John - Same as Andy : I think if you truly read what people are saying you will see that these cold callers are IN FACT rude. If they were NOT rude they WOULD LEAVE their info to follow up on -however these RUDE callers just hang up on you mid - sentence! As soon as you say "No they aren't - may I take a message" by the time you get to "aren't" you have been RUDELY hung up on. They wouldn't even let you get part way throught your >> "thank you for calling me but ***RUDELY HUNG UP ON BY NOW** I am happy with my current adviser" and if your not then ask them for some information - who knows maybe they can help you.<< I AM SURE NOW this IS what you BOth do for a living. if you ARE JUST DOING YOUR JOB AND TRYING TO GAIN ACCOUNTS - don't RUDELY HANG UP on people. YOU try smiling and at least sat THANK YOU before hanging up on people.
~Not angry at all! :o) just tired of people wasting my time (and theirs) by RUDELY hanging up.
I took the call not knowing. I told him I had a better email that I made up. I said I was conservative, I owned Phillip Morris and had a total of $10,000 invested in the stocks. Those are the 3 wrong answers they don't want to hear so hopefully I'm off their list.
Hope you didn't give them your real name. they'll use that the next time they call to pretend you and they have an ongoing business relationship. make something up like "IMA SKAMMER" and then have them repeat it back. when they say "IMA SKAMMER" say yes indeed you are. ;-)
Called me a work by name...
I don't give out this number, so had to be a leak from some distributor that has come through here...in violation of their privacy agreement (or some employee having 'fun' ...)
I just told him that this work doesn't accept such calls, and please take me off you list...
Hope to never hear from him again.
These guys do NOT stop calling, even after repeat requests to NOT call me. This is the investment firm listed, and I would never do business with them.