I Hate Marketing Phone Calls
Dec. 20th, 2010 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deirdreActually, I'm not all that fond of receiving any kind of calls, truthfully.
My usual, when faced with marketing phone calls: "Please remove me from marketing phone call lists."
When charities call, I tell them I never ever ever donate to any charity that calls me on the phone. And I never do. (Conveniently, this avoids scams. It also encourages them not to pass along my name. I'm still pissed off about a one-off name/email variant given to Planned Parenthood where I'm getting a bunch of spam....)
I have simply discovered that people trying to drum up business over the phone these days aren't worth the bother.
Earlier this year, I ordered a single bra from Lane Bryant when that particular model wasn't in the store. This was a sufficient customer relationship that they felt they could call me about marketing opportunities -- and I'd have to call them "to opt in or opt out of future calls." (Which is it? I don't believe for a moment that they set up this infrastructure for a one-off, but one of those two phrases is dishonest.) I was in the car, hadn't set up the bluetooth mic, so I let it go to voicemail.
Eff that.
I asked them to cancel my account. I whined about it on Twitter.
I can still buy underwear in store if I want.
I also re-upped my number on the National Do Not Call List.
My usual, when faced with marketing phone calls: "Please remove me from marketing phone call lists."
When charities call, I tell them I never ever ever donate to any charity that calls me on the phone. And I never do. (Conveniently, this avoids scams. It also encourages them not to pass along my name. I'm still pissed off about a one-off name/email variant given to Planned Parenthood where I'm getting a bunch of spam....)
I have simply discovered that people trying to drum up business over the phone these days aren't worth the bother.
Earlier this year, I ordered a single bra from Lane Bryant when that particular model wasn't in the store. This was a sufficient customer relationship that they felt they could call me about marketing opportunities -- and I'd have to call them "to opt in or opt out of future calls." (Which is it? I don't believe for a moment that they set up this infrastructure for a one-off, but one of those two phrases is dishonest.) I was in the car, hadn't set up the bluetooth mic, so I let it go to voicemail.
Eff that.
I asked them to cancel my account. I whined about it on Twitter.
I can still buy underwear in store if I want.
I also re-upped my number on the National Do Not Call List.