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Strange phone call at work
BillieTheBot
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I just had a phone call at my workplace from 0845 3373183, a lady with a foreign accent asking if I would like to participate in a 5-minute phone survey. I said that I would ask my manager first. As the agent was (supposedly) calling from an IT firm, I would have imagined that the call would have been for my manager rather than me. As I couldn't find him, I just pressed ahead and took the survey. The agent asked me what programming languages I knew, so I said HTML, JS and BASIC, plus what field of IT I'm in. She then asked what my salary was, age, name, how many people live in my household, how long it takes me to get to work and if I’m a manager myself. She also asked for my home phone number. I gave it out, but I immediately went onto www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps (telephone preference service) and opted to block future telemarketing calls.
Before she went, I asked what company she was calling from – she said “ICM Research” and gave me 01234 760041 if I wanted to contact them back.
Any idea how much legitimacy this has, and whether I did anything wrong / gave out too much info?
Thanks!
Before she went, I asked what company she was calling from – she said “ICM Research” and gave me 01234 760041 if I wanted to contact them back.
Any idea how much legitimacy this has, and whether I did anything wrong / gave out too much info?
Thanks!
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I had a similar survey left on my car windscreen when out at a major shopping centre, first 15 questions or so all to do with the service they provide, improvements etc... then how much time i spend on the internet (see if i own a computer) listening to MP3s, Watching DVDs etc...
Perhaps seeming a little paranoid it could certainly build up an image of what possession you have to steal!
I actually gave them my mobile number as I don't have a landline at the house. They know the postcode of my work and that I live 1.5 miles away from work. Hopefully that will cut down on their crime options :-)
I'm sure it was legit and that you have nothing to worry about anyway.
http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/
Looks like they're based in London, but do indeed have a Bedford office.
Couldn't be arsed with that shite.
Them: "Hello, I'm calling from BT"
Me: "Sorry, I don't have a phone"
Them: "........."
Me: "Bye!"
I never take surveys or anything. I either just hang up, or don't say anything until they do.
What i really hate is when you hang up, then pick it up 30 seconds later and they are still there tying the line up.
When you have people dependant upon you needing to get through to you.
Can't help but reply my a volley of abuse and pointing out they need to be careful since it surely has some legal implications attached to it, denying people the use of a service they have paid for.
A person at work was asked if he was interested in a stairlift, so he went through a 10 minute conversation with them discussing all the options and added extras, then asked "so how long will it take to install...?" then.. "oh right thats good, so where will you start? downstairs in my bungalow, or up... oh thats right i don't have any stairs, oops"
The salesman wasn't too impressed
Hate that.
They should take the fucking hint.
I don't get that... How come when you hang up on some people it clears the line cos it ends the call... and then other times if they don't hang up it still blocks the line?????
My uncle kept accidentally ringing our house when he was in the pub and it blocked the phoneline cos he couldn't hear us answer so didn't hang up... But I don't see how us hanging up didn't end the call.... I'm so confused.
I've been told that if you press redial (or was it recall) twice it then it will cut them off, not had chance to try it though, could be a mere urban myth.
If it wasn't so important for me to keep the line clear i would happily allow them to block my line all day just to tie that operator up.
I went through a stage where i thought "well they are only doing their job" but after seeing the Barcleys documentary thing last night and the attitude of all the staff, they weren't even just doing their job and not thinking about other people, they were complete ****s.
It annoys me when im round an elderly relatives house too, and they get half a dozen in an hour, half the time the lines either dead when you answer or just some stupid idiotic arrr person trying to sell god knows what. If i wasn't there then it would of meant an 85 year old with atheritis (sp.) struggling to get out of their chair to walk painfully across the room to answer a dead phone half a dozen times.
:banghead: :mad: :banghead: :mad:
Anyway
The person making the call has to clear the line. Hence why I love mobiles so much
Once a phonecall woke me up at 9 am (when I'd have normally woken at about 12). I wasn't pleased.
Since I didn't recognize the number, I picked it up and replied with a strange noise from my mouth, making it sound like it was a question. Whoever was on the other end said "Huh?" then I replied with a different but equally strange sound and they hung up.
No idea if it was a normal call or one of them, but whoever it was must have thought they dialed a number from Mars. They didn't call again.
Really? Didn't know that.