A guy just called and ask to speak to the owner when I said he is not here he asked when will he be here the I responded I do not know. Then he asked, who should I ask next time for, when I said "the owner" without giving him a name he hang up. Since it was all weird and the caller ID said "Ring Central" I googled it. How crazy and desperate!!!
The guy never said who he was actually working for. He was trying to sell radio ads on two country stations in our area under the guise of a "donation" to lower the number of automobile accidents in our area, (no joke). He even read off what the ad would sound like, filling in our old company name where appropriate. It was really hard not to laugh as he kept going. After explaining that first, we do not sell to the public nor have any PR concerns, so running a radio ad would be worthless, second, there's no extra money in our advertising budget, and third, we do not make any donations over the phone. All of this he ignored.
Trying to get more info, I said we would be willing to make a donation if he mailed the materials to us, but re-emphasized that we are not interested in the radio ad. He said they can't mail anything out because there's a deadline of St Patrick's Day. Later he said that they aren't asking for donations...unknowingly admitting that his first BS story about the automobile accidents was a lie. He just kept with the speil though and I had to hang up on him.
If you get this call, wait til the minion reads the radio ad before saying no, it's a hoot!
A guy named Damien called and wanted to speak to the Owner about Child protection ads (he mumbled this). I told him the owner was not available and he can speak to me and he mumbled something under his breath. I then suggested that I take down HIS name and number and he quickly hung up. lol
A guy just called and ask to speak to the owner when I said he is not here he asked when will he be here the I responded I do not know. Then he asked, who should I ask next time for, when I said "the owner" without giving him a name he hang up. Since it was all weird and the caller ID said "Ring Central" I googled it. How crazy and desperate!!!
I just got the same call also. Got this call a few months back. I want to ask that caller where is my donation. I'm sick and tired of people making me feel guilty because I can't hand out any more money.
Every month I donate my fees for collecting state taxes on my sales. That is 2 LLC's for a total of $70.00 per month to the children s education fund. Every time I leave the dollar store I donate my change to the children s education. When the firemen are collecting in the boot I throw dollars in and am very happy to do so. I get the calls from the sheriffs office ??? donated for years till I found out that WAS A SCAM!! I supported 2- 4 H kids
from my county a couple years in a row now. I always buy cookies from the girl scouts. But you know what!!?? Enough is enough. I am not rich. I am struggling just like the rest of America. I just can't do it anymore. I'm tired of all the calls and the guilt trips. STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I have left to give is blood...
Got a call from 847-655-2578. Caller ID was Unknown Name. Caller did not ID himself until on the phone asking questions about our storage business. Since in our business many times perspective customers call inquiring about our facility, I did not find it strange that this person was asking questions about our services. He finally identified himself as Big Dave with Fox Sports Radio at 1280 AM. Since my supervisor was not available, he said he would call back, but wanted me to know that he was getting a "program" together regarding not texting while driving. Sounds like donations for sponsorships to me.