Off topic, a note for search engines and such ... Fashion Bug Sucks, Part Two

[kinzel]

Will someone please tell Fashion Bug that phone calls telling me about the latest bra sale are probably not going to result in additional profit for them? And that giving me a number I should call to opt out of future calls is an absurd imposition? So if I happen to be waiting for a call about an ill family member I can hang up -- and you'll call me back -- or I can listen to your spammy message and then have to spend my energy to call you? Whoa..bad form, Fashion Bug.

So...

Dear Fashion Bug Corporate:

if all the corporations in the US call me and require me to call them back so they won't bother me again, how shall I have time to work, or even to shop?

Maybe if I had a pen I would have written your number down. But I didn't. So I called your local store and asked them to pass the news upline that I don't want your phone calls. Next time you call. I'll call several stores. Got that? I doubt it.

Fashion Bug engages in unfortunate business practices. Shop there at your peril.

Comments

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

Was this a robocall? If it's a person you were talking to, you should be able to say "Put me on your Do Not Call List" and you should not hear from them again.

These sorts of calls almost make me want to sign up for caller ID, but I really don't want to give the phone company any more of my money and I usually don't need it. I am getting rather annoyed at all the police and fire company calls for money though. They invariably call me either right when I'm sitting down to dinner or when I'm trying to get my kids to bed. Why don't they call me in the middle of day? Sorry to rant at you. Not your fault. Thanks for the outlet.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Oh indeed, a robocall. But I made the mistake of picking up the phone, since I am anticipating several calls... and thus triggered it.

As for the police and fire company calls, many of them are made by "consulting" companies that pass on as little as 15% of the donations. Do find out if the call is being made locally -- I mean, why call me from New Jersey for a fire cmpany 3 miles from here. if you want to donate direct to your ambulance, police association, or fire company, do it directly. Don't respond through groups that are just above scam level.

[jelazakazone.livejournal.com]

I never give money to people who call me on the phone. I was going to say the same about door-to-door calls too, but I did once sign up for USPIRG that way. The door-to-door guys always seem to knock just when a kid has gone down for a nap. Grrr. Although they sometimes hit my house when I'm eating too. I need a no soliciting sign:)

I had no idea those organizations were so shoddy. That's criminal that they pass so little on!

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

I had my first non-evangelistic door-to-door sales call in a year or two th other day. Aerus, the folks who merged with or bought... Electrolux, IIRC. I told them, "sorry, I've got the gadgets I need, good luck...."

But that's with people. The stupid Fashion Bug spam-call didn't even allow me to push a button to opt-out -- I was supposedto haev pen in hand and call them... right.

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

here's one link....

http://www.atg.wa.gov/releases/rel_gehl_012298.html

there was recently a case in Maine but I can't locate it immediately...

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

If you register on the national Do Not Call list (http://www.donotcall.gov) you should stop receiving telemarketing calls, save for non-profit organizations and political candidates.

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Would that this were true. You also get calls from people with whom you have a "business relationship".

Give them Pizza Hut's number :)

[magda-vogelsang.livejournal.com]

And from people who had a business relationship with whoever had your phone number before you did (in my case, the person who used to have my number has debt collectors after her).

[kinzel.livejournal.com]

Do you know that a "friend" can sign you up to receive phone calls and marketing news from their favorite stores? Also, if you sign up for a "win this absolutely free" promotion at a mall there's a good chance that your phone number is off to a telemarketer who can claim you as a "pre-qualified opt -in" ...

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Oh yes -- there was a vote-for-your-school-to-win-$1000 that put you on the list for Army recruiters to contact. When I told my young cousin that she was flabbergasted -- and then she got her call from the recruiters....

Very true

[blueberryline.livejournal.com]

My number was apparently sold to a student loan company by the university I just applied to according to this thread http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-201-266-0965. Started to receive numerous calls daily from them. Don't know how to stop.

[oberon.livejournal.com]

I just give out my cell phone number, then feel free to ignore my cell phone, which has voicemail and call display. The home number's unlisted, and not through the usual telco, so the pre-fix is different than the usual ones in the area. If it rings at home, it's invariably someone we know and actually want to talk to. It's been at least a year since telemarketers called me at home, and they don't call cell phone numbers in this area, either as far as I've seen.