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BrigitDoon wrote:Went into O2 this morning for a new battery for my Samsung. The lad said it would be about £24, which I thought rather dear - I'd seen them on the 'net for a good deal less. I think I'd paid something like £30 for the phone in the first place, about two years ago. They're obviously in the business of selling new ones. Anyway, he pulled the battery out of the back and put it back in again and it started working. "Must have been a build-up of static", he said.
Still, where's the best place to get a replacement battery online? I may as well have one spare.
Delmont St Xavier wrote:I am with TPS and to be honest, sometimes I think since I've joined it the calls have increased. I certainly get a lot of calls marked 'International' usually asking me if 'my Windows Pc that I have reported broken...'
I no longer get annoyed - I get even!
Here's what I do when I get a sales call and it has worked for me ( I use various methods).
I take the call - sometimes I leave them on hold, ask them to wait a minute and then I put the phone on loudspeaker. I leave it for about a minute or so (remember these guys are trying to get calls out to others) and then I pick it up and cause another distraction, assuring them that there call is important to me. I then return to the phone and the line is dead - three regular callers have given up calling me now - cause time is money!
My other method is to ask them 'hunners and hunners' of questions. "Where did you say you were calling from? Can you give me your telephone number am really interested in talking to you more about this? What's your address? I want to write to you?' It works because they usually put the phone down. I've even asked one how their 'mammy was doing' they think you're a nut and down goes the phone.
My personal favourite (and some may view this as racist) but I use various accents when I hear one of these calls, everything from Jock the Highlander, to Wan the Chinese takeaway owner or Sukdeep the Indian restaurant owner. It gives everyone around a laugh and believe me, these tatics have over the last few months, cut down on my inbound 'chancer' calls by over 80%....
Give it a try and as for Mobile Batteries - go to the guy in the Savoy Centre, Sauchiehall St....
Delmont St Xavier wrote:I am with TPS and to be honest, sometimes I think since I've joined it the calls have increased. I certainly get a lot of calls marked 'International' usually asking me if 'my Windows Pc that I have reported broken...'.
yoker brian wrote:I have a small display on my home phone and usually screen calls before answering them, but I have been known to answer unsolicited calls and greeting the other person with the words "City Mortuary, how can I help?" it usually results in them apologising and hanging up
The Egg Man wrote:That's a good idea.
Answering in the name of the Sheik Ma Tadger Sauna and Massage Parlour or Paedophiles Anonymous, press button 1 to confess might well ensure no further unwanted communication.
The Egg Man wrote:That's a good idea.
Answering in the name of the Sheik Ma Tadger Sauna and Massage Parlour or Paedophiles Anonymous, press button 1 to confess might well ensure no further unwanted communication.
oddjobby wrote:Delmont St Xavier wrote:I am with TPS and to be honest, sometimes I think since I've joined it the calls have increased. I certainly get a lot of calls marked 'International' usually asking me if 'my Windows Pc that I have reported broken...'.
Also I agree. We are with the TPS and we get at least 3 calls a day. I normally just hang up, but sometimes the cheeky feckers phone back asking why you hung up. Which makes me raging!!
So... I heard somewhere that their computers don't understand the star and hash buttons on your phone, so sometimes I answer the phone, don't say anything and start pressing buttons really fast. I'm definately going to try putting them on hold though and playing music for ages and say in a posh voice 'please hold, your call is important to us' ::): ::):
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