Startec Sucks
My doctor says I shouldn’t get angry, that I need to let things go. But how do I keep my cool when some idiot discount phone company spams me incessantly? In the last 12 hours I have received about a dozen calls from Startec. The bastards are so desperate for business that they call me and pretend to be “Om Malik” and speak to me in Hindi and Urdu, hoping that I’ll talk to them.
I told these idiots that I don’t want anything, and that if you’re going to bother someone during work hours, you’re only going to alienate them as a potential customer. That hasn’t stopped them from calling back — again and again. They are calling my mobile number, which is what makes the whole thing so aggravating. I am surprised that a buyout firm like Platinum Equity is involved with this piece-of-shit operation. I interview Tom Gores for Red Herring during the heyday of the telecom boom. I guess there are slim pickings for telecom buyout guys these days, hence investing in Startec. Sorry for ranting!
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Om,
Why dont you do what I do and have fun with these guys. I use a different ethnic accent and confuse the hell out of them.
Kamal.
Oh- Dude – tell me about it – I have the _exact_ same issue with WQN. The reason they have the cell number is because I use my cell to call through them, and they track that and put it in their CRM system.
Once you get into the CRM/Telemarketing system you are pretty much fu***ed — Why? – They are usually calling from India (I know they are calling from India – cause they try to speak to me in hindi) and they should give a shit about Do-Not-Call etc.
I am waiting for a feature on iPhone that I can mark a caller ID as “auto-reject” !!!
-v
@ Vivek
I am trying to get a handle on this and talking to some lawyer types in Washington DC and using contacts to go to FCC and try and get these scamsters shut down.
You are not the only one. It happen to my friend too.
Dish network resellers having been doing this for ages. In fact, one of them had the gall to ask me to prove that I had registered under the “do not call” registry.
I misread the title as Starbucks Sucks and was amused. When I realized I’d misread it, I laughed (at myself) and decided I’ve been drinking too much coffee and need to sling less code…
Om, don’t hold back, tell us how you really feel.
Desperate assholes.. My wife goes through this shit all the time. Funny though, she doesnt want to shut them down by hanging up. Oh yeh, forgot to mention, sometimes its so hard to understand what they are trying to say. Weirdos. SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!
Cheers,
omfut
Do Not Call?
https://www.donotcall.gov/
so, I shouldn’t talk to you in Urdu to get your attention Om. How about pig-latin?