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This is somewhat strange...
2002-11-16 03:21 pmA little before noon today we got a phone call from somebody doing a survey that would only take "five or six minutes" (Colleen took the call, as she usually does; I was in the room.) After it had dragged on for half an hour or so and started sounding like a sales pitch, Colleen cut the guy off (politely) and hung up. Nothing unusual there; sales pitches disguised as surveys are a common scam, and we have a very low tolerance for sales calls of any sort.
What was unusual was that the droid called back -- twice! The second time, I took over and got a name and URL: Western Wats Research. It appears to be a legitimate research firm, but of course some telemarketer could be using their name fraudulently. The person listed on their contacts page wasn't in when I called, but he'll get his ear burned on Monday, along with the manager of the S&L that, from the drift of the questions, we assume was their client. (If they weren't, then one of their competitors is mining their customer list! They need to be concerned about that...)
Presumably the droid gets paid by the completed survey, which was why he was so anxious to get through it, but two callbacks is beyond the bounds of decency. It's only happened to me once before; the first time was a particularly ill-mannered toner salesman.
But what I find strange is the fact that, a thereputic shopping trip and nearly four hours later, I'm still so furious about the whole affair that I can't really concentrate on anything else.
And if anyone from Western Wats or Washington Mutual is reading this, the first thing in your comment had better be an apology.
What was unusual was that the droid called back -- twice! The second time, I took over and got a name and URL: Western Wats Research. It appears to be a legitimate research firm, but of course some telemarketer could be using their name fraudulently. The person listed on their contacts page wasn't in when I called, but he'll get his ear burned on Monday, along with the manager of the S&L that, from the drift of the questions, we assume was their client. (If they weren't, then one of their competitors is mining their customer list! They need to be concerned about that...)
Presumably the droid gets paid by the completed survey, which was why he was so anxious to get through it, but two callbacks is beyond the bounds of decency. It's only happened to me once before; the first time was a particularly ill-mannered toner salesman.
But what I find strange is the fact that, a thereputic shopping trip and nearly four hours later, I'm still so furious about the whole affair that I can't really concentrate on anything else.
And if anyone from Western Wats or Washington Mutual is reading this, the first thing in your comment had better be an apology.
