Phone Calls and Dinner Time
06-04-2010, 12:00 PM
#52
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Originally Posted by karendenice
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Originally Posted by marsye
I love to get prank calls :thumbup: My husband just dies laughing by the time I get done with them. ;)
I don't get many solicitor calls during dinner, but if I did, I would ask if they could hold on and then go eat my dinner. They'll get the message and hang up eventually.
I also agree with you about Marsye starting a story thread. :thumbup:
06-04-2010, 01:50 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by Tink's Mom
We get a lot of them....but I usually tell them I haven't worked in 2 1/2 years and can't do it...if they are persistant, I say " well, I'll have to let you talk to my husband and put the receiver down on the table and continue to sew or watch TV or do whatever I was doing"
They always give up after a few minutes.. :lol: :lol:
They always give up after a few minutes.. :lol: :lol:
06-04-2010, 02:45 PM
#54
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Most of these calls aren't scams, but if you interrogate them about whether or not the caller is a police officer, they rarely are. They are hired to collect the $$, and if they can afford to hire help, they can donate the $ to their cause and do the calling themselves. Wouldn't give them a penny.
06-04-2010, 02:45 PM
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We have Windstream and they have a "No Call" number you can call. We do have to repeat this every couple of years.
My mother's line is "I never donate money over the phone." And then she hangs up.
One time I got a phone and they asked for Mr. .... . I told them he lived with his new wife. The apologized and hung up.
I laughed to myself thinking "How dare they think there is a Mr. and How dare they think that I am incapable of making a decision without him. They were lucky they apologized and ended the call -- I was just warming up.
My mother's line is "I never donate money over the phone." And then she hangs up.
One time I got a phone and they asked for Mr. .... . I told them he lived with his new wife. The apologized and hung up.
I laughed to myself thinking "How dare they think there is a Mr. and How dare they think that I am incapable of making a decision without him. They were lucky they apologized and ended the call -- I was just warming up.
06-04-2010, 05:53 PM
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In Colorado, none of the departments you listed raise money by phone. We are reminded frequently of these scams on our local news. I would be very leery about giving them any money. You might consider contacting your state's Attorney General's office to find out if it is legal and if it is not, I would threaten to turn them in next time they contact you. If it is legal, I would politely ask them to put your number on their No Call list.
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