Angela from the Warranty Department

[davem4616]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

[Stu from NYC]

Invite her to dinner. Or ask her if she does housework and you want to hire her.

We keep getting the calls but dont remember the so called name they use.

More and more they call from a very noisy room and cannot even understand what they saying.

[retiredguy123]

The funny thing is that they are not very smart. They will sell you several warranties on the same car. I can't wait for my transmission to break, so I can get five new transmissions.

[Stu from NYC]

The funny thing is that they are not very smart. They will sell you several warranties on the same car. I can't wait for my transmission to break, so I can get five new transmissions.

Let me know how that goes:icon_wink:

[Stu from NYC]

The one I would miss is the social security one where they will stop my payments due to fraud..

Somehow when they tell me their badge number and than I tell them that I also work for SS and didnt realize they had released badge numbers in that series they dont want to talk to me anymore.

Wonder why

[alwann]

I imagine she's married to Robert who keeps offering to buy my time share, which I sold 20 years ago. There's an old saying in the direct marketing business: your results are only as good as your mailing (calling) list.

[mtdjed]

The funny thing is that they are not very smart. They will sell you several warranties on the same car. I can't wait for my transmission to break, so I can get five new transmissions.

I doubt that you would get one transmission.

[Number 10 GI]

I find it dismaying that enough people buy from telemarketers to make it profitable for them to spend money on it. I have never and never will buy from a telemarketer. If people would stop buying from them they would go out of business and never bother us again.

[Stu from NYC]

I find it dismaying that enough people buy from telemarketers to make it profitable for them to spend money on it. I have never and never will buy from a telemarketer. If people would stop buying from them they would go out of business and never bother us again.

And if only they had to pay for all the calls they make would also reduce that number drastically.

[Number 10 GI]

And if only they had to pay for all the calls they make would also reduce that number drastically.

I agree and the BS from the telephone industry claiming they can't identify where all these calls are coming from requires an IQ of -10 to believe it.

[Stu from NYC]

I agree and the BS from the telephone industry claiming they can't identify where all these calls are coming from requires an IQ of -10 to believe it.

You got that right

[Nucky]

This is how you handle it. Angela is a P.I.A.
How to respond to a telemarketer - The Seinfeld way - YouTube (https://youtu.be/hllDWSbuDsQ)

[Stu from NYC]

This is how you handle it. Angela is a P.I.A.
How to respond to a telemarketer - The Seinfeld way - YouTube (https://youtu.be/hllDWSbuDsQ)

That was a classic line brilliant writing was done on Seinfeld

[LizzieBorden]

With a Verizon feature that comes with my service, most of mine now come through as “Potential Spam”. Yesterday I received a text from Verizon that says they will now route those calls to Voicemail for extra protection, this will come with the iOS14 update called “Silence Junk Callers”. This will auto-block potential spam calls and send them to your “recent calls & Voicemail”. Since Verizon started the potential spam feature, it has been much better, and I can only imagine that this will enhance what we already have. Anyone else using this feature?

[Girlcopper]

I find it dismaying that enough people buy from telemarketers to make it profitable for them to spend money on it. I have never and never will buy from a telemarketer. If people would stop buying from them they would go out of business and never bother us again.
Dream on. Telemarketers are forever whether they get a sale or not

[Stu from NYC]

Dream on. Telemarketers are forever whether they get a sale or not

They are in business to make money.

If they do not sell they make no money and will go away.

[TheMoyers]

I have begun to punch a number that gets me to "an agent", then put the phone down and listen to them try to talk to me. I feel my little delay will at least save a few other people from getting called.

[Eg_cruz]

With a Verizon feature that comes with my service, most of mine now come through as “Potential Spam”. Yesterday I received a text from Verizon that says they will now route those calls to Voicemail for extra protection, this will come with the iOS14 update called “Silence Junk Callers”. This will auto-block potential spam calls and send them to your “recent calls & Voicemail”. Since Verizon started the potential spam feature, it has been much better, and I can only imagine that this will enhance what we already have. Anyone else using this feature?
AT&T has the same. I have had mine for 6-7 months. It does not get them all but enough. I have also seen a downward turn in the spam calls since they started this program.
For landlines there is a device that you can hook to your landline to stop spam calls and to block up to 15,000 numbers. I got one for my dad and it works right on getting rid of the spam calls.

[Ecuadog]

When I am lucky enough to get a live person, I play this for them.

Sick Villain Sounds (http://soundbible.com/suggest.php?q=sick+villain)

[noslices1]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

I get one or two calls every week from a company that wants to “improve” my Medicare experience. Each call sounds like the same person, but from locations all around the country, but mostly from Southern California. I have told them, at least 20 times to take me off their call list, but when I do, they just hang up. A couple of days later I will get another call. I think I’ll get a loud whistle and blow out some eardrums if it keeps going on.

[Pdesensi]

I get a phone call once weekly alerting me “this is the final attempt to contact me concerning the approval of My student loan”. Every time she calls I block the number. She must have several banks of numbers because the call come from a different number each time.

