~>WARNING<~ AUTOTRADER
ex_cathedra
At a place called Strictly Classified
@ 630 368 1133
BTW I highly recommend this paper because I got a lot of calls and
sold the car pretty fast.
And this car was not for everybody if ya know what I mean.....
They put the car in several newspapers and
I got a fast sale.
If that ad didnt work I was going to put it in the Tradin'Times
No sooner did this ad come out I started getting harrassed by
AUTOTRADER telemarketers.
I told them no thanks...
If I wanted to place my ad in AUTOTRADER
(a subsidiary of the Tradin' Times) I know how to get in touch with
you (I told them nicely)
The car has been gone for over three weeks now,and the ad is out of
the paper.
But I'm STILL getting calls from autotrader.
They call my cell phone and home number several times a day.
I guess they are using a machine that calls and hangs up.
(Just to see if anyone is there)
Then you get a call later from one of their vultures.
I snapped out after getting 6 calls in the last two days.
They knock you off the internet,or interrupt you and pretend they are
calling to buy your car.
I suggest if you have a car for sale that you ask the person calling
right away if they are from the annoying AUTOTRADER.
They will say if they are.
They do not show up on your caller ID
But if they call on the cell phone you get this number.
407 515 6094
I snapped out on the guy today,and then called the 407 515 6094 and
demanded they quit harassing me.
I told them I didn't put the ad out for them to harass me.
Some twerp named Hubert says that if you put an ad in a paper (thats
not the AUTOTRADER) you become fair game for their harassment.
I told him the car was sold weeks ago,and I had informed Strictly
Classified as soon as it was sold.
He hung up on me !
Then I called back demanding to be put on a no call list.
Hubert said he wished I would stop calling
him !!!!!!!!
Awwwwwwwwwwww
Then he asked for my number.
(I had listed 2 numbers one cell and one home)
After I gave Hubert the first number he hung up.
I called back and Hubert said he was going to end the call as soon as
he heard it was lil' ol me again.
I told him he was inefficient because I had TWO numbers listed on my
ad.
And I have been getting harassed on BOTH of them and he only took
down one of them.
He hung up on me again.
I called back and for some reason the call will not connect from the
number I was dialing from.
(Coincidentally the number I had already given Hubert)
You get a click,or an immediate irregular busy signal.
I wish I had a way to block their calls !
Now I will NEVER use AUTOTRADER !
Hopefully this post will serve as documentation if they harass me any
further regarding a car that I sold weeks ago.
In the future if I put an ad in the paper for a car for sale I will
handle AUTOTRADER much differently.
I will engage their agents with thousands of questions and waste
their time.
I will tell them I have to think about it and tell them to call me
back!
And when they do ?
I will engage them in further questions about the cost of an ad and
talk about world events inbetween.
Anything that comes to mind.
I will ask them to hold on a moment and abandon the phone.
I will let them hear the radio in the background dishes clanking etc
...till they get the hint that I am not coming back to the phone.
I will tell them I need time to really think about it.
I will ask them for their home phone number so I can contact them the
minute I make up my mind because I'm REALLY interested,but have to
weigh the consequences.
I urge you all to be pepared for AUTOTRADER harassment if you do not
use their paper to sell your car.
It may take up some of your time to waste theirs....
But asking nicely DOES NOT WORK !
So have some fun with them.
I know I will the next time I sell a car !
Be advised.
Even if they say they will quit calling...the calls still keep a
comin'
They truly believe they have a right to harass you because you have
an ad in the paper.
This post can apply to all telemarketers actually.Think of some fun
way of your own to play with them.
But if you're going to play.....
Keep in mind
As humans our sole existence is to save big corporations money,and to
work more efficiently
This applies to telemarketers too!
Like the people paid to harass you at AUTOTRADER
So the object of the game is to keep them on the phone.
Go to hell AUTOTRADER
,|,,
^
Smell my finger.
Leave me alone !
:-)~
Cube
you on their DO NOT CALL LIST, then tell them you want no more phone calls
or you'll press charges, IMPORTANT.....- make sure you tell them you want
nothing more to do with their company (s) (you still can if you want). if
they call again file police report and in about a week 500-2500 check comes
in the mail.
Record times, dates and names after three calls you have the right to stop
it. You can also have a trap put on your phone free for a month for proof
that they called.
I had to do this with AT&T. no more calls, and 2500 dollar richer. Plus
they cant call me for 10 years. Unless I do business with them again but I
wont, they pissed me off to much.
corporate america gotta love it
"ex_cathedra" <excat...@eboxmail.net> wrote in message
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junkm...@intertainiaremove.com
>this is an easy one and you can make some money. First, ask them to put
>you on their DO NOT CALL LIST, then tell them you want no more phone calls
>or you'll press charges, IMPORTANT.....- make sure you tell them you want
>nothing more to do with their company (s) (you still can if you want). if
>they call again file police report and in about a week 500-2500 check comes
>in the mail.
No small claims court? This sounds real easy.
>
>Record times, dates and names after three calls you have the right to stop
I thought the new fed do not call laws says only once do you have to
them to put you on their 'do not call list'.
