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Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Kyle D. Jackson

(...) [SNIP] (...) This may be straying into something for the L.M.Theory group, so I'll try to keep it brief :] Okay, I'm not a lawyer, but as an engineer have to be loosely familiar with a range of laws. One that comes to mind here is in contract (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —John Neal

(...) Think they'll turn around and sell our email info? "For sale, list consisting of gullible customers-- Ripe!" -- WB -John (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Larry Pieniazek

Interesting. Arguably if their offer meant that I missed out on buying product elsewhere, they've caused me harm. Not sure how one could prove it, or how much harm it is, though. Personally I tend to view all of these sites as mere possibilities. I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Frank Filz

(...) This summer I had an interesting run around to get something for the price I conducted a transaction at. I still had a little bit of that airline scrip from the settlement a few years back, and since the last time I tried to use it at a travel (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Larry Pieniazek

Frank Filz wrote: All because they wanted to (...) We're way off topic now, but let me tell you that my mom was pretty mean to wrong number callers... we used to have a number that was one digit off from the local Dairy Queen, and we'd get people (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Frank Filz

(...) I was trying to decide where to send this thread off to. I figured there was some possibility of some legitimate market theory discussion so that's where I send it, of course there's also possibility for debate and fun things also... (...) I (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

(Not much to to with) Informal WB Store Survey —James Brown

In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes: <snipped phone stuff> (...) For a very long stretch of time (something like a year and a half), our neighbor one block over was getting mail for us, and vice versa. Talking to more of our neighbors, we (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Wrong number fun (was RE:Informal WB Store Survey) —Will Middelaer

(...) We have a phone line at work that for years was hooked up only to a modem. It is totally unlisted, and there is no legitimate reason for any right-number calls to come in on this line. It is, however, on our phone switch as an extra outgoing (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Wrong number fun (was RE:Informal WB Store Survey) —Frank Filz

(...) Was it hear or somewhere else where someone was telling about how someone started telling a telemarketer about their plan for suicide or something and caused quite a commotion? (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Wrong number fun (was RE:Informal WB Store Survey) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) I don't recall that. but I DO recall a rather elaborate points based game (1), posted to some newsgroup or another, that one could play with telemarketers. This: (URL) a rather watered down version with a lot of the best parts missing. I can't (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) But I FULLY ADVOCATE being mean to telemarketers. Abuse them until they quit. obdisclaimer: I've worked for two telemarketing firms. What a horrible, evil, soul-destroying job. When you help a telemarketer quit, you're doing them a favor. (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Tom McDonald

(...) Wow, you're nice. As soon as I can detect a telemarketer, I say, "No thanks," and it's doubtful they even hear me say the end of the word "thanks" because the phone is probably already back down[1]. I do that no matter how many times they (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —James Brown

(...) My stock phrase is "I'm sorry, I don't respond to telephone solicitation." Just on the off chance that it percolates up the chain... James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Jeremy H. Sproat

(...) Nope. IT NEVER GOES UP THE CHAIN. The poor telemarketer is working for some schlock company hired to do the actual calls, not the company they say they're calling for. Furthermore, the phone number list is given to (rather than collected by) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Tim Courtney

(...) My favorite one has to be 'Tell me if this sounds like a phone hanging up.' *click* And another one I like is: Them: 'Is this David Courtney' (which when I answer, it isn't) Me: 'As far as you're concerned, this is. No, we're not interested.' (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Matthew Wilkins

(...) their (...) One of my hobbies is toying with people who mistakenly call my number. (Oddly enough, after several years my phone only rarely is rung by telemarketers!) Some of the best I've found are: -pick up a conversation with the person in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —James Brown

In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Wilkins writes: <Much snippage> (...) LOL! Ok, folks, 'fess up. How many of you can whistle 24? James (URL) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Larry Pieniazek

(...) If you hum a few bars, maybe.. Seriously, I can't even whistle 300 baud. Although I had a roomie that could whistle 120. Remember 120 baud??? TI "portable" TTY's with thermal paper printers?? (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —David C. Pyatt

Used to do 2400 all the time... poor man's null modem... pick up the phone and whistle a answer carrier while the two computers listen for a carrier... :) Dave (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Matthew Wilkins

(...) Heh heh heh... I used to mess with my high school's tardiness information system by calling it up and whistling 2400 to it... it would try to answer, but they'd set the timeout to 'null' due to the vagaries of having to connect remotely via (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —John Neal

(...) My stock phrase uses a few more big words to thwart generally illiterate solicitors: "I apologize, but this household's policy prevents patronization of telephone solicitation." Usually, they give up in a rather dazed and confused manner. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Matthew Wilkins

(...) After I was bored out of my mind and read my state's Public Utilities Commission rules for telephone solicitors (they're probably in the front part of your phone book), I would answer calls I knew to be telephone solicitors, just to let them (...) (25 years ago, 5-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Telemarketers can bite my cuticle (Was: Informal WB Store Survey) —Steven Vore

(...) oh goodie. my wife thinks it's terrible, but it's sooo much fun Hello, is Mr. Vore there? Uh, hang on. (calling out to the household) Mr Vore! Mr Vore? Hang on, I'll get 'im. Yo, Mr Vore? Oh, ok. Jes' another min, he's comin. (wait at least 30 (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Troy Cefaratti

(...) *WARNING* Long rant about the phone company follows..... (It's even worse then what happened to you!) I don't know what phone company you have, but here in Ameritechland the service sucks and they try to charge you for everything. I've had (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Larry Pieniazek

Troy Cefaratti wrote: <Long rant snipped...> and people wonder why I think government sponsored monopolies are such a bad idea... (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Troy Cefaratti

Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:389AE498.9F9FCF...ger.net... (...) Well, it's gotten better here in ohio now that there is some competition to Ameritech. It's mostly on the business side right now, but when My BBS morphed (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Ray Sanders

(...) < biting the obvious bait and going far off-topic > Q: Is the local telco a government sponsored monopoly ? A: I'm not sure one way or the other <reasoning below> As some of you know, I live in a very rural part of north Florida. Probably (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Troy Cefaratti

(...) They did this to me as well, Twice. I still don't think that they credited me the right amount. Unfortunately, it's not worth my time to track it down with them. Troy (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Larry Pieniazek

(...) For me the diff is over 100 bucks, so I'm willing to dump 1/2 hour into it, then complain about it. They gave me a gift cert last time when I pointed out how much time I'd spent with them already. (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey (How NOT to run a business) —Tom Stangl

WB, on the other hand, just says "piss off!". I ordered some clearance stuff from Walmart. They had it in stock. They sent it to me. I got an email stating that the invoice with the sets had the wrong prices listed, but my CC was billed the correct (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Troy Cefaratti

> They did this to me as well, Twice. I still don't think that they credited (...) down (...) Yeah, my difference wasn't nearly that much. And my previous experience with them regarding it led me to believe that it would take me alot mroe then a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Doug Finney

(...) Don't waste your time dealing with them yourself - dispute the charge with your credit card company and they'll deal with it for you. Doug (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

Re: Informal WB Store Survey —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Now that is excellent advice. Get the card issuer to dispute the entire charge, that usually gets the attention of the merchant in a hurry. Or just get them to dispute the amount that they actually owe you, they may decide it's not worth the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)