I got a call today from this guy who identified himself as Dan Barton from Woodstock. He asked for the president by his first name, not his last. When I started grilling the guy about what was the nature of his call, etc. he came up with that he has spoken to him before and he was following up on some European shoes, size 42. Now, since my President is European, that was a pretty good strategy. I know the type of caller this is and I have been the "gatekeeper" for a long time. I always google the number to confirm legitamacy. Needless to say, the President isn't getting the message.
Call this guy every hour on the hour. If you find that the line is busy it is working. If the line is busy start calling every 5 minutes past every hour.
I just had the same thing happen to me. He asked to speak to our former CEO and when informed that he was no longer available, he asked to speak to "who ever ran the company". When who was calling he said "Mike" to which I replied "Of?" And at that point he told me Woodstock and then began his tirade to get the name of someone who ran the company. And it just went downhill from there, ending with him threatening to "tell on me".
Glad that I ran across this.
This guy has called from various numbers in NY claiming to be many different companies mostly says his name is Mike - sometimes something else. Acts like my boss is expecting his call -or tries to get his cell number. My boss has even asked him to remove our number from his call list. we have asked REPEATEDLY to be removed from his call list - and he has refused to do so. we have gotten calls almost every day for at least the past six months - it has gotten to a point of harrassment - he hangs up on us when we ask that he not call again.
I got a call today from this guy who identified himself as Dan Barton from Woodstock. He asked for the president by his first name, not his last. When I started grilling the guy about what was the nature of his call, etc. he came up with that he has spoken to him before and he was following up on some European shoes, size 42. Now, since my President is European, that was a pretty good strategy. I know the type of caller this is and I have been the "gatekeeper" for a long time. I always google the number to confirm legitamacy. Needless to say, the President isn't getting the message.
Called the office today. Asked for the owner... Owner isn't in this office.. told the guy (polietly) to hold.... he eventually hung up after 3 mins.. muwwaahhhhahahaha ... I usually do that to all solicitation calls...