RICHinNC
Contributor
If you went to the Diving Expo in Raleigh NC a short while back, BEWARE, I bet you will soon be receiving a phone call like I just got.
Here is what happened. At the expo, as I walked around the vendors, I filled out a few of the raffles for trips, gear and the like. Tonight while I am cooking supper my phone rings. It turns out I won a travel package for only just under $700 minus flight. It sounded really good. All inclusive, for two people in Cancun with an add on package in Florida for 5 people in the same price. Wow.
When I was asked by the rep what I thought of the package I was quite honest. I said it sounds great, but I am waiting for the catch. Whats the catch? Oh, no catch he says. But, I need a credit card number right now. Not going to happen says I because I have a lot of travel coming up at work. No problem says he ..this package is good for 12 months. Still no good says I. My travel is longer than that. I explain I train the military and he goes, Oh wait a second, I can probably get it extended for longer.
He puts me on hold and his boss comes on the line and says they will extend it for 36 months. How do I like that? I tell him I like it fine, but he still isnt getting my credit card number tonight and the more he presses for it the more I distrust him. He got upset when I said that. I couldnt get him to understand that if he was a legitimate agency, and the price was good for 36 months, then it should make no difference when he got my credit card number. He got more irate then and I just said I wasnt interested and hung up.
No more than 30 seconds later my phone rings again. Yep, it was the boss again. Did we get cut off he asked. No, I told him .I told you I wasnt interested and hung up. Again, he presses for a credit card number and I told him it wasnt going to happen.
I finally get him to stop talking and ask what company he was again, and his full name. He asked why. I told him I was going to contact the organizers of the expo because we dont need his kind in our community. Then he gets even more irate and yells how would I like it if he hung up on me. I said I would love it then I wouldnt have to listen to his load of you know what. But, I still wanted his companys name and his name. He said a few rude things and I just hung up again while he was still ranting.
Does anyone here know any of the organizers of the Raleigh Dive Expo? We dont need vendors like that coming into our community. Does anyone remember who was doing a raffle for an all inclusive in Cancun??
Watch your phone next time it rings if you too went to the expo and filled out any raffle tickets. If he calls .get his name and company while youre still friendly with him and pm me pls. Thanks. Rich
Here is what happened. At the expo, as I walked around the vendors, I filled out a few of the raffles for trips, gear and the like. Tonight while I am cooking supper my phone rings. It turns out I won a travel package for only just under $700 minus flight. It sounded really good. All inclusive, for two people in Cancun with an add on package in Florida for 5 people in the same price. Wow.
When I was asked by the rep what I thought of the package I was quite honest. I said it sounds great, but I am waiting for the catch. Whats the catch? Oh, no catch he says. But, I need a credit card number right now. Not going to happen says I because I have a lot of travel coming up at work. No problem says he ..this package is good for 12 months. Still no good says I. My travel is longer than that. I explain I train the military and he goes, Oh wait a second, I can probably get it extended for longer.
He puts me on hold and his boss comes on the line and says they will extend it for 36 months. How do I like that? I tell him I like it fine, but he still isnt getting my credit card number tonight and the more he presses for it the more I distrust him. He got upset when I said that. I couldnt get him to understand that if he was a legitimate agency, and the price was good for 36 months, then it should make no difference when he got my credit card number. He got more irate then and I just said I wasnt interested and hung up.
No more than 30 seconds later my phone rings again. Yep, it was the boss again. Did we get cut off he asked. No, I told him .I told you I wasnt interested and hung up. Again, he presses for a credit card number and I told him it wasnt going to happen.
I finally get him to stop talking and ask what company he was again, and his full name. He asked why. I told him I was going to contact the organizers of the expo because we dont need his kind in our community. Then he gets even more irate and yells how would I like it if he hung up on me. I said I would love it then I wouldnt have to listen to his load of you know what. But, I still wanted his companys name and his name. He said a few rude things and I just hung up again while he was still ranting.
Does anyone here know any of the organizers of the Raleigh Dive Expo? We dont need vendors like that coming into our community. Does anyone remember who was doing a raffle for an all inclusive in Cancun??
Watch your phone next time it rings if you too went to the expo and filled out any raffle tickets. If he calls .get his name and company while youre still friendly with him and pm me pls. Thanks. Rich
