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@ Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 – 20:24:04
TTBM ... Things that bug me, ie, almost everything!
Tele-sales people who greet you enthusiastically with phrases like, "Hi! I'm Jackie from (insert name of pestering company). How are you today?", and then try to kid you they are not selling anything, they are just doing a survey. Oh, Yeah!!
la_spice
register with telephone preference service www.tps.org.uk i think, all call centres are supposed to filter data through the tps registers before calling, and you can tear strips outta them if they call.
Takes about a month to filter and has flaws - if you have given a company your details you wont filter, if they call from abroad where regs are different, or if they choose to flaunt the rules.
Used to be voluntary but I beleive it is now a legislative thing. Too many years in call centre...
Batsman
The best thing to do with these people is to play a game to see how long you can keep them on the phone. My personal favourite is 'Please hold, the homeowner is at the end of the garden, I'll just get them, it's quite a big garden'. 45 minutes is the record. A bit mean but fun none the less!
I hate those pre recorded ones where companies can't even be bothered to use a real person "you might be interested to know tha...."click. Alternatively go with them right up the point where they ask for your bank account details then tell them you haven't got a bank account.
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We get them here too but in a foreign language!!!!
I'm looking after my grandchildren at the moment and whilst I was taking a bath (too much info!) my seven year old granddaughter took a phone call. She came to tell me that a French lady had called about a carpet her mum had ordered! Of course this was a blatant untruth - the said French lady is phoning back tomorrow!