[QUOTE=Glory]
I have gotten this call 3 times in the past 2 weeks - all 3 calls at work. The first time, I was worried enough to press 1 to talk to a live person (since it was within reason that my warranty was due to expire). Imagine my surprise when the person asked ME for the make and model of MY car. I said, if you’re calling about my expiring warranty, shouldn’t you know the make and model of my car? Idiots.
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I almost want to start picking up the phone hoping I’ll get one of these. And then see what the live person says when I want to extend my factory warranty on my 1928 Ford Model A, my 1958 Edsel Ranger, my 1986 Yugo GV, and my 1989 Trabant 601.
I was quite a bit tipsy the other night, and got this same call. I pushed 1 to get a human.
Me: Yeah, that special list I’m on? I was wondering if you could mail it to me so I could rub it on my balls?
Them: Sure, and why don’t you shove it up your ass while you’re at it?
Me: :eek:
Them: click
Here is another recent thread on the same topic. Since I posted in that thread, I’ve gotten several more calls at work, all ostensibly from different numbers according to the Caller ID.
Santo Rugger, that’s…awesome.
[QUOTE=asterion]
I almost want to start picking up the phone hoping I’ll get one of these. And then see what the live person says when I want to extend my factory warranty on my 1928 Ford Model A, my 1958 Edsel Ranger, my 1986 Yugo GV, and my 1989 Trabant 601.
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We have a conferece room at work that gets this kindof call 2-3 times a day. Most of the time we ignore it (after giving up on getting the number removed), but sometimes we try and get our warrenty extended on our company’s Ferarri Mondial, Model T, Hupmobile, Edsel, Hudson Hornet, Stanley Steemer, Tucker or Delorean.
Unfortunately every car we have has been “too old to update the warentee” even though the human on the other end dillengently researching it for us for several minutes.
I don’t get this call, but I do get a recorded message about twice a week that says “Do not be alarmed. This is your LAST NOTIFICATION that your account (blah blah blah)”; that’s where I delete the message.
The other day I answered the phone and got this message, so I pressed 1 to talk to a human. They answered politely (not giving their company name of course) and I asked to be taken off their call list. They hung up on me.
[QUOTE=Inner Stickler]
I get those calls and I don’t own a car! Scam scam scammity scam scam.
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Yup. A friend of mine is getting pissed because they’ve been calling her number twice a day for weeks and she has never owned a car and isn’t licenced to drive.