Oh Kevin your e-mail about the call centre, and you giving the lady folce answers for the car, has really made me giggle! Best Wishes Lisa and my Cat Dotty Delilah. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Burgin" <kevin.burgin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:44 PM Subject: [guide.chat] scams
Hi all I have a hobby which I call Cold Caller Baiting.For example, if I suspect that the person knocking at the door is a Jahova witness I put an album on loud called Margo Smith's favourite Yodalling Songs.They don't like that. The album should be banned by the Genaveeva Convention but I did win it as the booby prize in a competition.or something like that.About six years ago now, One morning I received a phone call from one of those call centres trying to sell you car insurance. Unfortunately for the lady concerned she had caught me on a bad day. I had not slept well and I was grumpy as hell. I was very rude to her.So when she phoned and started her her patter instead of saying I am blind and I don't own a car I agreed to go through the survey all the time giving false answers like:"Do you have a current driving licence?" "Yes." "Do you own a car?" "Yes." "What make?" "A BMW." Flirt! Flirt! "What is the insurance number?"And I kept up the false answers through it all until she came to the end. Then she asked:"Is there any other details you think you should put in at this point before I put your assessment through and we will see if you can qualify for the ten per cent off your current car insurance?"I said: "Yes, I do not own a car because I don't have a driving licence and I don't have a driving licence because I am totally blind. And now that I have wasted your time for the last fifteen minutes you can F*** off."Its the only time I know of that the cold caller slams the phone down on the potential customer in a temper.But she brightened my day.Kevin
