| tberry7403 | 22 Jan 2015 3:41 p.m. PST |
I have "caller id" on my home phone. I just got a call id'd with my name and home phone number. Damn phone salesmen! |
 Mserafin  | 22 Jan 2015 3:51 p.m. PST |
You can go blind from doing that, you know… |
| tberry7403 | 22 Jan 2015 4:04 p.m. PST |
Urban Myth.  |
| The Gray Ghost | 22 Jan 2015 4:33 p.m. PST |
Twilight Zone time, there's probably a doppelganger of you running around right now. |
| tberry7403 | 22 Jan 2015 4:46 p.m. PST |
I think it is more in line with a brief intersection of parallel universes. |
| jefritrout | 22 Jan 2015 5:15 p.m. PST |
Happened to my wife this week. We contacted the phone company and it apparently is called ID mirroring. The phone company gave a number to call if it happens again to report it so that they can track it. Your company should have a nuissance call number to report these calls. There seem to be salesmen out of India (at least is our case) doing this. |
| Zephyr1 | 22 Jan 2015 9:16 p.m. PST |
"Damn phone salesmen!" Those poor guys probably have the worst sales record of all; "But I'm already talking to you on a phone. Why would I need to buy another?" p.s. easiest way to get rid of telemarketers: Just say "I rent" when they start their pitch. They'll terminate the call faster than you can. |
| saltflats1929 | 22 Jan 2015 10:49 p.m. PST |
The call is coming from INSIDE the house. You are about to be murdered. |
The G Dog  | 23 Jan 2015 5:30 a.m. PST |
It's future you, calling to warn you about the rise of the machines. |
| OSchmidt | 23 Jan 2015 5:50 a.m. PST |
Sympathy and Empathy. One of the most elegant practical jokes I ever saw was getting on the company or plant page, paging someone, and saying "Joe Blodget, please call 4030" and Joe Blodget's extension is 4030. It's amazing to see how mad they get when the phone is busy and how long they take to realize 4030 is the extension they are at. You'd think that for all those tiresome phone tricks the phone company thinks of, they'd put in a message saying "You're being made a fool of, you're calling your own extension." And then give you a list of 10 things you can get back at the joker with. Now THAT would be a usefull ap! |
| Ed Mohrmann | 23 Jan 2015 9:23 a.m. PST |
Happens on our wired 'phone 2-3 times/week. Sprint has been ponderously unhelpful 'Just hang up.' |
 etotheipi  | 24 Jan 2015 7:42 a.m. PST |
p.s. easiest way to get rid of telemarketers: Just say "I rent" when they start their pitch. They'll terminate the call faster than you can. No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no! *FIRST* If the person is genuinely polite and gives you a chance to speak, politely decline, say good-bye after they acknowledge, and hang up. *OTHERWISE* It's open season to see how stupid you can be but keep them on the line. They earn based on commission, so the more time they waste, the worse they do. Same goes for the company. I like to ask them to spell stuff out and ask "was that a c or a t?". I also live in Polskacathcuwannamala (don't worry about how to pronounce that – the spelling changes every time they try), VT at 666 Dead Skunk Holler (not Hollow) Road. |
| Zephyr1 | 24 Jan 2015 3:49 p.m. PST |
Stringing them along fun & fine if you have the time, but the "I rent" (or "Sorry, but I rent" if you want to be polite ;-) terminates the call because most companies feel that a renter is a "high risk" customer, and mainly because after the call your number gets tagged as a "renter" and is removed from that and future call lists (when it is sold off to the next telemarketing company.) After 30 years, it's still working for me… ;-) |
says 'thank you' one more time.