Cold calling

[watervole]

Got pissed off with a cleaning company that cold-called me this morning.  Actually remembered to ask them what their phone number was and then told them I was was registered with the Telephone Preference Service, and was going to report them, which I have now done.

I had to find the offending company's address on Google, but it wasn't very difficult.  I expect they'll get nothing more than a rude letter, but every little helps.


Have also noted that if I ever need my carpets or curtains cleaned, I will NOT be using Enterprise Cleaning Services of Bournemouth.

(Just in case anyone asks, no, I have never used the company in the past, nor have I ever contacted them.  There is no existing relationship to give them a valid exemption to the laws forbidding cold-calling people who have opted out.)

Comments

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Oh well done you!

I must admit I just tell them snarkily that we have TPS and hang up.

[rockwell-666.livejournal.com]

Alternatively: A very funny way to deal with a cold-caller...

http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/

[watervole.livejournal.com]

That was funny! Cruel, but very funny.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I used to keep the TPS number by my desk and start selling the service to them. Some of them actually seemed quite interested - it's in their own interest, after all, not to waste time on people like me.

My brother told me he liked to put the phone down very quietly and walk away. Then come back in ten minutes and put it back on the hook.