The other day I received a call for the gazillionth time I might add. You know! One of those computerized voices saying: "The warranty on your vehicle is about to expire. Press one to speak to a representative". It might interest you to know that my vehicles are both old 1995 and 2002 Mazdas. Of course the warranty has long been deceased, burried and turned into enough ferrous fertilizer to feed the next generation of smart cars. These people don't give up either. They call at all hours, day and night and quite frankly I was so fed up with it that I decided to press the "one" this time hoping to put an end to it. "Can you confirm the make and model of your vehicle?" The lady on the other end asked. "Sure! Tell me what you got and I'll be happy to confirm it for you", I said. "CLICK" . That was the only sound I heard when she hung up. I smiled with a wicked grin, rubbed my fingernails against my chest and patted myself on the back (as far as I could reach). They won't call back! Or so I thought. But a few days later they were at it again. The guy went on to ask what was the make and model of my vehicle. I said:" If you don't have that information, then how do you know my warranty is about to expire?? CLICK!!! Tey hung up again. When they called again a few days later, it became obvious that I wasn't going to get rid of them that easy, so I had to think fast of a change in strategy.
The phone rang just as I was about to leave the house for my weekly shopping trip. Again the computerized voice telling me that my vehicle warranty was about to expire. This time and after failing to halter their relentless assaults on my peace and quiet, I pressed the "1" and waited patiently for someone to ask me for my vehicle information. I asked:"Can you please hold on for a moment? The guy said YES of course. So I put the phone down on the table and went about my business. I left the house, did my shopping and returned home about 3 hours later. The phone was still on the table, so I returned it to its craddle. This was a little over a month ago and I'm happy to report that I haven't heard from those warranty guys since. I guess it worked! Hey, it might be worth trying it on the next telemarketer.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Ah! those identity thieves
The other day I received a call for the gazillionth time I might add. You know! One of those computerized voices saying: "The warranty on your vehicle is about to expire. Press one to speak to a representative". It might interest you to know that my vehicles are both old 1995 and 2002 Mazdas. Of course the warranty has long been deceased, burried and turned into enough ferrous fertilizer to feed the next generation of smart cars. These people don't give up either. They call at all hours, day and night and quite frankly I was so fed up with it that I decided to press the "one" this time hoping to put an end to it. "Can you confirm the make and model of your vehicle?" The lady on the other end asked. "Sure! Tell me what you got and I'll be happy to confirm it for you", I said. "CLICK" . That was the only sound I heard when she hung up. I smiled with a wicked grin, rubbed my fingernails against my chest and patted myself on the back (as far as I could reach). They won't call back! Or so I thought. But a few days later they were at it again. The guy went on to ask what was the make and model of my vehicle. I said:" If you don't have that information, then how do you know my warranty is about to expire?? CLICK!!! Tey hung up again. When they called again a few days later, it became obvious that I wasn't going to get rid of them that easy, so I had to think fast of a change in strategy.
The phone rang just as I was about to leave the house for my weekly shopping trip. Again the computerized voice telling me that my vehicle warranty was about to expire. This time and after failing to halter their relentless assaults on my peace and quiet, I pressed the "1" and waited patiently for someone to ask me for my vehicle information. I asked:"Can you please hold on for a moment? The guy said YES of course. So I put the phone down on the table and went about my business. I left the house, did my shopping and returned home about 3 hours later. The phone was still on the table, so I returned it to its craddle. This was a little over a month ago and I'm happy to report that I haven't heard from those warranty guys since. I guess it worked! Hey, it might be worth trying it on the next telemarketer.
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Beverly, thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your kind words. I followed your suggestion and started an Opensalon.com account. I used this post as my first on that site. Thanks again for suggesting it. Here's the link to it.
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