Please do tell what you went with. Inquiring minds want to know but it is unlikely you will tell us.
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joleen
do not tell them a thing of any pertinent information,they are not to be trusted.
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P
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I just received some similar call. The voice belonged to a woman who sounded American and young. The offer was for a gift card of my choice for $100 from Walmart, Target, or Walgreens, in exchange for answering a survey. They claimed that somene filled out a request for this. The oddest thing about this call is that each time I asked a question, there was a delay before she answered me. It was as if something was going on in the background, although I heard no background noise. The ad sounded at first like a recording, so to test that theory, I spoke over the person, saying, "excuse me! Is this a live person?" The speaking on the other end of the line stopped, paused for some time, and then responded, "yes, I am a live person." I thought the first delay might have been due to gathering thoughts, but the pattern continued. It ws as if someone needed time to look up or input an answer. They kept trying to get me to transfer to some automated survey, but I had more questions. I think that they were expecting me to say, "yes" at some point, but I had already heard about the recording scams using permissive language, so I responded, instead, "well, this is odd, but I guess we can try it." She said she did not hear me. I answered, "you can transfer me. But first I have a question. What was the name of this company again, something rewards.net?" They other party hung up.
There's never been a single verifiable case of anyone being financially harmed by the "yes scam". (You called it "permissive language") It's a very well-publicized urban myth.
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jmartin99
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My theory, based on a recent call, is that the person I was talking to was trying his best to get me to say yes for a simple reason. A "maybe" wasn't good enough. Perhaps, according to his script, his job is to get pre-qualified suckers, I'm mean prospects before forwarding them (me) to the higher paid "closers". When I kept saying "maybe" he finally gave up and hung up.
Now THAT is a logical reason for avoiding saying "Yes" to these callers.
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William
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"Once they have you saying yes enough times it makes you more amenable ..."
Salespeople have know about this little bit of psychology for decades; I first found out about it in 1975. It's a way to keep the target in a positive mood and get the target excited about what the salesperson is presenting, especially when the target has no need for what is being sold.
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