Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-30 Thread mike smith
I don't have one for each day of the week, but I'd have one (or more) for each room of the house. (cue sound effects) On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Scott Barnes wrote: > I laughed at the fact of owning a computer for each of the week. Nicely > played. > > > --- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > h

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-29 Thread Scott Barnes
I laughed at the fact of owning a computer for each of the week. Nicely played. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: > ** ** ** > > I’ve had several calls like this in the last couple of years (and my wife > had one just yesterday

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-29 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
I just got a similar call over Skype couple of days ago Direct voice call from "SYSTEM Repair Service" (skype id was repair.service.ocp.4) I played a pre-recorded voice mail that my system is infected and I should go to a specific URL and it spelled the URL for me. This was really unexpected. O

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-29 Thread Bec Carter
This one is a freebie :p On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Greg Keogh wrote: >>Haha I have one on the line now, had him for over 20 minutes. I will > stretch this out for hours.. > > I hope you can invoice him for the consulting time! ;-) Greg >

RE: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-29 Thread Greg Keogh
>Haha I have one on the line now, had him for over 20 minutes. I will stretch this out for hours.. I hope you can invoice him for the consulting time! ;-) Greg

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-28 Thread Bec Carter
Haha I have one on the line now, had him for over 20 minutes. I will stretch this out for hours.. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:42 PM, mike smith wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: >> As a follow-up –since it is nearly Friday now – I thought this was a very >> analytical and

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-12 Thread mike smith
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Ian Thomas wrote: > As a follow-up –since it is nearly Friday now – I thought this was a very > analytical and almost cruel response to our hard-working friends in the > (mainly) off-shore call centres. After all, they’re only trying to earn a > quid (or rupee), and

RE: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-07 Thread Ian Thomas
As a follow-up -since it is nearly Friday now - I thought this was a very analytical and almost cruel response to our hard-working friends in the (mainly) off-shore call centres. After all, they're only trying to earn a quid (or rupee), and some of them may be better educated than us and earning ve

RE: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Greg Low (GregLow.com)
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Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
> > > > I usually just tell them to "hang on a minute" and don't go back to > the phone for about 10 mins by which time they've hung up > > My wife usually says hang on, then hands the phone to my 3 year old for a chat.

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Bec Carter
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Les Hughes wrote: > Ian Thomas wrote: >> >> >> I’ve had several calls like this in the last couple of years (and my wife >> had one just yesterday), but this overseas call from an (Indian-accepted) >> “Computer Maintenance Department” was spun out to 7 minutes by on

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread mike smith
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Corneliu I. Tusnea wrote: > Arjang, > > The scammers don't have your details. They randomly dial numbers :) > > Just ask them: Who did you call? What's my name? What's my address? and they > bugger out :) Since they seem to think that its a problem with your compu

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
Arjang, The scammers don't have your details. They randomly dial numbers :) Just ask them: Who did you call? What's my name? What's my address? and they bugger out :) A quicker escape is "Me not speaking English. Me not speaking English." :) That actually even works with the guys knocking at the

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Arjang Assadi
> I'm sure they understand all English swear words mate :) > Just try ... > > Nop, That is not recomended, for follwoing reasons: The scammers have your details, they might decide to move you to their VIP list or god knows what ever other evil scham list they might have. After all they are crimin

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Corneliu I. Tusnea
I'm sure they understand all English swear words mate :) Just try ... On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:41 AM, mike smith wrote: > On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Iain Carlin wrote: > > Love it...is it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...etc. LOL. > > > > Agree with the idea of playing them along. I did simil

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread mike smith
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Iain Carlin wrote: > Love it...is it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...etc. LOL. > > Agree with the idea of playing them along. I did similar to this guy, "I > have 5 computers, which one is faulty". Spun the guy on for about 5 minutes > before he comes back with "Ah, yo

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Iain Carlin
Love it...is it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...etc. LOL. Agree with the idea of playing them along. I did similar to this guy, "I have 5 computers, which one is faulty". Spun the guy on for about 5 minutes before he comes back with "Ah, you are some sort of smart***. Bet you are jack of all trades a

Re: [OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Les Hughes
Ian Thomas wrote: I’ve had several calls like this in the last couple of years (and my wife had one just yesterday), but this overseas call from an (Indian-accepted) “Computer Maintenance Department” was spun out to 7 minutes by one of the SMBIT guys who received it today. It lightened my mo

[OT] It's not Friday, but I've had a tough last 3 weeks ...

2012-06-06 Thread Ian Thomas
I've had several calls like this in the last couple of years (and my wife had one just yesterday), but this overseas call from an (Indian-accepted) "Computer Maintenance Department" was spun out to 7 minutes by one of the SMBIT guys who received it today. It lightened my mood considerably Put al