[Shop-talk] Car dealer tomfoolery and Costco Auto Buyer program

[Pat Horne]

I knew a fellow years ago who volunteered at a Suicide prevention hot 
line. Everyone there used a fake name. I can understand that more than I 
can a sales person doing it.

I also know the owner of a business who tells sales people who cold call 
him that they need to speak with Mr. James, who isn't there at the 
moment. Any calls that come in for Mr. James are told that he is not 
there. This continues a few times until they give up. His rationale is 
that if a cold caller gets a real name that they spread it around to 
other cold callers, but if they don't get through to the person "in 
charge", they don't.

Peace,
Pat

Thusly spake Mark J Bradakis, On 3/3/2010 1:15 PM:
> Such a tactic can also be used to track advertising.  If they call for 
> Mr. Smith,
> they heard the ad on the radio.  If they call for Mr. Jones, they saw 
> an ad in
> the paper.  If they call for Mr. Bradakis, it is a wrong number ;-)
>
> mjb.
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