[FromNY]

Caller ID, if number is unknown I do not answer. Call goes to voice mail. If it is a telemarketer I block it. Why waste time answering a number I do not know. If you are on my caller ID list I answer. Once you answer they keep trying.

[gpk111]

I find it dismaying that enough people buy from telemarketers to make it profitable for them to spend money on it. I have never and never will buy from a telemarketer. If people would stop buying from them they would go out of business and never bother us again.

...but Social Security or Medicare won't go out of business for a while! :)

[gpk111]

Caller ID, if number is unknown I do not answer. Call goes to voice mail. If it is a telemarketer I block it. Why waste time answering a number I do not know. If you are on my caller ID list I answer. Once you answer they keep trying.

How do you block it if the incoming number changes all the time and call backs answer with "number disconnected?"

[MandoMan]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

The people who own these companies should receive serious prison time (and be tortured by having to deal with 24 hour calls and salespeople).

Usually I just hang up. Last month I let some girl make her spiel. Then I quietly told her there was no way I was ever going to buy an extended warranty, and was there any way I could be removed from the call list so people like her won’t waste their time. She said she would take care of it. I THINK it helped, at least for a few weeks.

[gpk111]

When I am lucky enough to get a live person, I play this for them.

Sick Villain Sounds (http://soundbible.com/suggest.php?q=sick+villain)

They're very good at hanging up immediately. You have to keep them on the phone for a while and congratulate them for being a "supervisor" or ask them to hold while you let your dog in. Then hit them with a surprise.

[gpk111]

The people who own these companies should receive serious prison time (and be tortured by having to deal with 24 hour calls and salespeople).

Usually I just hang up. Last month I let some girl make her spiel. Then I quietly told her there was no way I was ever going to buy an extended warranty, and was there any way I could be removed from the call list so people like her won’t waste their time. She said she would take care of it. I THINK it helped, at least for a few weeks.

Much too kind! I bet they tagged you as kind and made you a bigger target. These people are hard core scum.

[retiredguy123]

How do you block it if the incoming number changes all the time and call backs answer with "number disconnected?"
It's not a good idea to call back a telemarketer. You could be making an international call and your phone company will charge you for it. And, there is no way to remove the charge from your bill.

[gpk111]

It's not a good idea to call back a telemarketer. You could be making an international call and your phone company will charge you for it. And, there is no way to remove the charge from your bill.

Most of mine come from my local area code. ...which is why I answer in the first place. ...for example to confirm a doctor's appointment and the call may come from a secondary number.

[Dgodin]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL
She is also calling me. She moves around quite a bit. Sometimes she calls from PA, and other times FL. I thought we had something going but then she started calling my wife too.

[RichS$]

I just bought a new car. One week later I got the dreaded call four times the same day. I called the dealer and asked if he was selling my information. He said the State makes my information available to anyone who asks.
So let’s all send letters to Baxley or the Governor and demand to know why they abuse our privacy?

[Villages Kahuna]

For awhile Angela was calling at least every day, sometimes twice a day. I don’t know how many times she’s calling now because unless I see the call coming from a caller I recognize, I simply hit the answer button and then immediately hang up. I don’t even say hello. I’m certain some of those calls are still Angela.

So I miss her friendly greeting. “Hi, this is Angela...”

[retiredguy123]

Most of mine come from my local area code. ...which is why I answer in the first place. ...for example to confirm a doctor's appointment and the call may come from a secondary number.
How do you know it's a local area code? Local area codes don't even exist anymore, and the call you make can be forwarded anywhere in the world. If you dial 352, the person you are calling could be located anywhere.

[J1ceasar]

I agree and the BS from the telephone industry claiming they can't identify where all these calls are coming from requires an IQ of -10 to believe it.

they use free internet VOIP numbers - untraceable.

[Singerlady]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

The phone calls I get are about my college student loans. They tell me I owe money (I don’t...they’ve been paid off for 41 years) or they’ll work with me on renegotiating the terms. LOL! To voicemail they go. So much for the Do Not Call List.

[Stu from NYC]

Most of mine come from my local area code. ...which is why I answer in the first place. ...for example to confirm a doctor's appointment and the call may come from a secondary number.

that is why I will answer, recently a potential spam call was my Dr office to confirm appt.

[Singerlady]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

My husband was getting telemarketing calls from health insurance companies for Medicare coverage. Finally when one person called, he responded by saying ‘ I’m glad you called me. Right now I’m going to prison so I won’t need health insurance. I should be getting out in about 5 years, so please keep my number and call me back in 5 years.’ He’s never received any of those calls again. LOL!

[Byte1]

The problem is that the caller is a recording in most cases, so you can say anything you wish and they won't comprehend. In the "old days" they were live calls and a lot of fun to answer. If they called at dinner, I would ask them for a call back number. When they asked me why, I would tell them that I would like to call them back when I thought they might be eating a meal. Or, I would ask them what they were wearing and tell them that they had a REAL sexy voice. Female or male, it worked every time. Now, the calls are boring so I just look at the caller ID and if I don't recognize the number, I either let it go to the messaging system or pick it up and hang up. On my cell phone, I just swipe down to ignore it.

