Bridget with card holder services - again! For the two thousandth final notice.
Every few days, I block this caller, but they get a new number (or just spoof a number) and I have to add the new number to my call block list.
I allways take the call and press 1 to speak to a live person. I ask lots of questions. Sometimes I ask twice. Even though I have -0- debt since this sounds like a really good deal, I allways participate. They ask for a credit card which usually takes me at least 5 minutes to find. I offer them a random string of numbers and they then ask me to hold. They allways come back asking if I'm sure that is the right number. I then change one of the numbers and offer it to them again. This typically gets a reaction.
Some better than others. It's allways worth a laugh.
Received a call from this outfit this morning. Press "1" to reduce your credit card rate. I pressed "1" and kept them on the phone for as long as possible. Finally, I told them that I really didn't appreciate their calls and wish they'd stop calling me and that it was abuse. The guy on the other end started swearing at me! Very very professional organization, huh?
EXCELLENT! This tactic of wasting as much of their time as possible is really the only thing that will ultimately make them go away. When they called this morning, I pressed '1' and played along, agreeing that I owed more than $2000 on my card. When I started to ask who they were (got out "who..."), they hung up. This is a really good sign that they are getting a smidge paranoid about being punked and likely are starting to hang up on actual suckers - can't stay in business long with that methodology...Hee-hee...