Picked up and listened to a recording (woman’s voice) about my final offer to reduce credit card debt. I pushed 1 and after about 30 seconds was connected to John who wanted to know how much I owe on credit cards. I said “A LOT!” (I actually do not owe any thing on my credit cards but am just making this up to keep him interested while I fish for information.) He wanted to know how many cards and how much. I kept giving vague replies like I’m not sure how many cards, at least 6 or 7. He wanted to know how many I was delinquent on and then wanted to know if any card was still in good standing. He said I needed at least one card in good standing for them to help me. (I bet that is the card number he would try to get.) I asked him if he was calling from a call center and he said no sir. I asked who he worked for and he said Card Services. I said yea but what is the name of the company that writes your pay check and he again said Card services. I asked where Card Services was located and he said in Atlanta, where he was. I said where in Atlanta and he said 1900 The Exchange. Since I was on my way to run an errand, I told John that I was not interested in his services and was just wasting our time. And asked if he could take me off his call list which he said he could do.
John says he is in Atlanta (which may be true) but they show a Virginia telephone number. A bit fishy if he really works for “Card Services” which I doubt really exists. I called the number displayed on my caller Id and it connected me to a voice message for a call center that said they could take me off the call list of only the company that called me.
This number constantly calls me at work - always when I'm away from my desk. Finally, I was there when they called today and I picked up. I also listened to a woman's voice recording and pushed one to speak with a representative. When the guy picked up I asked if I wanted to lower my interest rate, I said, "No! I don't have a credit card with you and I would you to take me off your calling list!!" I then heard a dial tone. The jerk hung up on me! WTF?!