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The actual banks never require much info anyways. Normally like the 7th letter of a code word etc for me.

I've actually got into the habbit of hanging up if I can't clearly hear what the person is saying to me.

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If anyone does have any cold callers, could you pleae be so kind to ask if they / the company they work for would be able to invest in some scientific research regarding hydrophobic coatings for polycarbonate material?

I'd like to restart my project that I had to finish when I finished uni :dj:


At the very least, it'd turn the tables a bit :lol:

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If we get these sort of calls I get Sophie to play her violin at them.

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i hate the automated ones - 13 msg left yesterday - all for a mss hamilton - Think i'm going to pay her a visit and tell her excatly what i think of her. Company told mer her address!!!
Sales - i'm not the homeowner - my master gave me the house.
i'm the childminder or i've been made redundant are good ply. My dad pretend thats he 's deaf and they normally lose the rag with him and hang up.
though i got hassle from a conservatory company who pestered me for weeks and would not listen to the fact that i did not need a one being in aflat. In the end i gave up and said come round. The salesman was flabbergasted i said i wanted a price - guy told me i was having a laugh and wasting his time. I wasn't laughing and never did with all the calls his company done so told him to go back and complian about it being a wast of his time.
he must have done a good job got a call from the director (it was check on line and called back later) to apologise for the time wasting and inconvenience caused.

but good on you for being so stubborn JF

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Yeah, I've started having these all the time (I blame Mrs Metal for signing up to get some Moben catalogues to look at, now every unscrupulous barsteward has our home number) and it gets on my tits.

:pig: Hello, can I speak to Mr Meaty Angle please?

:rambo: Who's calling please?

:pig: It's John Smith from E-On energy and I want to talk to you about your energy needs.

:rambo: No thank you, I'm not interested in changing supplier.

:pig: Why is that please?

:rambo: I'm happy with my existing supplier.

:pig: Don't you think saving money would be of benefit to yourself sir?

:rambo: No, I don't, I rather enjoy wasting money. *hangs up*

:smt043<- Mrs Metal

I had another case of HSBC calling me and wanting to confirm details to speak to me about an urgent personal matter. They asked that I confirm a recent transaction (date and amount) and refused to tell me what it as about until I did so.

I got really worried and managed to find out the last time I'd taken £20 out from a cashpoint and this satisfied him and finally he could tell me what the really urgent personal matter was.

"It's just a courtesty call, Mr Angle, to check if you're happy with HSBC and our customer service."

Well, *mate*, I was pretty good until all the shizzle you just put me through :smt075

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ring ring, ring ring...

My answer: 'Hello this is the fire service and I am calling you because you have a fire...'

That really confuses people when they call you :p

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Cold callers usually ask for Mrs Gajjii, all the bills are in her name :-)

So I always confirm I'm Mrs Gajjii, its the ones that question that I don't sound female that are the most fun. One call with BT I got as far as demanding to speak with the manager for his attitude towards gender reasignment :D

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These things are really annoying when it really IS your bank calling you, as it's only likely to be their fraud department. When it happened to me they had enough sense to say who they were up front and if I was uncomfortable please call the number on the back of your card. Which I did, wondering if the number had been hijacked or redirected...

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I take the easy way out, I hand the phone over to Soulkiss and get highly entertained...especially if they make the mistake of mentioning money in any shape or form :D

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I let them speak to my missus, she used to work in a call center for TSB.
And boy oh boy can she be very good on the phone.

Me, I'm rubbish...
I'm like my dad, I hate phones.