"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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On 8/30/2014 6:55 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message



He said type www. Oh, I typed wwww. He said no, three w's..OK threew.
That went on for a few variations then we got to the type dot. OK I
have
wwwdot.

After about 20 minutes he called me a mother f... and hung up.

you should keep track and see if you can get to 30 minutes next time. I
assume you gave him enough "positive" feedback to keep him on the hook
for
that long.



What helped was knowing up front what the call was about and thanking him
for calling to help me. I bet he thought he had me hooked right away. I
also had the time to play rather than just hang up.

What he did not know is that I like to string them along.

A few years back we were transitioning from regular health insurance to
Medicare. Our deductible for the year was already paid in, but when I
changed to Medicare, the started my wife from $0 and did not cover some
bills. It took month to get straightened out. Meantime I was not paying
$1000 I did not owe. Then a collection agency started calling my wife.

Caller: Can I speak to Mrs. Ed?
Me: This is Mrs. Ed
Caller: You don't sound like her
Me: How do you know what I sound like if you never talked to me?

I got a call from them once a week. After a few weels...
Caller: How do you want to pay the $643?
Me: I can't pay, I just bought a new Weber grill
Caller (choking) Don't you think you should pay your medical bills?
Me: Not now, we're going to have Porterhouse steaks tomorrow.

Insurance finally paid so no more entetainment.

Hehehehe.

My husband once kept some young guy at the door for a very long time. He
was trying to sell magazines but it was likely not legit. We had a lot of
that going around for a while. Pay for the magazine but never get it. Not
sure if those selling them really knew if it was a scam or not. They were
always doing it to go on a trip somewhere. He made the guy describe every
single magazine to him and then finally said he didn't want any of them.

My favorite one was with MCI. That long distance company. Are they even
around any more? No "Do Not Call" list in those days. They would always
call me while I was fixing dinner. I did ask them repeatedly not to call me
any more. But they kept doing it.

So then I got another call and I went ballistic. Can't remember the exact
wording I used but something like... *screaming* OMG! Do you even know
what I did to the last guy who called me? Do you? You have some nerve! I
did this with ever increasing volume and then told him that the MCI people
were making me crazy. I then began something akin to Primal screaming.
That was the last call I ever got from those people.

I was also rude to some Indian sounding guy who called earlier. There was
this very long pause and he was hemming and hawing around not getting right
to the point and I really hate that. Rattled off the name of some company
that I did not know. So I told him I was sure I was not interested in
whatever it was that he called for. Then he told me that he wanted to ask
me some questions about grocery stores. I then told him that I get paid to
do surveys. True. And I hung up.