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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:18 pm
by GB_Groundworks
got me good and proper well not yet but
got a call form a woman claiming to be the police magazine for my area blah blah blah etc reputable company etc
would i be interested, fatal error i said yes i'd be interested and then had second though asked for number and said i'd call back
googled it and its an out and out scam
spoke to the police never heard of them, spoke to fraud line they cant do anything till its actually cost me money
story goes they print a shot advert then hit you with a 100 invoice and threaten you with debt collectors.
spoke with consumer line and apparently thats enough to warrant a verbal contract, so i'm writing to them recorded delivery and see how goes.
number she gave doesn;t accpet incoming calls
advanced publication, street watch was the publication. proper good sale, police dont seem to care they are using their name.
more hassle
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:54 pm
by GB_Groundworks
managed to get hold of someone and recorded the call confirming i never ordered anything and got her to say the company name and her name.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:02 pm
by Injured
Close call then Giles :p
Take it your mind was elsewhere when they rang?? Too busy thinking about size 6 blondes again??? LOL 
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:23 pm
by GB_Groundworks
haha yeah i was thinking about her, thinking i shouldnt have binned her of so soon even if she was thinking long term to soon haha
but moving out on friday and buying a new house and need 60k, the financing i had in place has now gone so was trying to sort a mortgage out short notice and think they got me with the police thing, fell for the trust issue silly me.
apparently they get lots of people this way though, and most dont pay just get hassled they never send balifs or take anyone to court they just hassle the naive ones who pay up for a quiet life.
so be on your guard they do police, fire etc there loads on line if you google advanced publications scam
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:11 pm
by lutonlagerlout
do you not remember the recent thread about all this Giles
I believe it was DDD that was on the receiving end then?
cheers LLL
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:21 pm
by Pablo
It's about this time of year that they start calling I get them all Police/ Fire/ Ambulance they even try local education magazine. I enjoy our chats I try to be as abusive as possible and say nasty things about their mothers sex life etc.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:56 pm
by msh paving
I had one call about 6 weeks ago asking if i would like to offer fire police and ambulance a 25% discount card for all there members in uk, i said why the -uck would i wanna do that 25% is good bit off profit gone after a few more words she hung up was with held number
usually get a call once a year saying they are on behalf off so in so doing a year planner in my area gonna be 20,000 copies delivered so i ask what is my area they cough and splutter and trying dodge that question after more abuse thay hang up
gota be very carfull with these ad agencies, trading standards closed a big one down 2 years ago for scam publications
MSH 
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:29 pm
by Tony McC
You have to follow the advice we give to our customers looking for paving work - don't ever accept a cold call!
If some cute hoor knocks on the door offering to 'tarmac the driveway', we know to send them packing, so why do we fall for telephone muggings so easily? It's the same principle: they are robbing you.
If I want summat, I'll go out and get it. It's highly unlikely that anyone will call, email or telephone to offer summat I hadn't known I needed.
When they call to ask to speak to our "marketing department" (that's me, too!) simply telling them 'no' seems to deflate their spirit. There's usually a few seconds before the best of them ask why not, to which the answer is, "they don't take calls!".
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:59 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i had to ring the dreaded eon customer services today regarding meters in rental properties
anyway my minor question was soon answered but the lovely sounding young lady (eon is in bolton and that accent is lovely on lasses) started the hard sell about boiler cover
I said "i dont need boiler cover as i am a gas safe heating engineer"
to which she replied in that lilting accent "but we do very competitive rates mr lout?"
why would a plumber <cough cough> need boiler insurance?
I had a rented place that they have informed me i now owe £1100 from 2005-2007
if i was an OAP i would be suicidal
anyway i kicked up a fuss and its down to £200
i shall carry on till its £00)
how could I as a landlord owe money from a card meter that was controlled by a long gone tenant?
the boggle minds
LLL
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:05 pm
by GB_Groundworks
landlords supply? for exterior lighting, bin store??
i had similar from yorkshire water offering me insurance for external drainage, what joe is on about in this petetion.
me: i'm a groundworker
them: whats that
me: i drive a digger and put pipes and drains in all day
them: but our insurance offers.....
me: i dont need it.... click
young lad, not had a young dulcetted toned lass yet on tele sales. i'll be going back to the old hello feck off routine haha