| reply to briankelly9
Re: "Quality Resources" telemarketing scam Quality Resources has been calling me since Monday, today I finally picked up. The operator told me that they wanted to give me a free gas card for only $1 and my credit card, which they already have would be billed only 19.99 a month if I choose to enroll in a service that gives me discounts in franchise establishments in their network. I told the operator that I was not interested in the service not the free gas coupon and she told me that the only way I could cancel is to call and cancel the services when the gas coupon and other materials come to my house and that she will be transferring me to another operator to verify my address.
When transferred to the other operator she wanted me to say that I agree to accept the service. I told her no I would not agree and do not want the $40 gas coupon. She continued to question me on why I would not accept this free gas coupon and just cancel when the materials arrive; I replied that I might miss the mail some how or forget to cancel, she then continued to give me explanations on what to do and even question me as to why is it that I do not open my mail each day. At that point I thought she went entirely too far and reiterated that I DO NOT want they $40 gas coupon and please do not call me again. She disconnected the call afterwards.
This company is too pushy and when I told the first operator that I did not want to enroll or receive the coupon for free gas they were in the wrong to say that I could not cancel through them. The second operator totally overstepped her bounds by questioning, and questioning me, obviously with the hopes that she would wear me down into just saying ok. I did not conform, but I am sure plenty of people have.
I made complaints to the Florida Attorney Generals Office and the Fair Trade Commission that was listed on this site.
Thanks for your help and hopefully if enough of us complain that this company of rude people will be put out of business. |
| I just hung up from a call from 'Quality Resources'. The story was identical to those above; gas vouchers, 1 dollar fee, other recurring fees, etc. They already had the last four of the credit card also. I pulled up this website while still on the phone with the guy.
I've heard of these scams before, and the next step is usually an attempt at charging the card within minutes of the call. I immediately called the credit card company, notified them of the call, froze all actions on the card, and had a new one with a new number issued. That is the only way to insure against any unwanted charges to your card.
Beware of these scams, they get trickier every day. The credit card companie's rules for authorizing purchases have become way too lax, and criminals will do whatever trick it takes to their advantage.
There's nothing rude about hanging up on someone who calls you asking to spend your money. |
