Platinum Rewards

we do not have caller id.

i don't want to get caller id.


we don't use our land line phone much - most people call us on our cell phones. We've been getting these weird messages on our answering machine at home that is this weird man's voice saying "default message" really mumling it so much that we had to listen to it several tiems the first time we heard it.

So the phone rang this morning at 5:00 AM - yep 5 in the freakin' morning, I thought to myself...wow this must be an emergency. I get out of bed and answer the phone and it's an Indian woman telling me about the rewards I can get beacuse of my platinum visa ending in ****. she knows the numbers my card ends in, and this is not the first time they've called.

They call at least twice a week - and I suspect that's who the messages are from. I yell at them, tell them to take me off their list, threaten them, and still they call. Here's this morning's conversation:

"hello?"

"yes - is Stephanie Long there?"

"yes, this is her"

"Yes, Mrs. Long, I'm calling today to offer you a gift certificate because you are such a valued customer with your platinum visa ending in ****"

"do you know what time it is here? It's 5:00 in the morning, you are calling me at 5:00 in the morning to offer me something I've told you 100 times not to call and offer me??"

"yes, I have a great offier for you" (notice she totally ignored my 5:00 in the morning comment)

"yes - and I have an offer for you. I have asked you repeatedly to stop calling me. Why don't you put a little note by my name in the notes section, eh? It can say, this lady's mean and she yells at us, why don't we stop calling?"

"do you have proof that we have callled you?"

"what is the name of your company" (i've gotten several different answers)

"Platinum rewards"

"yes, and where are you located?"

"Clearwater FL"

"may I speak with your supervisor?"

"you are speaking to her."

"May I speak with your manager?"

"Unfortunately they are not available."

"huh...9:00 on a Monday morning and they're not available interesting."

then i hang up...J and i have a great idea for the next time they call - i'm going to give them a funny address...something like "1234 yomama lane" maybe I can have some fun if they don't stop calling.

I googled it and it appears I'm not the only one with this problem, whatever. It's obnoxious. Like I'd give them my SS# and home address...whatever.