Talk Talk salesman called me a pikey...

No kidding. Two salesmen with Talk Talk ID badges called yesterday. One of
the salesmen was significantly older than the other and may have been in
charge? They asked repeatedly to be let inside, I refused. They wanted me to
transfer my phone line (BT) and internet connection (AOL) to them. I
explained that since the takeover of my AOL line by Carphone Warehouse the
standard of service had fallen off a cliff. They said "that was all down to
BT and nothing to do with them" and became increasingly belligerent.
Apparently I was some kind of idiot for not wanting to be billed by Talk
Talk for both my phone line and internet connection. I said if anything I
was planning to move to NTL at which point the younger of the two (by now
moving to the house next door) shouted quite clearly "then you'll be an even
bigger pikey than you are now".

You couldn't make up a story like this.

(kim).

Yes, I've had an encounter with 2 persistent dumbos from Talk Talk in the
last few days. My pair wanted to know if I was with BT or on cable - even
though I am over 30 miles from the nearest cable provider!

Where do they find their staff!!

Have you filed a complaint against them? If you got his name you could
get him (quite rightly) told off. If he said that to me I think
there'd be a suitably large inanimate object flying his way shortly
after...

"kim" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No kidding. Two salesmen with Talk Talk ID badges called yesterday. One of
>the salesmen was significantly older than the other and may have been in
>charge? They asked repeatedly to be let inside, I refused. They wanted me to
>transfer my phone line (BT) and internet connection (AOL) to them. I
>explained that since the takeover of my AOL line by Carphone Warehouse the
>standard of service had fallen off a cliff. They said "that was all down to
>BT and nothing to do with them" and became increasingly belligerent.
>Apparently I was some kind of idiot for not wanting to be billed by Talk
>Talk for both my phone line and internet connection. I said if anything I
>was planning to move to NTL at which point the younger of the two (by now
>moving to the house next door) shouted quite clearly "then you'll be an even
>bigger pikey than you are now".
>
>You couldn't make up a story like this.
>
I suggest you contact "Talk Talk" and make a complaint.

Thanks for the warning anyway. Mind you any company that uses baby talk for their
name (talktalk - I feel embarrassed for them), deserves to be utterly ignored by
intelligent people.

--

Andrew Sayers

"Andrew Sayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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[snip]

> I suggest you contact "Talk Talk" and make a complaint.
>
> Thanks for the warning anyway. Mind you any company that
> uses baby talk for their name (talktalk - I feel
> embarrassed for them), deserves to be utterly ignored by
> intelligent people.

Maybe I'm being silly, but one of the reasons I bought a Garmin satnav
device is the name "Tom Tom" put me off.

Ivor

Ivor Jones <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Andrew Sayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)
>
> [snip]
>
> > I suggest you contact "Talk Talk" and make a complaint.
> >
> > Thanks for the warning anyway. Mind you any company that
> > uses baby talk for their name (talktalk - I feel
> > embarrassed for them), deserves to be utterly ignored by
> > intelligent people.
>
> Maybe I'm being silly, but one of the reasons I bought a Garmin satnav
> device is the name "Tom Tom" put me off.

You don't want SatNav, it might interfere with the electrical systems in
your car.
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kim wrote:
> No kidding. Two salesmen with Talk Talk ID badges called yesterday. One of
> the salesmen was significantly older than the other and may have been in
> charge? They asked repeatedly to be let inside, I refused. They wanted me
> to
> transfer my phone line (BT) and internet connection (AOL) to them. I
> explained that since the takeover of my AOL line by Carphone Warehouse the
> standard of service had fallen off a cliff. They said "that was all down
> to
> BT and nothing to do with them" and became increasingly belligerent.
> Apparently I was some kind of idiot for not wanting to be billed by Talk
> Talk for both my phone line and internet connection. I said if anything I
> was planning to move to NTL at which point the younger of the two (by now
> moving to the house next door) shouted quite clearly "then you'll be an
> even
> bigger pikey than you are now".
>
> You couldn't make up a story like this.
>
> (kim).

Ah but, do you have an old Ford Capri on bricks in your front garden???

Gaz

Ah but, do you have an old Ford Capri on bricks in your front garden???


Very funny! Do you program it for a destination, then sit in the car, with
the Professionals music playing? Seriously, this cold calling sounds bad,
but at least you could physically get your hands on the two idiots, not like
BT and their damn callcentres.

"SteveH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ivor Jones <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > "Andrew Sayers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > I suggest you contact "Talk Talk" and make a
> > > complaint.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the warning anyway. Mind you any company
> > > that uses baby talk for their name (talktalk - I feel
> > > embarrassed for them), deserves to be utterly ignored
> > > by intelligent people.
> >
> > Maybe I'm being silly, but one of the reasons I bought
> > a Garmin satnav device is the name "Tom Tom" put me off.
>
> You don't want SatNav, it might interfere with the
> electrical systems in your car.

Well it hasn't in 5 years of use. But if it does, I know I won't plummet
to my death from 30,000 ft.

Ivor

"S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have you filed a complaint against them? If you got his name you could
> get him (quite rightly) told off.

Reading the experiences of others making similar complaints suggests he is
more likely to be offered a promotion.

(kim)