> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Ronn Blankenship > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: maandag 8 april 2002 2:30 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Good grief! (Telephone related)
> BTW, the only similar thing that happened to me while I was living in > Utah was when I rented a P.O. box and for a few months got some mail > addressed to (presumably) the person who used to have that box, > including some computer/high-tech catalogs (which I could use) and some > catalogs for . . . ahem . . . "adult-oriented materials", which I > tossed . . . Sure, Ronn. Suuuuuuure. :-) > While we're on the topic, has anyone else on the list had the > experience of coming home, pressing the button to listen to any > incoming messages on their machine, and hearing a recording of one of > those pre-recorded telemarketing pitches that their machine played into > my machine? How about when the pitch kept instructing you to press a > certain key to reply? Yep, happened to me once or twice. The message would go something like this: <Introduction story, telling me why they were calling me> "Press 0 to continue." <several seconds of silence> "You have not yet pressed 0. Press 0 to continue." <several seconds of silence> "You have not pres..." <CLICK> (Answering machine hanging up because callers only get 30 seconds to leave a message.) Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
