Hello Niklas!
** On Wednesday 16.12.20 - 18:21, Niklas Lindholm wrote to August Abolins:
I got a phone call from someone claiming to notice that
my google mybiz info may not be accurate..
I got calls like that a few years ago. At first I just
let them go to voice mail but eventually I answered one.
Before proceeding I insisted that they tell me what the
name of my business was (the one they claimed had
problems). But obviously they couldn't do that..
Most of those calls begin with "May we speak to the person in
charge of the merchant accounts". Obviously, they do not have
a name researched ahead of time. I never give them a name. I
would simply answer with.. "Speaking." And I try not to use
the word YES at any time.
In the google call, I realized near the end of the call it was
just a recording. It reminded me of the some of the telephone
answering games some people would play by recording something
like: "Hello? ....[long pause], Hi. ....[long pause] Uh-Ha
...[long pause] Interesting ...[long pause] Sorry, I can't
come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep!"
I encountered a few of those over time.
I still get calls from Canadian POS (and others) who want my
sales data so that they can analyse how much I'll save with
their debit/cc point-of-sale rates.
Totally annoying.
When I get those, I do not shy from making sure other people
in the store hear me say soemthing like: "Unless you'd like to
buy - and pay for a book right now, I don't have time to talk
about anything else."
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../|ug
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