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> I'm sure he thought he had a live one with me. Just as he was trying
> to get me to bring up Teamviewer so he could "help" me fix things, I
> started rattling off down the list of words above. He got very tripped
> up, and
> finally let fly a whole barrage of cursing, but under his breath so
> his bosses didn't overhear him! :) He sounded torked!
> 
> 
> I sure do love Asterisk+FreePBX's blacklisting capability, but every
> now and then, a new one comes through. This time I couldn't resist
> seeing where it would go. :)

I have been getting a lot of calls lately from very American mid west sounding 
folks trying to lower my credit card rate. They seem to also bounce around from 
number to number. I have found it doesn't help me to get worked up over their 
calls, but it has been fun getting them worked up over it. 

My fun has been going ahead and pressing 1 to talk to someone. They rattle off 
the opening speal again, and then I prod them for what cards they think they 
can help me with. They usually rattle off the card processors, Visa, 
Mastercard, Discover. 

Here is where I have to be creative. The only "card" I have is a 4 years no 
interest loan for having bought a nice bed. It shows up on my credit report as 
a consumer credit card with a limit of the original loan. Before anyone wants 
to counsel me on this, I am paying way ahead of schedule and about 1.5 times 
minimum payment to clear it fast and well before the interest can be charged to 
me. Only other debt I have is my house, and a line of credit with my bank. 

My experience so far has been a couple getting wise quickly and saying 
something like, "Why did you press 1". Followed quickly by a hang up. I have 
had one just hang up without commenting. 

Figured at some point they would see enough calls connected to an agent and not 
"completed" that they would stop calling.
-- 
Steven Critchfield [email protected]

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