Just called my work and said they were offering a 30% discount on our next phone bill because we are so good about paying on time. However, he identified himself with Johnson phone company first, then with AT&T a few sentences later. When he said he was going to "transfer" me to his supervisor there was a lot of feedback on the phone and they just started repeating random information back and forth to each other. They're idiots. I kept waiting for them to ask for a card number or something so I could tell them off but I finally just hung up because they wouldn't shut up. Don't answer!
Received a call from this number. Asked where he was calling from, he said the office. I asked what country he was from he said New Jersey, Washington county. He too was from AT&T and I asked again where he was calling from, he said Trenton, Wisconsin. I love to jerk these people around. Breaks up the day.
I know they can be annoying but play back with them. I did once, kept the person on the phone for about 45 minutes. When he finally figured out I was playing him, he hung up on me. Never called again.
I received this call a few times. The guy always says hes so and so (cant remember his name) from the phone company. He said he would like to give me 30% off and wants to verify some information. I told him I cannot verify anything since i'm not the one in the company that can make those decisions. He said he already talked to my boss. I asked where he was calling from. He said AT&T. Then I asked him who my boss was? and he got very rude. Said he was going to disconnect all my lines tomorrow. I asked to speak to his supervisor. So someone else came on the phone and I asked who they are calling from which company and the guy said Verizon. They kept saying they will disconnect my lines. I kept asking who they talked to and who they were and they got really angry. Then i hung up.
I have received this call with a conversation twice. My experience was exactly the same as Irritated on May 20. They tell you they are calling to inform everyone in your company of the amazing discount you are getting. I told them both times I am not the decision maker and it is none of my business what rates my employer pays for phone service. They ask me to verify information, which I also tell them I will not do. They say they have spoken with our accounts manager and it is okay. I ask them the account manager's name and they give me one but it is someone completely unknown. I tell them no one by that name works there. They get mad and say I don't know who is in my corporate office. I personally know our accounts manager. I ask for a supervisor. I get put on hold, open air, and the same guy picks up and gives me a different name as the "supervisor". It is nothing but a scam, but fun to irritate them.