Rude/Odd Phone Call
keoj
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Tonight I received a call from Premier (?) at dinner time. I have not done business with these folks previously. This is how the very short call went (slightly paraphrased but not much):
- (them) Hi....this is Premier....we just got many, many rolls of Franklins from an estate sale. These look like they were just minted (and so on...)
- (me) I'm sorry, but I just collect a Trade Dollars. At the moment, I'm limiting myself to this series.
- (them) Well, would you be interested in $5 gold? We have a lot of gold
- (me) Not at the moment, I am going to stay with a series that I know.
- (them) Click.....(they hung up on me)
1) I'm on a do not solicit call list.
2) You call me during dinner when I'm with my family and hang up on me?
Anyone know this company and is this the norm. It was one of the rudest calls I've every gotten.
keoj
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- (them) Hi....this is Premier....we just got many, many rolls of Franklins from an estate sale. These look like they were just minted (and so on...)
- (me) I'm sorry, but I just collect a Trade Dollars. At the moment, I'm limiting myself to this series.
- (them) Well, would you be interested in $5 gold? We have a lot of gold
- (me) Not at the moment, I am going to stay with a series that I know.
- (them) Click.....(they hung up on me)
1) I'm on a do not solicit call list.
2) You call me during dinner when I'm with my family and hang up on me?
Anyone know this company and is this the norm. It was one of the rudest calls I've every gotten.
keoj
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Just go tell them to screw themselves when they offer something for sale.
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Unless it's the hospital on the other end, we never answer the phone during dinner and rarely answer the phone at all.
<< <i>Solicitors are usually rude and usually call during dinner time.
Unless it's the hospital on the other end, we never answer the phone during dinner and rarely answer the phone at all. >>
this.
I only give people i really know my cell number.
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<< <i>Solicitors are usually rude and usually call during dinner time.
Unless it's the hospital on the other end, we never answer the phone during dinner and rarely answer the phone at all. >>
this.
I only give people i really know my cell number. >>
Same here. My home phone is basically turned off and used only in emergencies - too many telemarketers.
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The guy was very rude and wanted me to upgrade to the triple play.
I told them 'no thanks' and he tried to offer just phone service.
I again told him 'no thanks' and he responded with something like 'why,
do you have something against our phone service?' I hung up on him.
Still not sure if he was legit or not...he was quite rude...but that is quite
the odd phone call you received. Wonder where they got your name?
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Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
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<< <i>Some stockbroker called Longacre at work the other day. I told him immediately I was not interested and he proceeded to ramble about the benefits of my investing in covered calls. I simply hung up. To this day I don't know how he got through to my line. >>
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<< <i>Another option is to use google voice. This essentially screens your calls and allows you to block them without the other party ever having any of your "real" phone numbers. This is the phone number I always give when I am coerced to giving a phone number but I know that I do not want to be called by the party requesting it. >>
Like at the bar, Tiger?
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
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Longacre, which assistant was responsible for this oversight?
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<< <i>Another option is to use google voice. This essentially screens your calls and allows you to block them without the other party ever having any of your "real" phone numbers. This is the phone number I always give when I am coerced to giving a phone number but I know that I do not want to be called by the party requesting it. >>
Like at the bar, Tiger?
<< <i>This is the main reason I got rid of the house phone and only have a cell phone now!! >>
I turned off the ringer of the house phones and only keep a land line for emergencies only.
Everyone who knows me has my cell phone - and I also have voice mail on the cell [ in case it rings during dinner ].
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<< <i>We don't ever answer the phone at home. >>
90% of the phone calls to our home are from telemarketers/solcitors or my mother-in-law. I am not sure which category is more frequent or more annoying.
The kids are starting to get calls from friends to make playdates, etc., and this has forced us to at least look at the caller ID when the phone rings. That covers about 8%.
I have professional responsibilities at the hospital, and these calls represent the other 2% (and are occasionally at very inopportune times ie. 3 AM).
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<< <i>We don't ever answer the phone at home. >>
90% of the phone calls to our home are from telemarketers/solcitors or my mother-in-law. I am not sure which category is more frequent or more annoying.
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<< <i>We don't ever answer the phone at home. >>
90% of the phone calls to our home are from telemarketers/solcitors or my mother-in-law. I am not sure which category is more frequent or more annoying.
The kids are starting to get calls from friends to make playdates, etc., and this has forced us to at least look at the caller ID when the phone rings. That covers about 8%.
I have professional responsibilities at the hospital, and these calls represent the other 2% (and are occasionally at very inopportune times ie. 3 AM). >>
We have that figured out. Any playdate calls get screened and possibly acted upon in the future while we also call my mother and my in-laws every Sunday night and let the kids talk them out before we get onto the phone. Emergency calls from work use the cell phone and rarely occur.
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<< <i>Based on this thread, I have yanked my phone out of the wall and thrown it into the snowbank at the end of our driveway. >>
Hey, if my mother-in-law was calling your house, you would have done it ten years ago.
We have that figured out. Any playdate calls get screened and possibly acted upon in the future while we also call my mother and my in-laws every Sunday night and let the kids talk them out before we get onto the phone. Emergency calls from work use the cell phone and rarely occur.
The problem with the strategy of acting upon the playdate arranging phone calls in the future is that if the other party takes the same approach, the plans may never get made.
I do like the idea of the preemptive regular phone calls to the grandparents/parents. Unfortunately, that would only encourage my mother-in-law to call more.
<< <i>Solicitors are usually rude and usually call during dinner time.
Unless it's the hospital on the other end, we never answer the phone during dinner and rarely answer the phone at all. >>
Unless it's Longacre!
You actually have a dinner time!
That impresses me , and I am serious.
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My first question, after I've announced myself, where I'm from, and mention the person who referred me, is to ask if the individual has a moment to chat, hoping I'm not interrupting something.
