Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

[~LiverpoolRed~]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Fight back. Register your number here. If they continue to bother you report em.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

This works. We would get endless calls at home and at the office for rubbish like car insurance, my health insurance was expiring and my favorite:

You pick up the phone and say hello, then you hear a foghorn and seagulls in the background, "This is your captain speaking, blah, blah, blah. "

We registered our home number, work number and cell phone numbers and we only get the odd call.

[bgeno]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Fight back. Register your number here. If they continue to bother you report em.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

Cell Phones are automatically on the federal Do Not Call list. I shouldn't have to register it.

[J-Unit40]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Oh yeah. Very annoying.

The Captain and foghorn is hilarious. What a joke.

The latest one I keep getting is Aaron's, which is an electronics and appliance store, I believe. Lame.

[ThaGenecyst]

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i h8 it

[catcatch22]

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I have been getting these lately on my cell phone since last year. They leave messages all the time. Very annoying. I get the my car warranty is up alert.

[SpacemanSpiff]

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I know someone who doesn't even own a car get told that their warranty is expired.

Hilarity Ensued.

Yeah it happened to me too.

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Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

I get em all the time. I even talked to one of the guys once too

never called back to get prices or anything but it didnt seem to bad, even after checking out the site which wasnt cheesy or snake like looking

its funny because even the receptionist line at work gets the call...

[snepp]

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Cell Phones are automatically on the federal Do Not Call list. I shouldn't have to register it.

I was under the impression that they changed that.

[pfunk880]

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every time they call though they say this is the last warning lol.

LOL, yeah.

I started getting these on our landline phone at my apartment a few months ago. The only reason we have the phone connected is because we are in a university-managed apartment complex and they sometimes can use the numbers for official communication. However, these calls are basically all we've been getting. Lately, they've increased in frequency, we are getting them just about every day now (sometimes more than once a day). If this keeps up, I am seriously considering disconnecting the phone. I have been fortunate to not get any on my cellphone, but my roommate said he's starting to get them occasionally.

[DickDalewood]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Myself and everyone I know has gotten these... I've even gotten them on my work phone probably once or twice a week.

VERY annoying.

[bgeno]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

I was under the impression that they changed that.

Well, I just took a Comm Law class that said they were. My teacher was a tool, though, so it's possible that he was wrong. Everything I've found online says that cell phones are on the DNC list automatically.

[snepp]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Well, I just took a Comm Law class that said they were. My teacher was a tool, though, so it's possible that he was wrong. Everything I've found online says that cell phones are on the DNC list automatically.

They probably are, I just thought I read something one time about that getting changed. We added all our numbers a long time ago, cells included, so I stopped paying attention to it.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Just got a call here at the office from this mobile phone company that calls every week. I finally let them have it.

I said hello THREE times before they even said anything. She finally responds and says, "this is so-and-so mobile solutions. Before we proceed I would like you to be aware that this call is being recorded for quality control purposes."

So I then said, "Well get this on record. Take me off your f****** list!"

[pfunk880]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

Just got a call here at the office from this mobile phone company that calls every week. I finally let them have it.

I said hello THREE times before they even said anything. She finally responds and says, "this is so-and-so mobile solutions. Before we proceed I would like you to be aware that this call is being recorded for quality control purposes."

So I then said, "Well get this on record. Take me off your f****** list!"

I think my best story on handling a telemarketer is from a few years back, when we got a call with some survey about television watching. My dad took the call, and he was ticked because we were in the middle. When they asked him if we have cable or satellite, his reply was: "Neither. We use a giant antenna and receive distant signals from space."

[rsnomar05]

Re: Anyone else getting the "car warranty" robo-calls?

I get em all the time. I even talked to one of the guys once too

never called back to get prices or anything but it didnt seem to bad, even after checking out the site which wasnt cheesy or snake like looking

its funny because even the receptionist line at work gets the call...

Well, of course, they don't even know what car you have or what the warranty is, because they are fraudulent scam-artists. And since I knew this, and that they just wanted to take my money and run, I decided to talk back to them.

Female Voice: This is your last warning. Your car warranty is about to expire. Stay on the line and we will connect you to one of our representatives, or press 2 to be placed on our "do not call" list.

Male Voice: This is Mike, may I get the make and model number of your vehicle?

Me: It's a Carnival Triumph, 1998 edition.

Mike: Is that a car?

Me: No, you idiot, it's a cruise liner.

Mike: Sir, that is not a car.

Me: Obviously. Did you not just hear me say it's a cruise liner? Fully loaded with pool, casino, and everything. But the warranty is expiring.

Mike: We may be able to help you with that. Do you have the manufacturing date?

Me: Mike, you seem like a nice guy, but keep the hell up. I said 1998, like, 30 seconds ago.

Mike: And you work for Carnival Cruise Lines?

Me: Hell no!

Mike: Sir, is this a stolen vehicle?

Me: No. I bought it.

Mike: Alright, then let's get you a new warranty.

Me: If anyone asks you, you didn't talk to me.

Mike: I won't say anything, sir.

Me: So if I'm in Somalia, and the ship takes cannon-ball damage, will I be protected?

Mike: Cannon ball damage?

Me: Yarr! I mean, yes.

Mike: Sure, that's covered. But what I'm going to need is a credit card. Can I get the name on the card?

Me: The name is McGroch. M-C-G-R-O-C-H.

Mike: And the first name, as it appears on the card?

Me: Pat.

Mike: Patrick?

Me: No, just Pat.

Mike: And the card number?

Me: 1800 8675 309

Mike: That is not a valid card number.

Me: Oh ****, it's the cops!

Mike: Sir, if we could just complete the transaction.

Me: I don't know how my cell signal is in international water, but we're about to take off.

Mike: Then if we could just complete-

Me: If you hear cannon-fire, it's on your end.

Mike: Sir, I just need the rest of your card number with the CVN security code.

Me: And I need me mateys to start firing. Yarr!

Mike: Sir, a cruise-liner is not a pirate ship.

Me: Then what do you call the flag on top!

Mike: Sir, did you really buy this vehicle?

Me: No.

Mike: I cannot insure stolen property, but call me back when you get an actual car that can drive.

Me: What's a car?

CLICK.