Full of it today!!!!
scottorr
599 Posts
I just hung up with the third publication today that wants to give me a three month free subscription. I also received 7 different bills from other publications none of which I ordered, one of them threatening collections (I took care of that instantly). What is going on, all of them claim to have the latest HR news and up dates. The only three I signed up for are New York Employment Law Letter, BLR Best Practice Compensation and Benefits and HR Managers Legal Reporter. Does anyone else have a problem with this?
I had one of the publications who has recently had a big push, invoice me. I called them and told them that we were not interested. Two weeks later they sent my co-worker an invoice, again I called and said I was not interested. Two weeks after that, they invoiced my accounts payable department. Finally after threatening legal action, they stopped trying to invoice us (at least for a month now)!
I had one of the publications who has recently had a big push, invoice me. I called them and told them that we were not interested. Two weeks later they sent my co-worker an invoice, again I called and said I was not interested. Two weeks after that, they invoiced my accounts payable department. Finally after threatening legal action, they stopped trying to invoice us (at least for a month now)!
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Chari
I'll tell you what - some of these outfits are getting even more persistent! When I get these calls for the annual "EEO" publications, I've been telling them that this is all handled out of our corporate office. This has usually ended the conversation, except for the one I got last week, where the guy first questioned me on why the corporate office in another state would handle this type of advertisement for our local area, and then asked me to give him the name and phone number of the person at corporate who handled it. My office, at the time, was being torn apart to remove mold from behind the walls (another story entirely), so I was in temporary quarters, my computer didn't work, and I couldn't find my corporate office phone directory, so I told the guy to call directory assistance for the number. I guess I wasn't my normal cheery self, because the guy then called MY boss, claiming he was from the EEOC and had been rude to him! Took me a while to convince bossman that we weren't about to be de
decended upon by irate EEOC agents!
It's almost as bad as the employees who call and ask "Are you busy?" Why, No. I was just setting the beach chair up by the picture window so I could catch some rays!
The next day I get a self testing sample in the mail. I can see me at an unemployment hearing explaining how the little dot in the top of the cup turned blue and that's why I fired someone. (:|
Or, I get calls from telemarketers that are raising money for local police benevolent associations. I swear I've heard the same guy call me using two different names. Then I found out the police receive only 25-35% of the revenue.
I tell the callers to put my name on a "do not call" list. I also signed on to the do-not-call registry on its first day of operation, June 27, . Caveat: Nonprofits such as religious and political organizations are exempt from abiding by FCC's do-not-call rules.
Eva
I usually tell these people to buzz off, but every now and then, for what reason I don't know, I'll get the two free issues to check it out, then write cancel on the invoice they send and mail it back.
Well, I just got a call from a collection agency this morning! So, I can relate to all of the problems you all are having.
First off, she claims we've been mailed ten issues...um, I've received two. And she says that this company has mailed me not one, but several invoices for payment, and it has not been paid, so it's been turned over to them for collections! Uh, I think I would remember a few invoices being mailed to my attention!! Never even saw one, let alone several! So she says "Well maybe you should check with your mail department (ok, that's the accounts payable person, we don't have a mail department, we're not that big) and see what they say, because maybe somebody has been throwing the issues and the invoices away." Listen here lady, if something comes with my name on it, this person doesn't just pitch it in the garbage, they put the stuff in my mailbox!
Gosh am I irritated!
And I thank you all for letting ME vent now!!
Stephanie