I've been getting many, many calls from pushy people at an Asian call centre claiming to be Telstra or Austel, mainly at meal times. (I'm with Telstra/BogPond.)
They want to talk forever, promising lower phone and internet rates, and if you put them off they keep ringing back perpetually. Toward the end, they say they are sending you a new modem, which will only cost $70. I keep saying no to that.
It's damned annoying, and my modem is fine, so I don't want a new one.
Has anyone else been receiving these calls, or is it just me? Is there another ulterior motive? Are they really from Telstra/Austel? (They don't seem to know very much about my account.)
I'm on the 'Do Not Call' register, so am also wondering if this is even legal.
Is there any way to stop them?
I'm beginning to wonder if maybe, by keeping you on the phone, they can somehow gain access to your computer, which is on the same line. Paranoid maybe, but I'd like to hear what others think.
As a precaution, as soon as I get one of those calls, I immediately switch the modem off.
I just received another of those calls, told him that I'm cooking and that I'm not really interested and would rather just be surprised at the new lower bill when it arrives, but he wouldn't be put off and said that he'll call back in an hour. Would not take NO for an answer, told me how he's DOING ME A FAVOUR with the lower bills yet I can't spare him 1 minute. (The phone is now off the hook.)
Edit: I'll ring Telstra in the morning, but already know that first I'll have about an hour's wait, then I'll be put through to yet another Asian call centre.
A bit long-winded, but that's because I'm so bloody angry right now and needed to vent. :((
They want to talk forever, promising lower phone and internet rates, and if you put them off they keep ringing back perpetually. Toward the end, they say they are sending you a new modem, which will only cost $70. I keep saying no to that.
It's damned annoying, and my modem is fine, so I don't want a new one.
Has anyone else been receiving these calls, or is it just me? Is there another ulterior motive? Are they really from Telstra/Austel? (They don't seem to know very much about my account.)
I'm on the 'Do Not Call' register, so am also wondering if this is even legal.
Is there any way to stop them?
I'm beginning to wonder if maybe, by keeping you on the phone, they can somehow gain access to your computer, which is on the same line. Paranoid maybe, but I'd like to hear what others think.
As a precaution, as soon as I get one of those calls, I immediately switch the modem off.
I just received another of those calls, told him that I'm cooking and that I'm not really interested and would rather just be surprised at the new lower bill when it arrives, but he wouldn't be put off and said that he'll call back in an hour. Would not take NO for an answer, told me how he's DOING ME A FAVOUR with the lower bills yet I can't spare him 1 minute. (The phone is now off the hook.)
Edit: I'll ring Telstra in the morning, but already know that first I'll have about an hour's wait, then I'll be put through to yet another Asian call centre.
A bit long-winded, but that's because I'm so bloody angry right now and needed to vent. :((
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