harassment by sprint

What cell phone service are you going to switch to? Be careful not to jump
from the frying pan into the fire. Sprint is by far the best.

"Richard Silcott" <rrsilcott@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:12s1n66bmknfbd@corp.supernews.com...
>I have never forgotten to pay my bill. In two more months, I will no
>longer be with sprint. It's as if they are being managed by the Keystone
>Kops.
> "Mij Adyaw" <mij@SpamBucket.com> wrote in message
> news:3I4wh.40426$Ej7.36725@newsfe15.phx...
>> Did you forget to pay your bill?
>>
>> "Notan" <notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote in message
>> news:mcCdnUK_Ivi9UV3YnZ2dnUVZ_rHinZ2d@giganews.com ...
>>> Richard Silcott wrote:
>>>> I have been receiving automated calls from sprint. At first they said
>>>> to press 1 to hear in English or press 2 to hear in Spanish. Later
>>>> they started asking for a person that I have no knowledge of, then it
>>>> changed to we have an important message for you. The latest is
>>>> voicemail messages. I need this phone to communicate with my wife for
>>>> the next 2 months, then it is goodbye sprint. I have talked to sprint
>>>> "specialists" and e-mailed customer services. It has been a big waste
>>>> of time. Anyone else getting calls from sprint like this?
>>>
>>> You're leaving a *big* chunk of information out.
>>>
>>> What are they calling in regard to?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Notan
>>
>>
>
>

In article <iZawh.2362$Ui7.603@newsfe17.phx>, Mij Adyaw wrote:
> What cell phone service are you going to switch to? Be careful not to jump
> from the frying pan into the fire. Sprint is by far the best.

Depends on where you use the phone.


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In article <12s1p5ap6b8meeb@corp.supernews.com>,
rrsilcott@cableone.net says...

> I have quit answering the calls and this morning I
> dialed the missed call number and got sprint, but got
> tired of waiting to talk to a human. Besides with all
> the calls I have been getting, I would prefer to be face
> to face with someone there with some authority. Guess
> the best thing for me to do is drop sprint. I just have
> to wait because we are in the process of moving and need
> to communicate.

There was a thing on Clark Howard the other night similar to
this. Turned out the whole thing was a scam. The return
number turned out to be bogus too, even though it answered
as Sprint (or whatever it was in that case). I'd suggest
you call a number that you KNOW is Sprint and try to get to
Billing, and see if they have a problem with your account.
Sounds to me like some lowlife is after your money.

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:07:30 -0600, George wrote:

> In article <12s1p5ap6b8meeb@corp.supernews.com>, rrsilcott@cableone.net
> says...
>
> > I have quit answering the calls and this morning I dialed the missed
> > call number and got sprint, but got tired of waiting to talk to a
> > human. Besides with all the calls I have been getting, I would prefer
> > to be face to face with someone there with some authority. Guess the
> > best thing for me to do is drop sprint. I just have to wait because we
> > are in the process of moving and need to communicate.
>
> There was a thing on Clark Howard the other night similar to this. Turned
> out the whole thing was a scam. The return number turned out to be bogus
> too, even though it answered as Sprint (or whatever it was in that case).
> I'd suggest you call a number that you KNOW is Sprint and try to get to
> Billing, and see if they have a problem with your account. Sounds to me
> like some lowlife is after your money.

Would the calls be coming from 866-463-3020 perhaps? Google will bring up
info on that one, plus it's been mentioned in this NG a few times. I was
war dialed from that number off and on for a couple of months. I didn't
feel like dealing with it, so I put the number in my contact list and set
the ringer to "none." General customer service at Sprint (*2) won't know
anything about it. I never called the number back or answered it to find
out more. I just felt like I would spew too much profanity so I hid my
head in the sand instead.

oj

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 04:00:10 -0500, ojo-malformed wrote
(in article <pan.2007.02.04.09.00.12.846775@mypantslinuxmail.o rg>):

> Would the calls be coming from 866-463-3020 perhaps? Google will bring up
> info on that one, plus it's been mentioned in this NG a few times. I was
> war dialed from that number off and on for a couple of months. I didn't
> feel like dealing with it, so I put the number in my contact list and set
> the ringer to "none." General customer service at Sprint (*2) won't know
> anything about it. I never called the number back or answered it to find
> out more. I just felt like I would spew too much profanity so I hid my
> head in the sand instead.
>
> oj
>

Good idea ... setting the ringer to "none".

I've also been hit with scams similar to this ... from my electric company
and my phone company. Someone (or an automated, persistent call) calls up
from company "x" and states that they would like to confirm my bank account
number, credit card number or SSN.

Just hang up ... it's not your phone company or any other company. It's an
easy way to go broke however.

same here -
-
If this is a valid marketing call from Sprint, wonder about the results ?
Are they actually getting more revenue vs pissing their own customers

BTW - my wife got called TWICE today while she was in a meeting.
She thought it might be "important", else why would Sprint be calling her !

I'll have to check the number stored, and see what it looks like.

"Richard Silcott" <rrsilcott@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:12s1p5ap6b8meeb@corp.supernews.com...
> I have quit answering the calls and this morning I dialed the missed call
> number and got sprint, but got tired of waiting to talk to a human.

what is the number ?