If so, fine, otherwise I would ask a more convenient time to call back.
When I myself get calls, the first thing I notice is that the vast majority of callers start off calling me by my first name, as if we're old friends. Pi**es me off to no end. When that happens, I simply respond there's no one here by that name,
... or that he just called in the middle of a murder scene, and I want his name, number, bosses name, location, the reason for his call, and what business he was doing with the person he called. I ask for the number he/she's calling from, and announce that we're tracing the call, not to hang up, and to explain his business dealings with the intended call-ee.
I then may inquire if the called has a criminal record, and in what state(s), and the name of his parole officer, and that we're sending two detectives to his place of business to interview him for any information which may be relevant to the crime scene.
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this is how it would have gone with me if they got past the caller ID
" (them) Hi....this is Premier."
me:click
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<< <i>- (me) I'm sorry, but I just collect a Trade Dollars. >>
Not a good thing to tell a stranger.
<< <i>Another option is to use google voice. This essentially screens your calls and allows you to block them without the other party ever having any of your "real" phone numbers. This is the phone number I always give when I am coerced to giving a phone number but I know that I do not want to be called by the party requesting it. >>
Google voice is the greatest. Does one still need to sign up and wait on the google invite or is it more open now? If you can get it in your area go for it.
<< <i>why sorry? >>
Just being polite as I quickly hang up on them. Many of these telemarketers are just trying to make a living to support their family.
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"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
You should only be so lucky. I bought a tube of silver eagles from them in 2003, and they have been calling me ever since. If I could go back in time, I would do two things:
1) Not allow the Bellicheat and the Patriots to videotape the 2001 Steelers in anticipation of the AFC Championship game
2) Not call UCB to buy the silver eagles
<< <i> I'm on a do not solicit call list. >>
No one has addressed this yet and it's likely the reason these types of calls persist. You didn't mention if you are on a State or National (or both) do not call list as some rules differ by State. This was probably an illegal call since you had no prior relationship with the company and they don't fit into one of the excluded categories. These calls persist because 99.9% of recipients don't know how or don't bother to report them. If you have a record of the call (number from caller ID) report it to your State's Attorney General office. They are charged with going after these miscreants and can levy stiff fines to get them to stop.
I've eliminated all of the "cold calls" by doing this. Now my home phone only rings 20 times-a-day from solicitors on the "excluded list". I am working on an invention to send an electrical charge back to origin. If only I could get them to insert the anal receptor on the other end.
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<< <i>why sorry? >>
Just being polite as I quickly hang up on them. Many of these telemarketers are just trying to make a living to support their family. >>
politeness is good,
but I have a hard time being polite
when they rudely call without invitation etc
I got the same call. It was from a dealer that I had contacted in the past so I wasn't annoyed. I was offered two rolls of Franklin Halves in original bank rolls ( 62-D and 63-D ) for $475 each and I had a thirty day return if I so desired. Even though I don't collect them, I bought the two rolls and they arrived in a couple of days and I'm happy with them. I've got plenty of other odds and end stuff and I just threw them in with the others.
I guess some brother had been salting away original rolls from 1957 until 1963 and he had about sixty or seventy rolls accumulated. If I remember correctly, I was called around 1 or 2pm (not that it makes any difference to me).
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<< <i>why sorry? >>
Just being polite as I quickly hang up on them. Many of these telemarketers are just trying to make a living to support their family. >>
politeness is good,
but I have a hard time being polite
when they rudely call without invitation etc >>
So, someone needs an invitation to call you?
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>why sorry? >>
Just being polite as I quickly hang up on them. Many of these telemarketers are just trying to make a living to support their family. >>
I have often suggested that they do themselves a favor and get a new job. --Jerry
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<< <i>why sorry? >>
Just being polite as I quickly hang up on them. Many of these telemarketers are just trying to make a living to support their family. >>
politeness is good,
but I have a hard time being polite
when they rudely call without invitation etc >>
So, someone needs an invitation to call you? >>
That's the way I feel. If I don't know you, and I don't have previous business with you, then you are not welcome to call me. There are very few exceptions....--Jerry
One of the responses I liked was to say to the telemarketer, "I don't have any friends - will you be my friend?"
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>1) I'm on a do not solicit call list.
2) You call me during dinner when I'm with my family and hang up on me? >>
Next time, play along and get their full info - company name, individual's name, address, phone number, etc.
They are breaking the law and you can nail them for $1000, which gets paid to you. Google TCPA. I've done it a few times on repeat offenders and besides sucking money out of their sleazy pockets, it's really gets them to stop calling.
A quick story about not having a land line. A few years back we cracked a lock box for nonpayment, after having sent certified letters and trying to track down the owner. There were 4 dozen or so nice IHC's, uncirculated and red and some gold coins too. The contents have to be escheated to the state per law. It pained me to have to do that being a collector so I attempted to track down a relative. Had no luck so as a last resort I drove out to the last known address and found out from a neighbor that they had moved out, the mother was in a retirement complex and her young son's whereabouts were unknown. Son owned the box. One of the ladies who worked at the bank knew the administrator of the retirement center and we got permission to call and talk to her. Son was still local but had a cell phone, no land line.
When we called him he was furious that we cracked his box, came in took the contents and vowed never to business with us. He was really ticked when we explained to him he had to pay the past due box rental to get his coins.. No good dead goes undone. BTW he was over 2 years in arrears.
<< <i>This is the main reason I got rid of the house phone and only have a cell phone now!! >>
Jaime,
What do you do if you need to dial 911?
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I rarely get call-backs.
I have a quick little saying "I'm sorry but I am not interested, thank you anyway" followed by a hangup.
This gets them onto their next call as soon as possible. It's the best possible outcome for both parties.