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Canadian Diabetes Association cold calling rudeness
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| A Canadian Diabetes Association representative called my home on August
23 afternoon using a "Private" caller ID. A guy with a Chinese accent
said they're doing a pick up for old clothes in my area. I politely said
"No I don't, sorry" and the guy IMMEDIATELY hung up on me even before I
finished my sentence. I do not tolerate this type of unprofessional
behavior and will not be supporting this organization for the
foreseeable future. I also hope this jerk gets fired.
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| Jennifer 2006-08-23, 9:20 pm |
| anon wrote:
> A Canadian Diabetes Association representative called my home on August
> 23 afternoon using a "Private" caller ID. A guy with a Chinese accent
> said they're doing a pick up for old clothes in my area. I politely said
> "No I don't, sorry" and the guy IMMEDIATELY hung up on me even before I
> finished my sentence. I do not tolerate this type of unprofessional
> behavior and will not be supporting this organization for the
> foreseeable future. I also hope this jerk gets fired.
It's impossible to know if he was really from where he said he was from.
Any call I've gotten from organizations looking for donations usually
come up on caller ID as the org they say they are.
It sounds more like a scam using the CDA name to me.
Jennifer
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| BlueBrooke 2006-08-23, 9:20 pm |
| On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:30:02 -0500, Jennifer
<jenniferNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:
> anon wrote:
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> It's impossible to know if he was really from where he said he was from.
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> Any call I've gotten from organizations looking for donations usually
> come up on caller ID as the org they say they are.
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> It sounds more like a scam using the CDA name to me.
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> Jennifer
Or they have a telemarketing company handling it. I'm constantly getting
legit calls -- but the people on the other end of the line are in no way
employed by the named company. I don't know if the CDA does that, but the
people working for the company with the contract don't care about the
original organization's public relations -- just getting on to the next
call (which they could do a lot faster if they weren't bothering me).
Blue
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"anon" <n@spam.com> wrote in message news:44ECEDA6.178374CD@spam.com...
> A Canadian Diabetes Association representative called my home on August
> 23 afternoon using a "Private" caller ID.
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You answer those? I only answer the phone if I know who the caller is. I
wonder how many prizes I've missed out on?
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| Wes Groleau 2006-08-24, 2:19 am |
| BlueBrooke wrote:
> that, but the people working for the company with the contract don't
> care about the original organization's public relations -- just getting
> on to the next call (which they could do a lot faster if they weren't
> bothering me).
I answer. If it's a recording, I set the phone on the table
and walk away. If it's live, I say hang on just a moment
and do the same.
My theory is (1) the longer I keep the line open, the fewer
other people they bother and (2) _maybe_ they'll mark my number
"don't call here again"
--
Wes Groleau
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of a black velvet clown painting. It's a rectangle of carets
surrounding a quote from a literary giant of weeniedom like
Heinlein or Dr. Who.
-- Chris Maeda
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-- Wes Groleau
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| BJ in Texas 2006-08-24, 8:19 am |
| anon <n@spam.com> wrote:
|| A Canadian Diabetes Association representative called my home
|| on August 23 afternoon using a "Private" caller ID. A guy
|| with a Chinese accent said they're doing a pick up for old
|| clothes in my area. I politely said "No I don't, sorry" and
|| the guy IMMEDIATELY hung up on me even before I finished my
|| sentence. I do not tolerate this type of unprofessional
|| behavior and will not be supporting this organization for the
|| foreseeable future. I also hope this jerk gets fired.
What is your problem, sounds to me like when you said
"No I don't, sorry" the conversation was over. Do you expect
someone with a list of people to call to stick around a chat
a little?
I agree they should be using the CDA's caller ID. Could be
the calling was contracted out to someone. Or possibly
they had non-professional volunteers doing the calling.
BJ
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| Trinkwasser 2006-08-25, 4:20 pm |
| On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:30:02 GMT, Jennifer
<jenniferNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:
>anon wrote:
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>It's impossible to know if he was really from where he said he was from.
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>Any call I've gotten from organizations looking for donations usually
>come up on caller ID as the org they say they are.
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>It sounds more like a scam using the CDA name to me.
Quite probably.
In the UK we get weekly leaflets shoved through the door asking for
clothes for "charity".
They're commercial scammers.
(Just once in a few months there's one from a genuine charity).
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| Trinkwasser wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:30:02 GMT, Jennifer
> <jenniferNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Quite probably.
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> In the UK we get weekly leaflets shoved through the door asking for
> clothes for "charity".
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> They're commercial scammers.
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> (Just once in a few months there's one from a genuine charity).
The CDA collects clothes, and then sells them to a thrift department
store (Value Village). Clothing unsuitable for sale is sold to fiber
processors. There has been unflattering newspaper articles about their
practices.
Vicki
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