I got a call from 416-483-4516, asking to speak to "the big guy"... when I asked him which one? he said "the owner". When I told him no one was around and would he like to leave a message, he said, "It's Fred, I'll call back tomorrow."
A company that sells gimmick advertising items, such as jackknivies, steak knives and a bunch of other stuff. Bought steak knives once to give away, the name embossing was horrible, they were big and clunky and not at all attractive. Keeps calling back wanting to know if we are ready for more.....we actually threw them all away....too embarrased to give them to anyone!
A "promotion company" that sells gimmicks, pencils, pens, etc. They keep calling. Rep. by name of Goergina Brooks would not take "not interested" for answer. Pretend to know you personally. Insistent, rude. Will not take "NO" for an answer.
Kept asking to talk to "the big guy...you know who I'm talking about (laughs), the big boss." The rep I spoke to wouldn't give me his name (every time I asked who he was and where he was calling from, he dodged the question) and insisted he spoke to "the big guy" last fall about "ball caps and jackets for the company" and wanted to speak to our "purchaser". (For the record: I work at a non-profit organization, so we don't purchase promotional products for any reason...and all of the employees here are female, so his insistence on having spoken with a man in the fall is entirely false.) Every time I asked what he had spoken with the alleged "big guy" about, he kept saying he didn't have his notes but there was a project we were going to be working on together...finally got him off the phone after asking for the fifth time what his name was and who he was working with, which ended with him saying he would "check his notes and call back tomorrow with the details of what he and the big guy had talked about."
they called me and asked for the boss and Iasked what it was regarding as we are a corporate company and different people handle different thinks and he told me to "Get Bent" and hung up on me!!!!!!!! [***]