Autotrader always seemed a little high priced for me, but I guess from
what was posted, having to keep telemarketers on the payroll could
cause this. BTW, I have a littled bias feelings, since websites like
this were so high priced I thougth a lower priced site was needed; So,
I built one. http://www.CarFleaMarket.com
later,
tom
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Cube
<junkm...@intertainiaREMOVE.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 May 2004 03:54:26 GMT, "Cube" <nos...@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >this is an easy one and you can make some money. First, ask them to put
> >you on their DO NOT CALL LIST, then tell them you want no more phone
calls
> >or you'll press charges, IMPORTANT.....- make sure you tell them you want
> >nothing more to do with their company (s) (you still can if you want).
if
> >they call again file police report and in about a week 500-2500 check
comes
> >in the mail.
>
> No small claims court? This sounds real easy.
very easy
> >Record times, dates and names after three calls you have the right to
stop
>
> I thought the new fed do not call laws says only once do you have to
> them to put you on their 'do not call list'.
the national Dont not calls list takes 1 to 6 months to get your number
added to the list. The reason is a book is published quarterly for sales
and telemarketing people. police reports are reported as harassment and
takes about 2 to 3 weeks to clear up
hope this helped everyone
Daniel Rudy
listened as ex_cathedra contributed the following to humanity:
> I had just put an old sports car in the paper recently....
<SNIP>
I will tell you right now that what they are doing is illegal. When
they call, tell them to put you on their DO NOT CALL list, and also tell
them if they call you again, that you will press charges.
If they still continue to harass you, call your local police department
and file a report. Get the case number. Call your local telco and
report the issue. They will either transfer you or give you the number
to their Annoyance Call Center. Give them the case number and the
police department. They will put a trap on your line free of charge.
You will have to maintain a log of times and days they call. When you
call back into the Annoyance Call Center, give them the times and dates
that you recorded earlier. Once there is enough evidence, they will
turn the information over to the police and the police will tell them to
knock it off, or refer the case to the DA for prosecution.
From what you have described, it seems to me that they have a Primary
Rate ISDN feeding into a switch on their end. That would explain how
they could block your number from calling them, but not send out any
caller ID. I don't know who your telco is, but see if they have
something called Selective Call Rejection and Privacy Manager.
--
Daniel Rudy
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Cube
have to pay that kind of cash to NOT be harrassed. if you want something
you can call them and order it or go to the store. selective call rejection
I'm sure cost some money to. why pay when you can get paid. its the
American way!!
my history- 40 yrs old, dont have to work, own house, 3 cars all new. not
boasting just trying to make people see if capitalism is our way of life use
it to make money. quit playing the game with the big boys and start
fighting back and step up to the big boy way of life. -- file police report
collect the 2500.00 and do that with all harrassing calls, lots of other
ways to turn their harrassment to work to your advantage.
also other ways to make money to retire at my age with a 2 year degree in
computer programming or any 2 yr program and some common and business
sense......
i could start an infomercial but I hate those f*ck'in shows
but this is a auto group so i'll shut up, lets talk cars, truck, SUV, bad
driving, good driving, gas prices, which i only pay 1.45 right now :)!
Very little work involved with that one....hahahaahahahahaha
the american way of life, gotta love it
ex_cathedra
> And somewhere around the time of 05/14/2004 15:29, the world stopped and
> listened as ex_cathedra contributed the following to humanity:
>
> > I had just put an old sports car in the paper recently....
>
> <SNIP>
>
> I will tell you right now that what they are doing is illegal. When
> they call, tell them to put you on their DO NOT CALL list, and also tell
> them if they call you again, that you will press charges.
>
> If they still continue to harass you, call your local police department
> and file a report. Get the case number. Call your local telco and
> report the issue. They will either transfer you or give you the number
> to their Annoyance Call Center. Give them the case number and the
> police department. They will put a trap on your line free of charge.
> You will have to maintain a log of times and days they call. When you
> call back into the Annoyance Call Center, give them the times and dates
> that you recorded earlier. Once there is enough evidence, they will
> turn the information over to the police and the police will tell them to
> knock it off, or refer the case to the DA for prosecution.
>
> From what you have described, it seems to me that they have a Primary
> Rate ISDN feeding into a switch on their end. That would explain how
> they could block your number from calling them, but not send out any
> caller ID. I don't know who your telco is, but see if they have
> something called Selective Call Rejection and Privacy Manager.
God Bless Ya !
I'll be selling another car soon and was dreading the next wave and
assault of phone calls from these pests.
Larry Bud
> you on their DO NOT CALL LIST, then tell them you want no more phone calls
> or you'll press charges, IMPORTANT.....- make sure you tell them you want
> nothing more to do with their company (s) (you still can if you want). if
> they call again file police report and in about a week 500-2500 check comes
> in the mail.
>
> Record times, dates and names after three calls you have the right to stop
> it. You can also have a trap put on your phone free for a month for proof
> that they called.
>
> I had to do this with AT&T. no more calls, and 2500 dollar richer. Plus
> they cant call me for 10 years. Unless I do business with them again but I
> wont, they pissed me off to much.
No, you didn't get $2500 by filing a "police report". How can you
possibly give such ridiculous information? The police have nothing to
do with possible FCC violations.
The only way is to file a report with the FCC. IF the FCC get enough
complaints, they may start actions against the company and eventually
fine them.