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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
Fri May 18, 2018, 01:44 PM May 2018

I got the same call that I got 30 or 40 times.. [View all]

Some special deal on "electricity." If I switch to this other company, I will save 25 percent.. I pick up the phone and listened. I know the exact language, and after 4 or 5 words, and l heard the same voice, I hung up. Why? call me 4o times. I have asked them to take my number off the list,,and they said they would, but they didn't....So what is the deal?

...It is simple, that company doesn't give a crap about taking people off the list. They know a certain number of calls, will result in a sale, and certain number of repeat calls will also result in a sale. It may be a very small number,..but the owner of the company knows there will be a sale at some point. If not from me, from someone else..looking for a "special deal on "electricity"...

How do I know?...simple, ......If this scam didn't work, that company would be ....OUT OF BUSINESS ...that is no more calls. ...................but....................................I keep getting these calls.........Why?..................

The company is making money this way......, that is why.........If this wasn't working, they would be out of business...oh....so you don't thin that is it????

What about "Toys are Us"?....out of business.. why? not making money...why? cheaper toys elsewhere..
What about certain "department stores"?...........out of business..not making money...Why?..cheaper stuff elsewhere...........Nash- Rambler..made cars.. those did not sell..no more..

If this scam did not work, and the company did not con people...that company would be out of business..But they are still in business, making those robo calls..For several years....same call...special deal on electric service....You may not fall for it, but some people do.....if they didn't, this company would be out of business.

But.......It is still in business.....

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