Having fun with telephone soliciter

[Yvonne's hubby]

Ok, I just have to share this with you guys....

Just got off the phone with some feller who works for some law firm who can save me thousands of dollars if I will just sign up with them. It seems as though they are in a position to "negotiate" with my credit card companies and get not only my rate reduced to zero, but get the amount I owe cut in half!! Hey, that sounds great to me..... but who pays the other half?? The gentleman on the other end was having a bit of trouble understanding me due to my voice issues, probably nearly as much as I was having understanding due to his foreign accent. He finally got it across that nobody would have to pay the balance,,, the credit card company would "write it off". Hmmm, Ok, but what about the shareholders that would get stiffed? That could be your granny thats going to come up short this month if I dont pay my bill... long pause at other end... "But sir, dont you understand that we can fix it so YOU get to keep your money????" Yep, I get that, do you understand that keeping their money may be legal, but its not right..... and that I do owe the money, I borrowed it, spent it and gave my word that I would pay it back... nuther long pause at other end then. "But we are talking about saving you thousands of dollars that you can spend and buy more stuff..." I dont need any more stuff, and what about my word? I promised... "ok, but we can save you....", Not trying to cut you off short here, but I pay my bills, and keep my word, its just who I am. I am thinking you would be making much better use of your time to call any number of other fine citizens in our country who would be more than happy to sell their soul for a few thousand bucks, I just dont happen to be one of them.... brief pause... "I dont understand..." Of course not... you are a lawyer, I dont expect you to understand these things, have a nice day.

[joseph97297]

I always ask them when they say

"We can cut your payment from 1/3 to half in most cases"

"Okay, what exactly is 1/3 or half of nothing"

They pause, then ask what do I mean.

I tell them, I carry no debt on my credit cards, so right now I am paying zero, if they can get it lower than that.....then I'll be willing to listen.

[SpaceCadet12364]

I keep getting those "this is your final chance" calls from someplace called Credit Card Services (rather vague, eh?). Usually at least once a week....think those "final chances" have been ongoing for the last 3-4 years at least!

Being on the No Call list doesn't mean a darn thing...these solicitors keep calling. They used to have a "press # to get taken off our list"....but that never works. Now they don't even bother with that selection option.

[deaconjim]

Originally Posted by joseph97297

I always ask them when they say

"We can cut your payment from 1/3 to half in most cases"

"Okay, what exactly is 1/3 or half of nothing"

They pause, then ask what do I mean.

I tell them, I carry no debt on my credit cards, so right now I am paying zero, if they can get it lower than that.....then I'll be willing to listen.

I once walked onto a car lot and the salesman asked if I would buy a brand new car if he could get my payments lower than those on the car I was driving. I told him if he could do that, I'd take two. Once he found out my car was paid for, he wasn't so eager to keep his promise.

[beowoulf90]

Originally Posted by joseph97297

I always ask them when they say

"We can cut your payment from 1/3 to half in most cases"

"Okay, what exactly is 1/3 or half of nothing"

They pause, then ask what do I mean.

I tell them, I carry no debt on my credit cards, so right now I am paying zero, if they can get it lower than that.....then I'll be willing to listen.

I get the same calls and have told them the same thing..

I/we don't have any credit cards and haven't for about 10 years..
Although Sears continues to send new cards every year, I just keep cutting them up...I can't imagine it benefits them to continually send them year after year..I never activate them and destroy all evidence of them..

[Kung]

Got a call from a SPANISH credit card consulting company the other day. I let her go through her (Hispanic) schpiel the other day, and at the end, I very solemnly told her

"Tengo el gato los pantalones."

I then hung up.

[jd4020]

I understand that these people are just trying to make a living so I try not to be too rough with them, but shoot! Do they not understand what no thank you means?
A gal called one night trying to sell us cable t.v. I said we don't watch much t.v. at all. She asked, "What do you do for entertainment?" I answered, "We read, play games, take walks, work together." She asked if we had a t.v. I said, "Yes, just one and we mostly use it for video movies." She siad, "Well maam, you have a pleasant evening."
Now, keep in mind we are very easily entertained folk, hey, I get more out of watching my ducks and chickens than any t.v. program would give me. A few weeks later Dh $ I were out at his Dads home. Dh's Dad had not yet taken the a.c. out of the window so there were lots of flies in the kitchen (it was October and they were looking for heat so they were getting in through the crack by the a.c.) So hubby & I were sitting at the table swatting flies. Fil comes in, grabbed another fly swatter and joined us. I looked at hubby, he said, "Shall we keep score?" Laughing, I said, "Gee, I wish that lady would call back about now."
The one tellamarketer that has been the most annoying lately are the ones who want to sell us a new warranty for our car. They just don't seem to believe we only have vehicles that are more than 10 years old. When I tell them I drive a 1970 Chevy pickup and Dh drives an old Chevy s-10, they act like they've never heard of such things. I've tried to take us off their lists, but they just keep calling. I continue trying to come up with clever answers; maybe one of these times, they'll get it.
jd

[bluemoonluck]

Originally Posted by Kung

Got a call from a SPANISH credit card consulting company the other day. I let her go through her (Hispanic) schpiel the other day, and at the end, I very solemnly told her

"Tengo el gato los pantalones."

I then hung up.

[po boy]

Never get those calls.. My number is unlisted and on the no call list and if it were not for the dsl i'd cut the phone off!

[Windy in Kansas]

Originally Posted by Kung

Got a call from a SPANISH credit card consulting company the other day. I let her go through her (Hispanic) schpiel the other day, and at the end, I very solemnly told her

"Tengo el gato los pantalones."

I then hung up.

Well I don't know Spanish so I used Google translator which gave; "I have the cat pants". Sort of leaving me scratching my head on what that might mean.

Best fun I had with a sales caller was for extending my vehicle warranty. My vehicle was a 1949 Chevrolet one ton flatbed truck.

For some reason the fellow couldn't find a Chevrolet model 3600 listed.

He then asked for the year to aid him. He got a tad upset when I told him it was a 1949, but had fairly low mileage. He said I was wasting his time to which I reminded him that he had called me and was wasting mine and had interrupted what I had been doing. At least that company NEVER called back.

[bugstabber]

I get calls from my own credit card company trying to sell me "services". the do not call list doesn't help with that unfortunately. Although it annoys me that they use an over seas phone center, I realize they need jobs too. I once dropped a credit card because they kept calling every two weeks with a new offer. Has anyone been able to get their CC company to stop? BTW, I don't carry a balance either.

[Gregg Alexander]

Before , our # was unlisted had the most fun with a young guy that called trying to sale me something don't remember.
Here is what I did
Hello
Hi this is ____ from _____
I said what did you say your name is?
_____
Let me tell you one thing , you are the one calling my wife and trying to get her to go out Right?
No Sir
Yes you are, remember the name she told me
No Sir
Tell you what come on over and I will give you something that will never wash off
Phone goes dead
I have laughed about that for yrs

[Alice In TX/MO]

We don't answer our land line any more. We don't have those adventures!

[EasyDay]

Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

We don't answer our land line any more. We don't have those adventures!

I don't either. I only have it for the DSL. It's on an answering machine, and probably 90 % of calls are hangups. Tells me that they're sales calls.

Everyone that I WANT to talk to has my cell number.

[farmmom]

I was working in a vets office a while back when a solicitor called. The receptionist interupted their schpeil and did something like this. "Do you like green beans? I like green beans, especially with those little potatoes in them. How do you like your green beans?" The person finally just hung up.