Ahem...I opened the thread and said "vent away". I am not the one that made it " Crazybutt's Official I just need to vent thread!" Just FYI!
Ahem...I opened the thread and said "vent away". I am not the one that made it " Crazybutt's Official I just need to vent thread!" Just FYI!
So the Mod's can change Thread titles without our permission:convinced:
It should have been changed to " The Official How to break Forum Rule #1"
Because just changing the title to what you did with out asking is a way of not "Respecting forum members"
In my own opinion.
I agree jamun!
must have been someone who couldnt get any
First let me lay some background......the previous owners of our business are having financial trouble. We have received quite a few calls from debt collectors for them - and I have politely told all of them that those persons are no longer at this number. We have all been there in one way or another - either owing a debt or just doing our job. And let me repeat that I have been nice to all of them...........until today...........
Today's call was a gentleman who spoke poor english and it took me a couple of minutes to figure out what he was calling for. He was very vague in giving me any information at all, but he said it was an account for the business from 2 or 3 years ago (previous owners). I was patient and kind as he repeated his business, and then I told him that the people he were looking for are no longer at this number. He then told me that he spoke to someone at this number last Monday and they said they were sending a check. I quickly looked at the calendar and I remembered that I was home all day last Monday - only because we had a houseguest and the events that were going on. I told this gentleman again that this was not our account - I spoke to no one and this account was not ours. He insisted that he talked to someone and that payment was on the way. I said "Sir, I would have been the only person you would have talked to, and we did not speak last Monday and I surely hope you are not lying." He still insisted that this fake conversation happened.
So...I lost it!!!!![]()
I said "Ok, what is my name? Did I give you my name?"
he said "No"
I said "Ok how about the check - did I tell you what check number I was sending?"
again "No"
I said "Well sir this is the type of information that I would have given you or you would have already had. You have the wrong number, Good day!"
I hung it up!
Ah... I feel better - Butty - thanks for the thread.......
Hmmm sounds like some of the morons who drive that way down in Florida.![]()
K Ma, just tell him to wait patiently for the check.
If he's so sure that it's in the mail, he should not mind waiting.
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but perhaps if you ran a legal notice in the local newspaper stating that "As of XX/XX/XXXX, Mr. (previous owner) is no longer affiliated with (Your company name). The present owners of this company assume no liability for debts incurred by Mr. (previous owner).
Get a number of copies of this when it comes out, and when you get such calls, mail a copy of the legal notice to them.
I thought about telling him to wait for the check......... but I was not in the mood today!
Legal notice....I like that. I have a friend who is a lawyer who might be able to draw that up for me.....
Most of the calls we have received have all had caller id - in which I can call back and request that our number be removed. This one was an "out of area"
There is a fax machine that calls early in the morning sometimes that is also "out of the area" Thank God it didnt call today too - it would have sent me over the edge!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Dan! I appreciate your support!![]()
If that doesn't work, I'll send in my squad of squirrel commandos.
You may be able to get the telephone company invovled with the middle of the night faxes. Tell them that they are harassing calls in the middle of the night (which they are) and they will trace them. I do not believe they will tell you who they are from, but what the 'company' is doing is illegal and the phone company will contact them on your behalf once you file a complaint. (Keep track of the day and time these happen!) Call the phone company.
Good luck.
OH I so needed this thread on Saturday night when my husband was being... well... male and I was being I just had a baby hormonal. We're all better now though.![]()
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