we have all been called up repeatedly by phone banking salespepole who will try to sell anything that can be under this blue sky ... Thought i shall share such an incident with you people ...
i was busy in my office and was in a meeting , suddenly i received a call from a restricted number....
i thought its an important call , so i excused myself and went outside the meeting room to attend the call .
Seller ( SR ): Sir, Good morning ?
Prospective Buyer ( PB ) : Good morning !!
SR : Sir, are yo Mr vinay jain living in bungalow no 10 , sindh housing colony , pune & holding a corporate bank account with HDFC bank .
Curious PB : What ? How ? why ? I mean how did u get this information and what do you want ?
SR : Sir , i am calling from ABCD insurance company and your name came up in a lucky draw .
PB interrupting in between : Lucky draw . .wow .. what have i won ? and how did you get this info ?
SR : Sir, you had filled up a customer feedback form at .. umm ... at inox cinema, baroda for a free holiday a year back .... our computer picked up your name from this huge database.
Feelin lucky PB : Wow .. i need to learn about customer satisfaction from you guys . so whats the deal ?
SR : Vinay Sir, we have a special plan for you ...
Little angry PB : Yeah , tell me about it .
SR : its one of a kind plan . its very unique .
patient PB : will u tell me about it .
SR: wait sir , two more lines . It shall make your life a lot easier for you and your family.
PB: umm..
SR : Sir , now i will tell you about the scheme ... our company which is affiliated to a MNC life insurance firm which has 5 million clinets in europe ...
PB: i have never heard of this MNC .
SR: Sir, its very popular in romania and ukraine ...
PB: hell , what else ?
SR: we have done analysis of your income and you have to pay 2000 as our entry charges and then 4000 per month for 10years ..after 23 years we would give you back 15 lacs plus life cover for you all this time. you would have tripled your money.
PB: what if you run away ?
SR : sir we wont , i promise .
PB : promise ????? wtf ...
SR: sir please take this scheme , i have to sell atleast one per day . please sir .
PB: thanks man .. nice talking to you for the past 10 mins ... my meeting's over .. thanks for talking with me ... i did not want to attend this meeting .. i can treat you to a coffee sometime.
SR: sir please take it ... sir ..
PB; bye .. thanks again .have a nice time.
Moral : do not register for national " do not call" registery ... this nuisance can sometimes be good . :P :P
Saturday, January 10, 2009
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