October 23, 2002
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Foiled Again
Every time I think I've escaped the clutches of the evil book club people, they trip me up with another tendril. This most recent fall came aver a seemingly innocuous phone call. I can resist, I can reisist . . .
Rinnnggggg: Mrs. Verrette?
Me: Yes.
Caller: This is the Crafters Choice bookclub. We'd like to have you back as a member.
Me: Yes, but no thank you. (Feeling very pleased with myself)
Caller (sensing that I'm about to hang up): We'dliketoofferyouafreebook.
Me: A free book sounds nice, but I really don't want to be a club member, I can never remember to send in the cards and i wind up buying books I don't want.
Caller: No problem. When you get the book, just write CANCEL MEMBERSHIP on the invoice and send it back. Keep the book just for examining the membership packet.
Me: It isn't really free is it. There's a $45 shipping and handling fee right?
Caller: There is a S & H fee, but it's only three dollars and you get to choose the book you want from a list of books valued at $25 or more.
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Here I am 6-8 weeks later, with a lovely book on 2x4 projects. There are some fabulous projects that I'd love to try. And I was slick. I can resist woodworking books fairly easily so when I see their pitch geared toward a closet skil saw fanatic, I'll be positively motivated to cancel the club. Mwahahahaha. Only, they didn't send a flyer for woodworking texts. They sent Thimbleberries newest Quilting patterns.
Fiends.
Comments (21)
Ahhh Book Clubs!! I was in 2, I did enjoy it but they just kept calling and calling after I left. Argle Bargle!!
LOL at "fiends."
Do NOT watch infomercials ever, dear!
gotta love that line...
butwaitaminutewehavesomethingfreeforyou
nice
Repeat after me: "No thank you, I don't buy over the phone. CLICK." It's that "click" that's the important part........
I'm willing to bet the bank that it was Unknown Caller, too, wasn't it? Should I re-post the A-Team blog, so that they can come help you out, too??? Don't make me do it! I still get folks moaning over that music, eh?
DOH.....you stayed on the phone too long. You are definetely far nicer than I am with those people. ARGH! After being on the phone all day long I don't want calls from anyone other than family and even those don't have to be an every night thing. Is that bad? Probably so.
You're part of their database....they know ALL before they call....
I sort of like that "No, I don't buy over the phone" thing ..... I am going to have to tech that to my husband. He is every telemarketers dream call - he listens to the whole spiel and would buy anything. He is one of the few people who actually believes the infomercial-myths like:
be a multi million dollar real estate tycoon with no money down (in 6 weeks)
regrow the hair you have never had - be the envy of all your baldheaded friends (in 6 weeks)
become a muscle bound idiot by pulling this little handle for 5 minutes a day (in 6 weeks)
.... you get the idea
Those damn telemarketers
...i had one that actually got mad at me for taking up her time without buying! Sometimes there is justice....
MuSe
...Terri, any chance we'll see your quilts? Hope so, I'm a quilt enthusiast myself.
MuSe
Hehehe...I am too polite too, but I don't buy anything, actually my favorite thing to say is..."But I have no job right now, so I am broke except for the money I have to feed my 6 kids, and I just CAN'T spend that"....ROFL
Damn book sellers are worse than the drug pushers. And I'm easier to seel books too.
LOL @ Fugitive's comment!!!
They played you like a pawn shop kazoo.
Join the club! I know the feeling. lol
Learn to say some rediculous sentence in some obscure language, and whenever telemarketers call, say it, then hang up. They won't even call back.
LOL...they wouldn't know your Xanga name, would they?
Spot
One time when such a similar phone call came in my hubby answered.
"Paul McCammon? This is Sucy & Such Music Club."
To which Paul replied: "I'm sorry that person passed away three weeks ago."
They never called again.
I bout flipped when he told me that!
Faith
hehehehehehehehe
Sorry, I can't help snickering. And no, the long list of books that are on my ebay bidding list are NOT a sign of addiction. But if you're doing woodworking, maybe you can suggest a design for a bathroom bookcase?
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