Ha ha ha Slingshot

**Mom** · 23rd July 2009, 19:07

Took a call half an hour or so ago from a very nice young lady from Slingshot. I detest these marketing calls when I am just in from work and attempting to relax. She asked me how I was, so I said "fabulous" as you do. She assured me she was not selling anything, but was only interested in seeing if I was wait for it...

Elegible for a 30% savings on my home phone bill. I told her I was a bit busy right now, so she should send me her offer my email. Her response? Thank you Mam, and she hung up!

Been ages since it was me on the receiving end of a hang up from cold calling sales teams. She was lucky she was not from SKY!

**Blackshear** · 23rd July 2009, 19:15

There sure are a shitload of them as of late.
Just hang up before you feel guilty.

**doc** · 23rd July 2009, 19:32

Originally Posted by Mom

I detest these marketing calls when I am just in from work and attempting to relax.

In the kitchen were we ?

**Mom** · 23rd July 2009, 20:17

Originally Posted by doc

In the kitchen were we ?

Not right then no...

The spuds were up to the boild and turned down, the salad was made

I was actually relaxing

**geoffm** · 23rd July 2009, 20:54

Slingshot are totally, and utterly useless in every way. I had to threaten the small claims court and CGA to get out from their contract, after 6 months of continous disconnections, slow speeds (when it connected, etc) and never, ever had a reply from their "help" desk. I proved pretty conclusivly that there was nothing rong with my local network, but hteir universal answer was to reset the router.
Surprisinlgy enough, as soon as I changed (to Packing Shed) all my conection problems vanished. Didn't stop them from trying to bill me for an extra month though after the connection had been changed. Enough said

**Gareth51** · 23rd July 2009, 20:58

Get a few of these calls at work and depends on what sort of mood I'm in on how I answer them.They usually ask hows your day and can they have a moment of your time.If it's a nice sounding female I'll ask them if it's phone sex they wanted and if it's a male just tell them to hold on a minute,put the phone on hold for a couple of minutes,they get the message.

**Laava** · 23rd July 2009, 21:10

Had one at a job I was doing and thinking it might be the owner ringing me, I answered. Was a young lady trying to sell me some HRV system. Told her I wasn't interested repeatedly but she kept crapping on until eventually she relented but asked if I had any friends who might be interested. I gave her the no of Doug Andrews heating and ventilation in Whangarei and said my mate Doug might be keen. 5 min later the ph rang and yep, it was her. That no you gave me was for Doug Andrews she said and I nearly pissed myself laughing! I know, I said! Thanks for pulling my leg she said and that was it.

**Forest** · 23rd July 2009, 21:15

I think you dodged a bullet.

Slingshot doesn't have a great reputation.

**Mully** · 23rd July 2009, 21:17

We switched from a certain telephone company (*cough*Telecom*cough*) to another one to do all the phone, internet etc. Kept the same phone number.

Shortly thereafter, we started getting all sorts of telemarketing calls. We suspect our number was sold to all these people.

May I suggest www.marketing.org.nz and registering for their "Do Not Call" list.

**Mom** · 23rd July 2009, 21:19

Originally Posted by Gareth51

Get a few of these calls at work and depends on what sort of mood I'm in on how I answer them.They usually ask hows your day and can they have a moment of your time.If it's a nice sounding female I'll ask them if it's phone sex they wanted and if it's a male just tell them to hold on a minute,put the phone on hold for a couple of minutes,they get the message.

We have an unwritten policy at work. Cold calling sales get told the person they need to talk to is on another call. When we get asked who they should ring back we say, Jane, or Bob, or ...

None of these folk work there of course. Next caller askes for Jane, and gets told no sorry there is no one by that name that works here

**mossy1200** · 23rd July 2009, 21:21

Originally Posted by Blackshear

There sure are a shitload of them as of late.
Just hang up before you feel guilty.

Its more polite to act retarded and they never call back ever.

**cs363** · 23rd July 2009, 21:23

Good work Mom, I detest people trying to sell me stuff unsolicited in my time, in my home - free time is very precious these days as there seems so little of it.
Not keen on people trying to sell me their various forms of religion at the door either....

**Ms Piggy** · 23rd July 2009, 21:47

I've been getting accosted at the local Caltex petrol station at the Basin Reserve by sales people of late - can't even get petrol without someone trying to sell me some overpriced cleaning product!

**gwigs** · 23rd July 2009, 21:47

I had a call a few months ago from Slingshot.....I listened to the sales pitch and it sounded pretty good,I wanted to change from Telescum so I agreed to go ahead...well he puts me on to a new sales person who proceeds to give me the whole sales speel again and all the same questions.....then I get put onto a third person who gives me the same speel and questions....30 mins of my life gone....in the end I got pissed off and told the sales person to forget the whole thing....gave the sales person a bollocking about how slingshot want to get their act together if the want to sell their product..FFS how many people does it take

......They were all Indian as well,suppose they were calling from Mumbai.
Have had several calls since,I just say "No Goodbye" and hang up as soon as I hear the name Slingshot....