Very odd phone call

[tvrbob]

Phone rings (number withheld)

Me – Hello.

Caller - Is that Mr Smith?

Me - Who am I speaking to?

Caller – I'm from Northern Electric and I was wondering if you have had any problems with your electricity supply.

Me - I'm not prepared to answer that question.

Caller – Could you please check that your freezer is still switched on.

Me – I'm not prepared to continue this conversation.

Me – Hang up.

What was that about? I'm guessing it was a wind up.

[fido]

being the cynical paranoid person i am, perhaps it's some sort of scam where you end up giving them your bank details & credit card details...
i've heard of worse ones that that!

[Petrol_noggin]

I only wanted to talk to you about your freezer

[Parrot of Doom]

Had a similar call tonight, had to ask him 3 times why he was phoning me, something about electricity.

I dunno, but something about having 3 hours sleep and getting up at 0445, driving 150 miles, working for 6 hours and then driving 150 miles back - I guess I wasn't in the mood for talking on the phone

[johnjr]

Yep had calls like tha before also...effing annoying

They always ring a times when your eating or in the middle of something

When the Jehovah's witnessess ring you can have a laugh!!!

(i did)

[tvrbob]

Is there a way that they can fiddle things so that my phone is charged premium rate even though they rang me?

[scared but happy]

I got a very strange one tonight asking if I wanted to invest in land.

[hedders]

tvrbob said:

Phone rings (number withheld) Me – Hello. Caller - Is that Mr Smith? Me - Who am I speaking to? Caller – I'm from Northern Electric and I was wondering if you have had any problems with your electricity supply. Me - I'm not prepared to answer that question. Caller – Could you please check that your freezer is still switched on. Me – I'm not prepared to continue this conversation. Me – Hang up. What was that about? I'm guessing it was a wind up.

I would say he was trying to pull of a very old phone prank!

Incredibly witty caller: "Is your freezer still on sir?"

You: yes, it would appear so...

IWC: Are you sure it's still running sir?

You: Sigh: Yes....

IWC..WELL..YOU HAD BETTER GO CATCH IT THEN HADN'T YOU??? (queue much giggling) *CLICK*

you really missed out.

[BliarOut]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=237655

There you go

[Rob_F]

tvrbob said:

Phone rings (number withheld) Me – Hello. Caller - Is that Mr Smith? Me - Who am I speaking to? Caller – I'm from Northern Electric and I was wondering if you have had any problems with your electricity supply. Me - I'm not prepared to answer that question. Caller – Could you please check that your freezer is still switched on. Me – I'm not prepared to continue this conversation. Me – Hang up. What was that about? I'm guessing it was a wind up.

BliarOut said:

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=237655 There you go

What, you reckon they were trying to brag?

Northern Electric on the phone said:

Yeah, well enjoy all your food defrosting you shandy swilling southern poof!

Cheers,
Rob.

[8Pack]

scared but happy said:

I got a very strange one tonight asking if I wanted to invest in land.

That would have been in Nigeria, would it?.........

[scared but happy]

^^^^Oddly it was an 0800 number that wanted to pass on some information.