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When is it harassment?
Apr. 29th, 2007 09:19 pmI've been getting some strange phone calls at home.
One is an Indian voice, who claims to be in Buffalo, NY. He says that I have won something, that I filled out a coupon in mid-December. He uses words like "American Airlines" and "Hilton Hotels." I have no record or memory of this. The two prizes are a cruise that sounds short and Caribbean (no, thanks. I can hear the "no flights paid for" on that one.) or a trip to Orlando, Florida (no, thanks). He always seems to call when I am busy. So I have told him at least twice to call back later and at least twice to not call back at all. I've actually told him "Take my name off your list, do not call me back. I am not interested." T has told him the exact same thing. I've said that, and then hung up on him. He called us back. Seriously. "Why did you hang up on me?!"
T seems of the opinion that if you tell them "no" three times, they are legally required to stop calling and asking. I've said no (in the last conversation alone) way more than three times.
*grrr*
The other is an automated system. It always seems to call when I am (a) asleep or (b) 5 minutes from walking out the door. It claims that it is not trying to sell me anything, but that they must talk with me (by name). The automated system claims that if I stay on the phone, an operator will pick up the phone and explain. I've waited as long as 20 minutes, but no one ever picked up. It seems to call every day. It seems to have called at least once every business day for the last two (perhaps three) weeks. I have never managed to speak to a human to tell them to stop calling, nor gotten an explanation for why they are calling.
One is an Indian voice, who claims to be in Buffalo, NY. He says that I have won something, that I filled out a coupon in mid-December. He uses words like "American Airlines" and "Hilton Hotels." I have no record or memory of this. The two prizes are a cruise that sounds short and Caribbean (no, thanks. I can hear the "no flights paid for" on that one.) or a trip to Orlando, Florida (no, thanks). He always seems to call when I am busy. So I have told him at least twice to call back later and at least twice to not call back at all. I've actually told him "Take my name off your list, do not call me back. I am not interested." T has told him the exact same thing. I've said that, and then hung up on him. He called us back. Seriously. "Why did you hang up on me?!"
T seems of the opinion that if you tell them "no" three times, they are legally required to stop calling and asking. I've said no (in the last conversation alone) way more than three times.
*grrr*
The other is an automated system. It always seems to call when I am (a) asleep or (b) 5 minutes from walking out the door. It claims that it is not trying to sell me anything, but that they must talk with me (by name). The automated system claims that if I stay on the phone, an operator will pick up the phone and explain. I've waited as long as 20 minutes, but no one ever picked up. It seems to call every day. It seems to have called at least once every business day for the last two (perhaps three) weeks. I have never managed to speak to a human to tell them to stop calling, nor gotten an explanation for why they are calling.
