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- From: tedh@cylink.COM (Ted Hadley)
- Subject: Re: Phone Solicitation (was Re: San Jose Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.154413.21075@cylink.COM>
- Organization: Cylink Corp.
- References: <qhdmw1q.shannah@netcom.com> <1992Jul21.171455.27663@news.arc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul21.192515.10699@kpc.com>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:44:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul21.192515.10699@kpc.com> hollasch@kpc.com (Steve Hollasch) writes:
- >
- > o "That sounds real interesting! Can you hold for just a moment?",
- > and put them on hold (if you have a hold button, else just leave
- > the phone off the hook). Then go watch television, wash the car,
- > or whatever else you were doing. I have had several phone
- > solicitors on hold for FIVE MINUTES; one lady even CALLED BACK!
- > The hilarious thing is that I apologized (I had told her I was
- > going to get my father or roommate) and put her right back on
- > hold and she stayed on the line again! =^) The really funny thing
- > is that our answering machine inadvertantly picked up the line, so
- > later we were able to hear her complaining to the soliciter sitting
- > next to her.
-
- Although this is quite amusing, and I used to do it _often_, I don't do it
- any more. The last time, it ticked off the sales lady and she ended up calling
- at all times of the day and night (e.g., 2 am and 4 am) for about a week.
- Complaining to Pacific Bell and Culligan (the company she represented) had
- NO effect at all. Culligan said their solicitors had too much integrity to do
- such a thing (HA!) and Pacific Bell said "We don't care. We don't have to.
- We're the Phone Company. Ha! Ha! Ha!" Sigh... Now I tell them that I don't
- make purchases of any kind over the phone -- only in person. I tell them they
- can make an appointment to come and sell in person and then _they_ hang up.
-
-
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