Never trust the TV!

[JasonS]

Basically, NEVER TRUST THE TV! I was watching this program about ways to save money and he was talking about switching providers that offer low prices for transferring etc..

But he also recommended phoning up your Mobile Phone (Cell phone to some) provider, go to the cancellations department and say you're thinking of leaving and they should offer you a better plan and/or phone.

So I rang up the T-Mobile cancellations and the guy from India asks for my account details etc and I say I want to cancel and he asks me if I'm sure and I say yes expecting a better deal. What does he do? He cancelled my account. I shall never trust TV again :cry2:

[Dynash]

hahaha, you should of known though, that they usually charge you too, specially if it's contract. Did you also say that you want a better deal? Instead of just saying yes? :p

[JasonS]

hahaha, you should of known though, that they usually charge you too, specially if it's contract. Did you also say that you want a better deal? Instead of just saying yes? :p

I said yes, the phone sort of went silent and then I said to him can I not just get a better deal and he says I can't now :(

[fnixws]

Id ring back, and demand to speak to the floor manager.
Tell him that you were ASKING about disconnection and the bastard disconnected you before you had a chance to say no.

[Matt8]

I work for a major carrier here in the US and can PROMISE you, that with the right words, you will get the world on a silver platter from "retention" department.

Yes, that is what they are really called, RETENTION specialists. Get it (retain...)

[sep]

I could only see that trick working for small business. Because they actually need your business. Large corporations don't really need your business they can do fine with or without it.

[Tracker]

I could only see that trick working for small business. Because they actually need your business. Large corporations don't really need your business they can do fine with or without it.

Thats how I got a better deal on my cable internet/tv/phone. Small company said I need this this and this but I am spending $x now can you beat it. And they did. [This was after the first call to them and I got a quote that was about $20 higher]

[stuffradio]

Basically, NEVER TRUST THE TV! I was watching this program about ways to save money and he was talking about switching providers that offer low prices for transferring etc..

But he also recommended phoning up your Mobile Phone (Cell phone to some) provider, go to the cancellations department and say you're thinking of leaving and they should offer you a better plan and/or phone.

So I rang up the T-Mobile cancellations and the guy from India asks for my account details etc and I say I want to cancel and he asks me if I'm sure and I say yes expecting a better deal. What does he do? He cancelled my account. I shall never trust TV again :cry2:

Hahahahaahahahahahha...

You're obviously not a very good haggler :)

I got some pretty sweet deals from my cell phone company when I threatened to leave. :)

[Decker]

So I rang up the T-Mobile cancellations and the guy from India asks for my account details etc and I say I want to cancel and he asks me if I'm sure and I say yes expecting a better deal. What does he do? He cancelled my account.

ROTFLMAO You Pillock ROTFLMAO

I LOL'd so hard I'm sure a little pee came out :lol:

[JasonS]

Worst thing was, T have put their prices up for new contracts, so I went into a T Mobile store to try and get the same contract back only to find it was £5.00 more :cry2:

[JonnyH]

Haha come on.
Ring them up again and demand to speak to one of their superiors. They'll make some offers you can't refuse.

[Decker]

Call some of the others telling them your with T and want to switch as your unhappy - you have to play the game with them :wink2:

[AveryWS]

Now that is an interesting idea...Thanks for the heads up in not trusting the TV anymore! Also, for making me laugh today.

:D

[themoose]

To be fair, you are saving a lot of money now.

[utcrazy]

I used to work at Rogers, and I can also assure you that they will do almost anything to keep your business. Matt8 has it right, you need to call retentions. The other people don't care at all if your business is lost, saying you are going to cancel is not going to make things better in any other department. The whole "talking to your supervisor" thing is usually a failed attempt as well. Supervisors are going to do the exact same thing as the operators are trained for.

[BrandonTheG]

Wouldn't it be common sense not to trust the TV?

[Zombie]

lmfao i agree with brandon!!!

TV = Pain and suffering

Listen to Ben :D or Jan :P

[Skylar]

I could only see that trick working for small business. Because they actually need your business. Large corporations don't really need your business they can do fine with or without it.

We did that with our ISP; got a 3.5MBPS for $10.99 for the first 6 months :P.. 3.5MBPS sucks, we need more I suck all the BW up... but not a bad deal.

I want FiOS :(

[Zombie]

We did that with our ISP; got a 3.5MBPS for $10.99 for the first 6 months :P.. 3.5MBPS sucks, we need more I suck all the BW up... but not a bad deal.

I want FiOS :(
FiOS Blocks port 80 on your comp and alot ofothers...

Meaning you cant run a server from your house... Except localhost but it cant be public

[Host Factory]

i worked for at one of these carriers call centres and i was covering on the Retentions dept, it was a totally different system to what i normally use, any waya woman called up she was on a low contract about £12 i think. to cut a long story shorter i managed to get her to stay then the system wigged out, a few days later the floor manager for retentions calls me out it turns out the customer got a N95 and £600 credit, and she was only paying about £12 and they said it was to late to change it cause it went though the bill system

JasonS they normally give u a few days to change ur mind, ring bac and say u wish to uncancel ur contract u had a change of mind

[Decker]

JasonS they normally give u a few days to change ur mind

Bit late - been weeks now, and really going begging is not an option.

