leeshez
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Registered: 3rd May 01
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A guy from a call centre hidding his number has just rang my house asking to speak to me, so i just kept saying hello anyone there? After a few times he said can you hear me? Then i said oh no not another crank phone call, i heard him say pardon? Then i hung up.
They should not be able to ring me i have call barring. They rang earlier a few times and when i answer they say nothing and hang up.
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Ren
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Registered: 16th Oct 04
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Do what i do. Tell them "hang on, ive just gotta stop the oven [etc]" and leave the phone on the side, while u do whatever the fuck u want  10/15 minutes later, come back to the phone, and IF they're still there say "sorry to waste your time, but im not interested"
or
pretend u have terrets. freaks them out
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
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play them along, its great fun 
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Ren
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quote:
Originally posted by Ally
play them along, its great fun
Ally, its brilliant isnt it
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leeshez
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Cheers for that
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Rebrabuk
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I prefer to lead them on and answer the questions, then tell them i've changed my mind. 
If everyone wasted their time rather than hanging up immediately, thdey would waste so much money that they would be forced to change their strategies. 
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Ally
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quote:
Originally posted by Ren
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Originally posted by Ally
play them along, its great fun
Ally, its brilliant isnt it
Yes, I find talking about random things is best
Hello is that ....
Yes
Can i interest you in...
Do you have mouldy plums, my dog likes plums, once he saw this man with big plums and he wanted to lick the plums, but i said that the plums were moudly, the plums were not plum colour, more of a banana colour. I bet you have a big banana. Wanna listen to me put the phone into my mouth? I can get it the whole way down
*stick phone by mouth and lick and cough on it*
 such a lady
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leeshez
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ROFLMFAO That is top cheers ally your a true lady.
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SteveW
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sounds nice ally
can i call you up now ?
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Ally
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Yes, why ever not
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Robin
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if you have call barring, tell them, they have to apologise and hang up straight away or they lose their job...
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CCA
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ally that cracked me up thats pure class and definately makes you a lady
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Ally
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VegasPhil
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I got a call once for my parents by a call centre, told the indian guy I would go and get my mum (Who was not in) And went back to bed
Fucker shouldn't have got me up 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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liveseytowers
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Registered: 18th Apr 05
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Listen to them to find out what company they work for, then call them everything under the sun to provoke them to swear back at you. When they do, make a note fo the time and date and write to the MD and the local news paper. The guy will get sacked then for swearing back at you 
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StuartVRS
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quote:
Originally posted by liveseytowers
Listen to them to find out what company they work for, then call them everything under the sun to provoke them to swear back at you. When they do, make a note fo the time and date and write to the MD and the local news paper. The guy will get sacked then for swearing back at you
Great idea, brains. Most call centres record phone calls and it would be obvious you provoked them into it.
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by StuartA3Turbo
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Originally posted by liveseytowers
Listen to them to find out what company they work for, then call them everything under the sun to provoke them to swear back at you. When they do, make a note fo the time and date and write to the MD and the local news paper. The guy will get sacked then for swearing back at you
Great idea, brains. Most call centres record phone calls and it would be obvious you provoked them into it.
Also Its a bit harsh to get someone fired for doing their job. Fucking them about and winding them up to get them back is bad enough, but theres no need to get them fired  .
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Ask them if they are aware of their obligations under the Data Protection Act, and when they say yes, ask them to explain principle 2, which prohibits companies from using data for a purpose incompatible with that which was originally collected.
If they get past the principle 2 question, get their thoughts on principle 5, which prohibits data controllers from holding data for longer than is necessary for that purpose, ie. if they sold you something years ago, why the hell are they still calling.
If they do OK so far then ask what fee they will levy in order for you to examine your own records - known as a Subject Access Request - (most they can charge is £10), and also what timescale they plan to respond to your request in (they must acknowledge within 40 days)
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Ben
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Registered: 12th Jan 03
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i thought you can register your number on a web site that stops them from been able to use your number?
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Yeah TPS - http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
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Ben
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cheers , dont suppose you know how much it cost do you?
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A1EX
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free i think
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vibrio
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free
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liveseytowers
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob H
quote:
Originally posted by StuartA3Turbo
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Originally posted by liveseytowers
Listen to them to find out what company they work for, then call them everything under the sun to provoke them to swear back at you. When they do, make a note fo the time and date and write to the MD and the local news paper. The guy will get sacked then for swearing back at you
Great idea, brains. Most call centres record phone calls and it would be obvious you provoked them into it.
Also Its a bit harsh to get someone fired for doing their job. Fucking them about and winding them up to get them back is bad enough, but theres no need to get them fired .
They shoudnt be so shite at their job that some one can wind them up like that then We've just suspended about 6 agents in our call centre because they have been swearing on the phone etc and it serves the numpty's right IMO.
Just pretending to have turrets will be enough to stop them calling you though!
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leeshez
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Registered: 3rd May 01
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Thanks ian
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