I've had credit card companies pitch services to me in the middle
of a relative emergency (calling to re****t a lost card - in my case a
card chewed up by a subway ticket machine) and when I call to renew
(activate) my card. In the case of the lost card, I relented and
signed on to an insurance plan that threw my entire credit history
into disarray because they kinda misled how much the monthly payments
were by a factor of twenty. I don't get it why these guys just don't
see their crass efforts as just bad manners instead of waiting for
regulations. Doggonnit I don't believe in regulation. And a long time
ago, the comarketing from credit cards actually provided valuable
services. How did we all crawl into this automated brain-dead gutter?
It's not computers - in the 1970s it was xeroxed form-letters to avoid
the customer during inflationary paranoia.
And another thing: When my dad died the phone went in my name and I
started getting calls about a fellow who skipped his debt whose name
resembles mine (same root actually). Whenever I get one collector
convinced I'm not the guy, the debt ends up sold to another
collector. Every time they ask for stuff like my SS#, which puts me at
risk for identity theft. It may well be this has had an effect on my
credit record (but maybe not since the SS# is different). Between them
and telemarketers (who try to sell me vacation swampland), I have
stopped answering my phone. Doggonnit, I even avoid listening to my
messages.
Again, with spam and do-not-call. I don't believe in restricting
free speech. I refuse to sign up for do-not-call. But this is just
bad manners. I mean what about all the emails I get in Chinese.
Doggonnit, I tried to learn Chinese, and I wish I could, but I'm just
too old. In some Manhattan office buildings if you're the first one in
at 7:30am you are likely to break your neck on all the Chinese menus
slipped under the door overnight. It's like the WSJ re****ter I knew
who bit the hand she found in her dress in a Tokyo subway. Anything to
avoid direct contact. I learned a long time ago someone is more
likely to read a handout if you say a few words first, else it ends up
on the sidewalk. But this is like brain-dead robot behavior.
Here's another. I switched a number to cellular in May. The old
company never got a clue, or read my notes and kept billing me, so now
I get a collection notice.
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Vasos-Peter John Panagiotopoulos II, Columbia'81+, Bio$trategist
BachMozart ReaganQuayle EvrytanoKastorian
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