[Host Factory]

Bit late - been weeks now, and really going begging is not an option.
i should really check the date, ooo well:lol:, but i think u got 30 days but im not 100%

[Inviative]

LOL! This sounds kind of silly..

[Jan]

I wondered when you would make it lappy :p

[Cam.]

Oh look who decided to grace us with his presence :lol:

[Zombie]

Hey Ausfragtastic Jan, where is lappy?

[Cam.]

Hey Ausfragtastic Jan, where is lappy?

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2037/lappyoq3.png

[Zombie]

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2037/lappyoq3.png
Awwwwww He needs his name changed to Lappy :)


*Im gonna kill this freaking 45 second crap*

[Cam.]

Awwwwww He needs his name changed to Lappy :)


*Im gonna kill this freaking 45 second crap*

Lol, yeah, so we all know who to pick on! :D

[Zombie]

Lol, yeah, so we all know who to pick on! :D
Of course :) Lappy lost like 200 posts we need someone to pick on :) lol
Oh! Wait... I nominate SellWHM/Ralph/Grabacontroller for his constant failures as a host

[Cam.]

Of course :) Lappy lost like 200 posts we need someone to pick on :) lol
Oh! Wait... I nominate SellWHM/Ralph/Grabacontroller for his constant failures as a host

LOL nice. You been following the threads at WHT as well? :P

[Zombie]

LOL nice. You been following the threads at WHT as well? :P
Threads, MSN, http://sellwhm.com, -----ing etc. Hes in the ----ter and never getting out.

[Cam.]

Threads, MSN, http://sellwhm.com, -----ing etc. Hes in the ----ter and never getting out.

Yep.

How much do you want a bet he's back in a month or 2?

EDIT: Lol:

SellWHM.com is now under new management and will be back up in a few days, sorry for any problems this has caused

[Zombie]

Yep.

How much do you want a bet he's back in a month or 2?

EDIT: Lol:
LMFAO!!!

It was just "I quit blah blah blah" like 20 minutes ago!!

*heads to MSN*

[Cam.]

LMFAO!!!

It was just "I quit blah blah blah" like 20 minutes ago!!

*heads to MSN*

Rofl, he already did that 3 times on the SellWHM threads :P

[Zombie]

Rofl, he already did that 3 times on the SellWHM threads :P
Hes 'gave up' like 8 times now... Apparently some New Zealand guy owns it now



---X-x-Rsmiley-x-X---- says:
OMG!!!
---X-x-Rsmiley-x-X---- says:
Who owns SellWHM now?
Ralph says:
a guy from NZ
---X-x-Rsmiley-x-X---- says:
New Zealand?
Ralph says:
yup
Ralph says:
well its better than somebody sueing me...
Ralph says:
oh btw..
Ralph says:
i have a reseller..but under a new name

[Cam.]

Oh I think I know who.

Lol. This will be good :P

[Zombie]

Oh I think I know who.

Lol. This will be good :P
I cant wait to watch this sale blow up in their faces

[Cam.]

I cant wait to watch this sale blow up in their faces

Haha, I'm going to go and warn them before this goes much further :P

[Zombie]

Haha, I'm going to go and warn them before this goes much further :P
No why ruin all the fun

[Cam.]

No why ruin all the fun

Because nobody deserves that hole of a company :eek2:

[Zombie]

Because nobody deserves that hole of a company :eek2:
That Hole? wtf

[Cam.]

That Hole? wtf

It's a New Zealander saying :P

[Zombie]

It's a New Zealander saying :P
lol NZ ftw

[Cam.]

lol NZ ftw

Damn straight, and don't forget it :D

[Inviative]

ahem ahem.. Who is speaking behind my back

[Zombie]

ahem ahem.. Who is speaking behind my back
yo mamma xd

[Cam.]

ahem ahem.. Who is speaking behind my back

Nobody, as you can obviously see what we're saying :P


yo mamma xd

:lol:

[Richard]

Haha. I used to be with "3" the mobile company in the UK. My contract was up, and I went to cancel. On my contract I had 500 minutes and 500 texts for £25/month.

While on the phone to cancel, I played the dreaded "I've been looking at other providers" and no sooner as I said that, was I transfered to another department, and after 20 minutes on the phone, they offered me 1000 minutes and unlimited texts for £20/month plus a new phone totally free :D hahaha.

I did not take it tho. As I wanted the Apple iPhone, and thats only with o2.

[Zombie]

Haha. I used to be with "3" the mobile company in the UK. My contract was up, and I went to cancel. On my contract I had 500 minutes and 500 texts for £25/month.

While on the phone to cancel, I played the dreaded "I've been looking at other providers" and no sooner as I said that, was I transfered to another department, and after 20 minutes on the phone, they offered me 1000 minutes and unlimited texts for £20/month plus a new phone totally free :D hahaha.

I did not take it tho. As I wanted the Apple iPhone, and thats only with o2.
Hell shoula taken that deal and bought an iphone and unlocked it... my god thats nice

[Richard]

Hell shoula taken that deal and bought an iphone and unlocked it... my god thats nice

The iPhone is not an iPhone when its unlocked :(

Always a version down from the latest, always buggy, no Visual VoiceMail. No unlimited data plan.

All these things add up when you have an iPhone vs and unlocked iPhone (AKA: iSh*t)

[Jan]

Hes 'gave up' like 8 times now... Apparently some New Zealand guy owns it now

Some New Zealand guy owns his previous company too :ninja: :p