Plenty about them on the net. Cold calling to sell something isn't a scam.

That may be true, but I object to the era of sleazy Del-boy like way people think they can make easy money these days. In years gone by (before my time) such people would have been called spivs, basicly we dont need them ! Just because they have a companies house registration num and a VAT reg num doesn't make them acceptable.

Edited by Roly93 on 07/01/2012 at 11:57

Hi Roly, You've been a bit unclear as to what you object to; is it:

1. telephone sales calls?
2. the fact that they said the car's warranty had JUST expired when in fact any warranty had expired some time ago?
3. People thinking they "can make easy money" (do you ever play the Lottery?)
4. Or ?????

Basically the full set. I do not want telephone sales calls so I registered to no have them but still do. The fact that they come out with an initial false statement to get a sales 'hook', for example "our records show that you had an accident in the last 3 years" or in this case "we show your warranty as expired".

Gambling and hard-selling are two different subjects I think, but I object to people who think and do make easy money by pester selling or hard selling.

We are surrounded by advertsing on the TV Radio and internet, if I want to buy something I research it and then make a purchase, I will not be sold to by people who call me in an unsolicited way.

Back in December we were getting 10-12 cold calls some days trying to sell us PPI claimback services or just trying to run fake market research. That is why I am prickly on this subject !!

Sign up for the Telephone Preference System (TPS) - the responsible sales organisations respect that and won't call - you'll still get call from irresponsible sales organisations, pseudo survey companies and foreign companies but you have everyone's approval to be as rude as you like to them!

Hi All, agree with much of the discussion. I can live with the cold call if it turns out that my daughter missed a check box somewhere (she had recently insured the car for the first time). What I object to and called a scam (though I accept that might be stretching it a tad) was the fact that Car Protect tried to create the sale on the basis that a recent warranty on the car had just expired. Which is untrue, the car had never had third party warranty ever ever ever, we know because it has been within the family from new.

Not just Sky customers. I love to see how long I can drag the call out.

...sounds a most unpleasant way of making a living cipher91!

Cheers for 'lifting the lid' on such operations although I'm certain most of us already had a good idea of the ethics existing in these professions.

I'm afraid I treat all calls of this type with utter disdain and generally sign-off in seconds after uttering two little words..

Best,
RB