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Frankly, I think you're scamming me.
Jul. 10th, 2003 08:22 amI got a call from the guy who claimed to be from my credit card's bank yesterday. He said that his name was Tom Cooper and that since I was a customer in good standing that they had chosen me for a special benefit. He wouldn't say what the benefit was. I told him that I had called customer service when I got his message the night before and they told me about the health insurance benefit I was eligible for. Tom said that it was actually a benefit that would allow me to defer payment for a month. I told him I didn't want it and he tells me that "things come up. Now I'm going to read your address and you tell me if it's correct."
I say, "What do you have for my address." I refuse to answer a telemarketer in the positive no matter what.
He says, "With your permission, I'm going to record this conversation. It will only take 30 seconds of your time. Don't interrupt when I'm talking."
I say, "I don't want to be recorded."
"I have to record it for quality control and customer service reasons. If you don't trust me, call customer service and they'll verify who I am."
I say, "I called customer service last night when I got your message and they didn't know why you were calling me."
"Well, it's procedure so, with your permission, I'm going to record this conversation while I read your address. You tell me if it's correct, and we'll send the information to you. You don't need to respond if you don't want it."
I again say, "I don't want to be recorded."
"Well, I as I just explained, it's for quality control purposes."
I say, "I find it highly suspect that you need to verify my address when you send me statements every month."
"I'm just going to record this conversation..."
"I don't want to be recorded."
"Thank you, have a nice day."
I know I came off sounding like a bitch, but I really hate being scammed. He had a really thick indian accent, so I don't believe his name was Tom Cooper. The people at customer service didn't know why he was calling. I don't really see how him reading my address to me could lead to bad things, but I just don't trust people who call me out of the blue.
That is all...
I say, "What do you have for my address." I refuse to answer a telemarketer in the positive no matter what.
He says, "With your permission, I'm going to record this conversation. It will only take 30 seconds of your time. Don't interrupt when I'm talking."
I say, "I don't want to be recorded."
"I have to record it for quality control and customer service reasons. If you don't trust me, call customer service and they'll verify who I am."
I say, "I called customer service last night when I got your message and they didn't know why you were calling me."
"Well, it's procedure so, with your permission, I'm going to record this conversation while I read your address. You tell me if it's correct, and we'll send the information to you. You don't need to respond if you don't want it."
I again say, "I don't want to be recorded."
"Well, I as I just explained, it's for quality control purposes."
I say, "I find it highly suspect that you need to verify my address when you send me statements every month."
"I'm just going to record this conversation..."
"I don't want to be recorded."
"Thank you, have a nice day."
I know I came off sounding like a bitch, but I really hate being scammed. He had a really thick indian accent, so I don't believe his name was Tom Cooper. The people at customer service didn't know why he was calling. I don't really see how him reading my address to me could lead to bad things, but I just don't trust people who call me out of the blue.
That is all...