I get the ones asking who purchases our computer stuff - which is me. When they start their spiel, I always interrupt and ask them where they are located. It's always a call center in California. That's three time zones away from us (I'm in Virginia). I tell them I only deal with local vendors, thank you for calling. As I'm hanging up, I can still hear them talking.
I hate to be rude, but for about a year everytime one of them called from CA I asked we be taken off their call list. When I asked one why they hadn't, they tried to tell me they weren't the same company. Possible, but c'mon...just how many of these companies could there possibly be? Now I don't even give them time to make their spiel.
As for the copier company calling to confirm the serial number, when my co-worker first started working here, she almost got caught on that one. Luckily, she was going to let me handle it. I told her what the scam was and Andrea's infamous poodle story. She got a good laugh out of that.
Michelle
