Oh! I am so annoyed!
I keep getting calls from various companies who want to sell me loans and health insurance. These people are special because my usual tricks of "Oh, I could do with a new card since my last card has been cut off" and "yes, I'm sure you can help now that Baines and Earnst have rejected me due to bad credit" don't work!
I tell this woman that I already have a loan and she says "Yes, we are glad that you already have a loan". I tell this woman that I already have health insurance and she says "yes, we are glad that you already have halth insurance".
Arghhhhhhhh!
I tell her if she sends me literature in the post, I'll get back to her (another trick that often works), and she asks some innocent questions....
Name..... Ok
Address..... Ok
DOB..... Ok (for a quiet life, get on with it)
Bank..... Not Ok
Acocunt Number..... NOT OK!!!!!!
So she tells me that it would make my life easier if I gave her my bank details because it would speed things up when I see how wonderful the policy is.
I explained to her that I was not going o give my bank details over the phone to someone I don't know from Eve. She then said that they were a reputable company with AAA status and all that, and I told her that as far as I know, she could be saying that she is representing the WTO and I wouldn't know any better.
Am I too polite and should I have hung up in the middle of the call? The poor woman is only doing her job after all (and judging by her accent, she's from a country where Western companies are paying her pittance).
I prefer e-mail spam to telephone spam any day! It's reached the point where I'm scared to answer the blimmin' phone. It's worse than hearing from my ex (now that is bad).
Any thoughts?