I got a call from Obama's campaign today
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I got a call from Obama's campaign today
They want money. I answered an "unknown caller" this AM as calls on my home phone from Europe show up that way. Since I thought it might be a call from Spain, I answered. She called me by someone else's name. I told her I wasn't that person, but she didn't care.
I let her go on and on & then told her I don't give money to political campaigns. She promptly hung up on me! Not so much as a thank you for listening. How rude!
I let her go on and on & then told her I don't give money to political campaigns. She promptly hung up on me! Not so much as a thank you for listening. How rude!
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I've donated to Obama's campaign several times in the last year, but I'll give money only through the mail or Internet and never over the phone. When the Obama campaign called me after he won South Carolina, I told the caller that I would not give a donation over the phone. She promptly offered to send me a contribution form through the mail, which I agreed to.
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Re: I got a call from Obama's campaign today
I got two robo-calls from the Clinton campaign last week inviting me to the rally at one of the local high schools. I declined to go, not the least because of the crowds I figured would be there. I have never been asked for a contribution over the phone.kayrharris wrote:They want money. I answered an "unknown caller" this AM as calls on my home phone from Europe show up that way. Since I thought it might be a call from Spain, I answered. She called me by someone else's name. I told her I wasn't that person, but she didn't care.
I let her go on and on & then told her I don't give money to political campaigns. She promptly hung up on me! Not so much as a thank you for listening. How rude!
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I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.peacock2121 wrote:Maybe that is the mystery.
I have been getting daily calls from 'unknown caller' - many days 4 or 5 times. I have waited them out thinking that at some point, they will either leave a message or stop calling.
I bet it is some political call.
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I'd rather play with them and not answer. Let them waste time.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.peacock2121 wrote:Maybe that is the mystery.
I have been getting daily calls from 'unknown caller' - many days 4 or 5 times. I have waited them out thinking that at some point, they will either leave a message or stop calling.
I bet it is some political call.
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If they call, you can pick up the phone and when they ask for you say, "hold on a minute" and just let the phone sit there for five minutes. After a while they will stop calling you.peacock2121 wrote:I'd rather play with them and not answer. Let them waste time.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.peacock2121 wrote:Maybe that is the mystery.
I have been getting daily calls from 'unknown caller' - many days 4 or 5 times. I have waited them out thinking that at some point, they will either leave a message or stop calling.
I bet it is some political call.
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LOL - That would be very mean and very funny.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:If they call, you can pick up the phone and when they ask for you say, "hold on a minute" and just let the phone sit there for five minutes. After a while they will stop calling you.peacock2121 wrote:I'd rather play with them and not answer. Let them waste time.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.
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peacock2121 wrote:LOL - That would be very mean and very funny.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:If they call, you can pick up the phone and when they ask for you say, "hold on a minute" and just let the phone sit there for five minutes. After a while they will stop calling you.peacock2121 wrote: I'd rather play with them and not answer. Let them waste time.
Well, the auto-dialers are probably calling you, so you aren't wasting anyone's time by not answering. This way, you waste an actual person's time.
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And it won't help. I've lost track of how many times I've told McCain's Beggars to put their phone in the same place from which their candidate speaks. I keep getting calls. I never used to screen my calls. I do now.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.peacock2121 wrote:Maybe that is the mystery.
I have been getting daily calls from 'unknown caller' - many days 4 or 5 times. I have waited them out thinking that at some point, they will either leave a message or stop calling.
I bet it is some political call.
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That cracked me up.gsabc wrote:Charities are the same way. They're all like stray cats. Feed one, and not only does that one keep coming back, it brings dozens of friends looking for the same handout.PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:I'm sure it is. If you answer it, you can ask them not to call you again.peacock2121 wrote:Maybe that is the mystery.
I have been getting daily calls from 'unknown caller' - many days 4 or 5 times. I have waited them out thinking that at some point, they will either leave a message or stop calling.
I bet it is some political call.
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Today I got a call from the "Policeman's Benefit Association" saying they would "give" me a decal for my auto for a donation of, IIRC, $25, $15, or $10. When I asked them to send me their material in the mail, he hung up.
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