Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for August 22, 2016

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    Enter.Name.Here  over 8 years ago

    A shame someone else invented telephone solicitors first.

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    bigcatbusiness  over 8 years ago

    I’d stick to messenger pigeon.

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I wonder if Hogwarts ever had a problem with messenger owl spam.

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    OhioMike  over 8 years ago

    And Wiz learns no good deed goes unpunished…

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    Flash Gordon  over 8 years ago

    Hey, wizard, invent the answering machine.

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    bbwoof  over 8 years ago

    I feel so much better knowing that I’m not the only person that Rachel from card member services calls. What a pest.

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    PerkandCindy Premium Member over 8 years ago

    YES!

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    bateria  over 8 years ago

    If payments had been made on time……………

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I hung up on one and she called back to say I was RUDE! I decided to get caller ID, it is getting too spooky! WHO the heck is buying this stuff???? How stupid can you get? Wait, never mind. This is America!

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    PMark  over 8 years ago

    Not to sound like a commercial, but since we switched to Ooma for our telephone service, we haven’t had a single SPAM call. :)

    Of course, if the Internet goes out, so does your phone service. :(

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    Aubrey Sheldon Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Not to sound like a commercial either, but I’m so happy I spent $99.95 on a device called the CPR Call Blocker. Once you block their number, it NEVER rings again on your phone. Device holds over 1000 numbers. Every so often “Rachel” changes numbers, so just block ’em again! Works great on politicians robo-calls as well!

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    tom  over 8 years ago

    The way Rachel keeps popping up, I wonder if she comes from somebody who bought into the “let your computer make 4000 a week for you” scam and paid thousands for the program that makes random calls.

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    linsonl  over 8 years ago

    I haven’t been bothered by Rachel for a while. I wonder if someone finally caught those crooks?

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    planostanton  over 8 years ago

    He also won a vacation cruise from a context that he never entered!

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    planostanton  over 8 years ago

    He also won a vacation cruise from a contest that he never entered!

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    Cerabooge  over 8 years ago

    I found that the most effective way to eliminate those annoying calls is to GET RID OF YOUR LAND LINE. At the time I eliminated mine, I was paying $40/month for staticy phone service with extra charges for long distance. Oh, and get on the do-not-call list, of course.I think the best way to deal with political calls is to add them to your contacts, and use a ring tone consisting of dead silence.

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    Rose Madder Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I’ve never heard from Rachel. I am on the ‘do not call’ list and I don’t answer unknown numbers – especially outside my own area code – even some inside my area code. If they really want me, they’ll leave a voicemail.Haven’t gotten any political calls either – yah!!

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    CANDYLVRDG  over 8 years ago

    I get about one a day. Multiple numbers. But Rachael must have got fired. Carmen is calling now.

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    foilist01  over 8 years ago

    When Bell invented the telephone, he found he had a missed call from Chuck Norris.

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    johnpittman Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Rachel is also calling cellphones. Just received her call.

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    steampower  over 8 years ago

    Rachel herself should be thrown into the garbage.

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    neverenoughgold  over 8 years ago

    Alexander Graham Bell incarnate…

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    Dr_Fogg  over 8 years ago

    AT&T and other bells offer nomorobo.com. the phone rings twice and no mo robo. :-) it’s great. It hasn’t figured out Microsoft support or IRS law suit :-(

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    Charlie Fogwhistle  over 8 years ago

    Rachel is probably an identity thief/scammer wanting to get things like the 3 digit security code, his mother’s maiden name, etc. “Now just to verify that I’ve reached the right party, would you please provide me with the following information . . .”

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    Dr_Fogg  over 8 years ago

    Oh and Microsoft support called my cell phone the other day and the guy insisted I was on my landline.

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    nossmf  over 8 years ago

    Brilliant!

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    zeexenon  over 8 years ago

    CPR Call Blocker does not block the first ring. Why? The CID is sent between the first and second rings, in most cases. I read that phones are available that ignore the first ring. However, our house is full of phones.

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    Peter Gordon  over 8 years ago

    Use nomorobo.com. It is free, and it works.

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    clayusmcret Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Someone should ask the employees to take a 30 minute break at a nearby coffee shop, and then burn the home location for Card Member Services to the ground.

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    rickray777  over 8 years ago

    Wiz: “Oh, well. Back to the ol’ Drawing Board!”

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    angelfiredragon  over 8 years ago

    Phone are kind of interesting, it seems most people think of them as a way for them to call others but not to be called upon by others themselves…like it is a one way street.

    The more things go that route, the less useful they become.

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    aeakrs  over 8 years ago

    That’s exactly what I’d like to do. And take a hammer to the recording.

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    UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Pandora’s Box?… if only it could be that easy.

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    Ed Brault Premium Member over 8 years ago

    No, it’s Elisha Gray, (or Antonio Meucci).

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    Phatts  over 8 years ago

    you think “Rachel from Cardmember Service” is bad, just wait until you start getting political robocalls — from both parties —

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    usefull Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Rachel @ CardMemberServices is a liar. She called me and said that she was going to make me one final offer. But she keeps calling me back…….

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    moparjack1963  over 8 years ago

    That Owl spam sounds delicios

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    citiwaz Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I hate those calls. I don’t even carry card debt anymore.

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