Hello all.
I consider myself a pretty sharp cookie, but I found out thru the mail that I was suckered into a VoiceMail service without my permission.
Last week, a telemarketer called me. I usually just give the “no thank you” and hang up, but this person was from a company that claims that if I confirm my name, address, and phone number, they would remove my name from their “call” list. Hmmm. In the meantime , the person on the other end went into a spiel about the service and that I would receive the packet in the mail and my name would be removed from their system, blah, blah, blah. I could not understand half of what she was telling me because she was talking so fast. I asked her to repeat herself 3 times and insisted that I did not want any service. She switched me to the 3rd party verification, who I told I did not understand what was said and I was not interested. I was switched back and we went over the same damn stuff 3 times. I should have hung up long before I got to this point, but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t signing myself up for a service I didn’t want.
Needless to say, in the mail on Saturday I got a packet for my new voicemail service, costing me 19.95 activation fee and 17.95 each month. I called and cancelled the service immediately. I had to deal with a cranky Customer Service rep who wanted to sell me more services. I better not see the activation fee in the mail!!
Anyone else have this problem? The company was VVMS in New Jersey.