The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 30, July 29, 2007, Article 38

ON BOILER-ROOM MARKETING TACTICS

Regarding last week's item on numismatic boiler-room sales tactics,
Ginger Rapsus writes: "I had a bad time with a certain firm, a few
years back.  I filled out a coupon from a numismatic publication to
receive a free catalog.  Under the space for phone number, I
carefully printed "unlisted--do not phone."  You guessed it... over
the next five months, they called me and called me, no matter how
many times I asked them to stop. I never did get the free catalog.

"One guy from this firm wouldn't give up.  When he called one day,
I hung up.  He called right back.  This went on a few times, till
I finally asked him, "What do I have to do to get you to stop calling?"
He growled at me, "Pay your bills!  Trying paying your bills!"  And
hung up.  After some doing on my part, they did stop calling me.
I still don't get the "pay your bills" part.  Someone told me they
may have checked my credit rating, for ordering a free catalog,
but I have never had any problem with bills.  I wonder if they
looked up the credit rating for a person who does not exist...my
last name is constantly misspelled, and Ginger is a nickname
(not a nickname for Virginia)."

 HOUSTON PRESS ARTICLE RECOUNTS BOILER-ROOM COIN SALES TACTICS
 esylum_v10n29a23.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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