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Urggh (none / 0) (#5)
by Anonymous User on Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 02:10:12 PM PDT

It's high time the rules were amended to disallow calls even from companies you DO have a business relationship with, except for calls explicitly related to existing business being transacted. Your bill is past due -- OK. Your order has been shipped -- OK. You bought our widgets, so you're eligible take advantage of our new SuperWidgets at a 10% discount! -- Not OK.

When I want a product, even from a company I've already done business with, I'll seek it out. Don't call me, I'll call you.

P.S. got woken up twice, at times about twenty minutes apart, by my cell phone ringing on my nightstand. Not my regular phone, my cell, so these calls probably cost me money. When I answered, both times all I heard was a periodic beep, like some sort of beacon pinging.

Anyone know what clowns are responsible for that particular bit of stupidity? I have no idea what they think they can sell me by simply beeping at me without mentioning any products or services of any kind at all...maybe it's Big Pharma trying to drum up sales for sedatives or something? :P

P.P.S. Which of the following is a car?
Silver, Bloodhound, Vermont, Pinscher, Pear, Peugeot

Got it, but it's kind of obscure. Might give others trouble. More obscure brands and suchlike (including Peugeot and lychee) might be better off avoided. We're trying to keep out bots, right? Not everyone with an IQ under 150 plus most nonnative speakers. :P



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