Venting Thread

[Blackcat31]

@#$%^&* telemarketers!!!! I'm not even officially open for business yet but my phone is ringing off the hook with business offers that I have absolutely no interest in. And they are so persistent! I tried being polite to the first few saying "Thank you, but I'm not interested. Please remove my number from your calling list." I had one that slammed the phone down on me and called me back two seconds later and hung up again with me mid-sentence telling her still not interested... Now this guy "No wait! Just listen to me! Let me explain the benefits......." No thanks GI Joe. I don't want to accept credit card payments..... Sheesh! I am truly regretting having put in a "business" line. Should have just stuck with a residential only listing!!!!

Telemarketers do **** but just wait until you get "Rachel from card services" calling

I don't even have a credit card and you can't talk to someone live to have them remove you from their call list and being on the national "do not call" list doesn't exclude you from getting calls from Rachel

[saved4always]

Telemarketers do **** but just wait until you get "Rachel from card services" calling

I don't even have a credit card and you can't talk to someone live to have them remove you from their call list and being on the national "do not call" list doesn't exclude you from getting calls from Rachel

Rachel calls me all the time, too. I find it hilarious when she tells me that "there is currently no problem with your account"....no duh , could that be because I pay my credit card in full every month?

[BumbleBee]

This morning I got this text from a drop in client. "Kids wont be there today as I changed my appointment. Thanks"

Um, I didn't know your kids were coming in the first place.
2- I have a full house today (no school) and you have three kids, so I guess it is a good thing?? :confused:

Gotta wonder what they are thinking sometimes.

They aren't!

[NeedaVaca]

Funny about Rachel- or maybe I should say not so funny!! A relative of mine actually works for a company that has something to do with the no call list and they evidently can't find a way to trace this company, I can't remember the whole story but yep, you can't stop Rachel! If a company is caught there is something like a $10,000 fine but for some reason this company is getting through the system:confused:

[Country Kids]

We haven't used our card for YEARS and yet they still continue to call. A friend of mine closed their accounts out and it totally messed their credit up. They couldn't even qualify for a refi and they had no debt to income/late payments/anything. It all had to do with closing out their credit cards-

[mamac]

Every state has a no call list, you should get on that and then you won't get anymore of these annoying phone calls!!

I did list my number with the "Do Not Call" registry but from what I can see it only applies to residential and cell numbers. Hopefully it will work for my business line though! :fingers crossed!:

Two words: Call Block happyface

I wish I had that. I got the absolute cheapest plan they had JUST so I would have a landline phone for emergencies. No caller ID. No call waiting. Nothing. I have to pay per minute for outgoing calls.... I haven't had a landline in years but I figured I'd go the business route for the yellow page listing.

..."Rachel from card services" ....

Rachel calls me all the time, too....

Funny about Rachel.... you can't stop Rachel!

I'm scared now!!! Who is this Rachel demon???

We haven't used our card for YEARS and yet they still continue to call.....

Just what I'm looking forward to....

[mema]

I have a family that is attached to their pacifiers. I should say dcm & dcd are attached to them. The older child doesn't get it at all at my house and the younger one has only been using it at nap. The younger one can actually say "ball"! Dcm came to pick up and I was trying to get him to say it. He was babbling away and she took the paci from the bag and stuck it in his mouth. Then took the other one out of her pocket and stuck it in the older ones mouth. Seriously. Neither one was crying or fussing or anything. Let.them.talk. Oh, and the things are just nasty. You wonder why they are constantly sick-you don't clean them.

[Patches]

I have a family that is attached to their pacifiers. I should say dcm & dcd are attached to them. The older child doesn't get it at all at my house and the younger one has only been using it at nap. The younger one can actually say "ball"! Dcm came to pick up and I was trying to get him to say it. He was babbling away and she took the paci from the bag and stuck it in his mouth. Then took the other one out of her pocket and stuck it in the older ones mouth. Seriously. Neither one was crying or fussing or anything. Let.them.talk. Oh, and the things are just nasty. You wonder why they are constantly sick-you don't clean them.

Ooooh that makes me so mad! I once had a one year old that "had to have the paci" Yeah right! He didn't take it at all during the day. Not even nap. Well he had two older siblings and mom came to pick up one day and said, "The are not going to be here tomorrow. Dcb (older brother) is having oral surgery." As she's saying this, she grabs dcbs (1yo) pacifier and pops it in his mouth. He wasn't upset or asking for it. Just standing there quietly.

[NeedaVaca]

We haven't used our card for YEARS and yet they still continue to call. A friend of mine closed their accounts out and it totally messed their credit up. They couldn't even qualify for a refi and they had no debt to income/late payments/anything. It all had to do with closing out their credit cards-

Yep, never cancel credit cards, just file them away and don't use them. It really hurts your credit to cancel them...

[Angelsj]

I'm scared now!!! Who is this Rachel demon???

I get calls from her too. I suspect your time will come

[lovemykidstoo]

Don't get me started on teh pacifiers. I hate it when parents say that they're trying to wein the child off the paci and they're totally fine all day without it and the first thing they do is give it back when they walk through the door. Hate that!!!

Card services call here ALL the time!! I hate them! Next time they call though I'm going to mess with them. I'm going to tell them that I have about $30,000 in credit card debt and go through the whole process (with fake information) and then at the end say, oh I was just wasting your time, how does it feel?! Can't wait! The first question they is how much credit card to you have, so they must be a credit consoladation company.

[lovemykidstoo]

You guys are NOT going to believe this, but the card services are on the phone right now!! I clicked on 1 and have a operator. She asked me about 4 questions and I told her that I owed about $35,000 in credit cards (which I don't) and then asked me what my balance was on the one card and I asked her if she could hold while I looked and then just sat the phone down!!! I don't know if she's still on the line or not. Bwahahaha!!

[Patches]

You guys are NOT going to believe this, but the card services are on the phone right now!! I clicked on 1 and have a operator. She asked me about 4 questions and I told her that I owed about $35,000 in credit cards (which I don't) and then asked me what my balance was on the one card and I asked her if she could hold while I looked and then just sat the phone down!!! I don't know if she's still on the line or not. Bwahahaha!!

:::: That's hilarious!

[lovemykidstoo]

:::: That's hilarious!

Isn't it funny! Made my day. I could absolutely not believe it when I was just on here talking about them and the phone rings. I though, wouldnt' that be funny if it was them and sure as sh** it was!!! I put the phone on the counter and was with the kids and every few seconds I would yell, just a minute I'm lookiing bwahahaha!! I don't know how long she stayed on. I eventually just went and hung up. I'm going to do that every single time. Maybe that will get rid of them.!!

[countrymom]

I have found that they call when I happen to be online or just got off the computer. Its like its certain sites that are tracing my number.

recheck the do not call list, ours expires every 3 yrs I just redid it last week

also, the ones with the credit card, you need to ask them which cc they are talking about. Don't give out your info but aske them for it.

also, I have given the phone to the dck's to talk to the telemarketers, its so funny because they holler mummy daddy into the phone.

do you guys get the boat calling you, telling you that you won a cruise, I get it all the time.