[bragones]

With a Verizon feature that comes with my service, most of mine now come through as “Potential Spam”. Yesterday I received a text from Verizon that says they will now route those calls to Voicemail for extra protection, this will come with the iOS14 update called “Silence Junk Callers”. This will auto-block potential spam calls and send them to your “recent calls & Voicemail”. Since Verizon started the potential spam feature, it has been much better, and I can only imagine that this will enhance what we already have. Anyone else using this feature?

Agree, Verizon's span filter works really well. I recently switched from Verizon to Xfinity Mobile and the number of spam calls I get increased significantly because I lost the Verizon filter. It does no good to block the incoming # because the same telemarketing message soon comes in again under a different number. On the bright side, I saved a bundle by switching to Xfinity mobile and internet from Verizon.

[sswitenki]

We have the whole department of the fine warranty company wanting to remedy our lack of extended coverage. I get calls on my phone and my husband gets calls on his too. We beg them to put us on do not call list. Pete still takes the calls and says no. I finally set my phone not to ring unless on my contact list. Makes me happier with less rings.

[Huskies]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL
I had the same problem . I changed. My phone recording saying if you are a solicitor take us off your list. Since then we are getting a lot less calls.

[CrabCake]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL
Yeah, she and her friend Heather have been calling me! I'm sorely tempted to let it dial through and give them an earful, but why bother?

[jrm4081@juno.com]

We have Comcast and our phone will ring once when it is a robo call and then stop. We also have ID so if we don't recognize the name and number we wait and if is legit, they leave a message. We can pick up during the message or call back. Much better now. While that is all better, we get calls from medical that are on numbers that are not identified rather than United Health or the doctor's name.

[DIver0258]

We are with Comcast Mobile. I use an app Call Hero. It provides a virtual assistant to answer your calls. All spammers hang up. If someone isn't in my contacts they can leave a voice mail. If they stay on the line the app will notify me who they are and allow me to answer the call. It is a paid app. Since using it I have not received one spam call.

[Stu from NYC]

Yeah, she and her friend Heather have been calling me! I'm sorely tempted to let it dial through and give them an earful, but why bother?

Wonder if they know each other:icon_wink:

[retiredguy123]

Yeah, she and her friend Heather have been calling me! I'm sorely tempted to let it dial through and give them an earful, but why bother?
They have wasted your time, so you get the satisfaction of wasting their time.

[Stu from NYC]

They have wasted your time, so you get the satisfaction of wasting their time.

exactly

[jaj523]

Scam calls. I bought my car used and never had a warranty. Still I get calls asking me to renew, even got a few notices in the mail.

[donfey]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

Just lay the phone down without hanging up. At least it'll tie up one of their lines.

[Rosebud1949]

Just like the Chinese lady who said I MUST give my personal details AND Social Security info IMMEDIATELY or my Micro Soft computer will die. We know its her as the phone call appears on my TV screen as ME CALLING MY OWN NUMBER.. dead give away....

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL

[Spike380]

I'm so accustomed to getting daily calls from "Angela", letting me know that this is her final attempt to contact me about an extended warranty on my auto, that I'm almost beginning to think I may miss her when she stops calling.

LOL
Wait until the calls about "wanting your car- big bucks for trading it in" calls. EVERY day

[STLRAY]

Why do people still answer calls where you do not recognize the number? If it happens to be someone I know calling from a different number they will leave a message. Otherwise I just send calls to voicemail.

[retiredguy123]

Why do people still answer calls where you do not recognize the number? If it happens to be someone I know calling from a different number they will leave a message. Otherwise I just send calls to voicemail.
One reason is that it may be a doctor or nurse calling with test results. They don't always call from the same number. Sure, they may leave a message, but you may not be able to reach them when you call back. Or, it could be a business calling to reschedule an appointment. Also, it could be a call from a friend or relative that you haven't talked to in awhile. I think a lot of people are not comfortable letting an incoming call go by without answering it.

[Bjeanj]

In the last month, we’ve gotten probably 8-10 recorded calls from RNC. And they leave a message!

I hate this time of year. Not only that, but just about every commercial is political.

[Stu from NYC]

One reason is that it may be a doctor or nurse calling with test results. They don't always call from the same number. Sure, they may leave a message, but you may not be able to reach them when you call back. Or, it could be a business calling to reschedule an appointment. Also, it could be a call from a friend or relative that you haven't talked to in awhile. I think a lot of people are not comfortable letting an incoming call go by without answering it.

Exactly. If we did not answer a call from an unknown number we could not have converted an upcoming Dr appt from virtual to an actual one.

[Earlride]

I imagine she's married to Robert who keeps offering to buy my time share, which I sold 20 years ago. There's an old saying in the direct marketing business: your results are only as good as your mailing (calling) list.

I used to get them every day, driving me crazy and I never owned a time share. Finally, thoroughly ticked I yelled the one asking how to get you people to stop calling me. His response was "Jump out of a window and die".