do it......that could last for years.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Now I'm sorry that I gave him your number.

 

[Goldstar225]

Most of the time I hang p on "her". If I have a little time I'll get a person on the line and ask a very obscene question. If I have a lot of time I'll drag the game out for several minutes or get a supervisor on the line to play with.

 

[Frank237]

The govt wants to run health care as well as most of the rest of our lives....Yet they can't stop the unwanted callers. NO call list or not.

 

[Engineer1911]

I like these special calls. I discuss the caller's parentage, breeding habits, animal husbandry tendencies, quality of the product the are selling, my practice of paying all credit card balances in full every month, and how poor my financial health is.

If I detect a Hispanic accent, I report that I died yesterday in an accident caused by a drunken Hispanic driver, this is not a good time to talk, and please don't call back.

If there are any doubts, I confirm that I never buy from a telephone pitch or a person of such poor moral character.

This entire post omits all of the military vocabulary I have learned in the last 45 years. When on my oral communication soapbox, the language can be quite colorful and sometimes at a higher than normal volume.

All of this is possible because my sweet wife works and I am retired. Telephone Solicitor Upsetter is my new job title.

 

[Shooting Padre]

Do you guys really treat these nice people who are trying to help you in this manner?

 

[speedyquad]

i had one call yesterday. my wife's name is Karey. she does not have a laptop. not at work or at home. according to Apu("The Simpsons reference and what i actually called the guy), "he" referring to my wife contacted him about his laptop problem and they were disconnected. my reply was "SHE" called you? he said, "yes he did" there were a few more replies by me using she where each of his replies used he.

i finally told him to lose my number and if i ever here him again, i would hunt him down and bury him so deep in an unknown cave that no one would ever find him.

we've also been told 3 times this week that we have been approved for the federal grant that we applied for. but we didn't apply for any...hmmm

 

[rwsmith]

Even rude for a telemarketer.....

There's not much worse than Rachel from 'Cardholder Services' (whatever that is) but the ones that start right out with:

"I'm sorry, but there is no representative to take your call at this time. Please hold and you will be transferred to someone that wil help me." Help me what???


How about the one when you pick up the phone a loud voice says,"DO NOT HANG UP". ......and the horse you rode in on.

One time a girl told me, "This is my job!" I really should have told her that if her job is disturbing people, she'd better get another one.

 

[Jessie]

Why do you answer?

 

[Gamecock]

I am deeply amused when the caller, with a heavy Asian Indian accent, says his name is "Bob."

Yeah, and my name is Kirit.

 

[CajunBass]

We get them all the time from some diabetic supply house. They always ask to speak to my wife (She's on SS disability). I ask who's calling. They will ask to speak to her again. They NEVER say who they are. At this point I will say, "Let me tell you something Bucko. Some man calls MY house and asks to speak to MY wife, he (darn) well better be prepared to tell me who he is, and what he wants, and he better do it quickly." It's at this point they start to tell me about the order she placed with them.

The I just hang up. The game isn't that much fun.

 

[mstem]

Before we did away with our land line we got those calls from Card Services 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes a couple of times a day. My wife hated them & would hang up but if I got to the phone first I'd have a ball with them!

Sometimes I'd ask them in what my wife calls my "Barry White" voice, I can sound just like him, "what are you wearing" if they were male, like the woman does in the "Jake from State Farm commercial". And the idiots would tell me!!! Then I'd ask them about a certain body part. Some would call me a *** but most would just go on with their spiel. Some I'd discuss there country of origin & I'd tell them what I thought of it & them. Then they would hang up.

If it was a woman I'd ask what they were wearing. Most would tell me, a few would hang up. Then I'd ask "what size are your boobs". Again most would tell me & then go on with their spiel while I ask other questions about them. They would either I'd hang up because I was laughing so hard or I would.

My wife would get pissed because I was doing this. But hey, they called me!

I sure do miss my land line!!!

 

[Leonard]

And my wife thought I was the only one that swore at and insulted telemarketers. At the office when we have time I will say yes we are interested but that's Joe' depart hang on then leave them on hold wasting their time.

At work we get multiple Google calls every day from numbers all over the country I took all of our company phones and computers off of Google.

 

[Engineer1911]

I so do swear.

Do you guys really treat these nice people who are trying to help you in this manner?

Absolutely!! My death caused by a drunk driver accident has stopped 3 credit card companies from calling me anymore. My son used my technique one afternoon -- the caller was sobbing and I was ready to offer my son my condolences for my death.

These people are the scourge of the earth. My phone is for my convenience -- I didn't call them, I don't want their product, and I have been trained by all those fluent English speaking "Customer Support" people, in particular Comcast and my health insurance provider !

I had one of these calls when visiting a college buddy who has been a life long friend since we meet in 1975. His response was something like, "That must have hit one of your 'Hot Buttons' . I have not heard that much colorful language at one time ever before. You must have used every word you know." I replied, "No, I have a few more, it was their second call today, and she hung up on me! "

The worst thing to do to a telemarketer is blow a whistle in the phone when plugging your own ears. Most times they are wearing a headset, and can't remove it before you have blasted their ear drum. True story from a co-worker that was a 'caller' for about 6 weeks, said it was the worst job he ever had.

 

[mstem]

Absolutely!! My death caused by a drunk driver accident has stopped 3 credit card companies from calling me anymore. My son used my technique one afternoon -- the caller was sobbing and I was ready to offer my son my condolences for my death.

These people are the scourge of the earth. My phone is for my convenience -- I didn't call them, I don't want their product, and I have been trained by all those fluent English speaking "Customer Support" people, in particular Comcast and my health insurance provider !

I had one of these calls when visiting a college buddy who has been a life long friend since we meet in 1975. His response was something like, "That must have hit one of your 'Hot Buttons' . I have not heard that much colorful language at one time ever before. You must have used every word you know." I replied, "No, I have a few more, it was their second call today, and she hung up on me! "

The worst thing to do to a telemarketer is blow a whistle in the phone when plugging your own ears. Most times they are wearing a headset, and can't remove it before you have blasted their ear drum. True story from a co-worker that was a 'caller' for about 6 weeks, said it was the worst job he ever had.

Air horns work great also!

 

[pharman]

Police whistle time!

When Rachael calls, press number to speak to representative. Put on your ear protection muffs (I use S&W protection muffs!), get your police whistle ready. When rep comes on line, simply blow police whistle as loud as you can into phone...invariably they hang up. After having done this several times, the unwanted calls stop and Rachael goes away.

 

[Mcwsky09]

I've been getting calls with different frequencies where the recorded message claims "this is your last chance to lower your bills" talk about false advertising.

The ones I don't get are when I answer so I can ask to be removed from their list and there isn't anyone there or anyway to talk to anyone. If you are actually trying to sell me something or con me in some way doesn't there have to be something beyond just a stupid recorded message?

 

[littleriver1]

My wife thinks there is something wrong with a person that screams into the phone from a robo call. I say, what's the harm. I see people screaming through their windshields at me for cutting them off at the inter state off ramps all the time. Blood pressure, blood pressure, it's always about blood pressure. Get a little, give a little. It all evens out.

 

[JSR III]

I get these from time to time and what I do is just say Hello?.....Hello?......Hello? every time that they speak like I can't hear them. Drives them nuts and they hang up.