Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 11:31 AM
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Robocall: "Diabetic Supply Company" |
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Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 11:32 AM by Aerows
This company has repeatedly called me. I'm not a diabetic, nor is anyone in my family. They called because my parents get Medicare. Yes, they are old, and when I answered, they asked if I needed a "back brace". When I firmly asked what they were calling for, we both affirmed that I didn't need "A back brace" since my spine was just fine.
These people are ripping off Medicare, IMHO. That's not the opinion of DU since I'm a Mod here, just my personal opinion. This company was attempting to rip off taxpayers via Medicare, and I said so, then the woman hung up.
Trolling for Diabetics? Good LORD. My grandmother was a diabetic for 46 years.
Before she hung up I told her she should be ashamed of herself, as should anyone attempting to rip off our elderly.
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MADem
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Thu Oct-20-11 11:37 AM
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1. The person you talked to was likely a minimum wage slave in a sleazy job. |
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Ghastly line of employment, that cold calling. I can't imagine having to do it.
She probably hung up because she's on a quota of "suckers" per day, and won't get a decent wage if she doesn't con people into signing up for the service, which is probably overpriced home delivery of testing equipment, strips, needles, that kind of thing--sorta like what Wilford Brimley hawks on the tee vee.
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 11:45 AM
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4. It's horrible that people are in that line of employment |
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That's a systemic problem. It needs to change.
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MADem
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:05 PM
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5. Desperation causes people to do horrible things--it's a form of prostitution, |
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really. I'll bet you'd have a hard time finding anyone who likes that line of work.
As long as you have people who need a paycheck, and bums who like to rip people off, you'll probably continue to see this kind of thing. It is a shame.
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:08 PM
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6. I'm not arguing with you |
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Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 12:11 PM by Aerows
I'm lamenting it with you. It doesn't mean that I have to stand by and watch people do awful things without calling them on bad behavior.
I guess that makes me a bad person. I wouldn't watch a person get robbed in the street and say nothing. You really want people like that in your community?
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MADem
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:32 PM
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13. Don't you hate the limitations of the written word? |
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I'm not arguing w/you, either!! I'm just gabbing!!
We're on the same page, here!
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Shagbark Hickory
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Thu Oct-20-11 11:39 AM
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2. Too many babies. Not enough honest ways to make a living. |
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Its only going to get worse as the population continues to soar as opportunity dwindles.
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 11:43 AM
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Okay. We'll just ignore bad things happening since it's all a circumstance of too many mouths to feed and not enough resources.
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Shagbark Hickory
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:11 PM
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8. I'm not making excuses for the telespam scammers. |
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Edited on Thu Oct-20-11 12:12 PM by Shagbark Hickory
I'm saying we can expect to see more of it as desperation grows.
What can be done about it? Nobody wants to talk about that.
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:16 PM
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10. Everyone wants to talk about it, my friend |
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We are getting squeezed, and we as a population feel it, and know it. People are in the streets. They aren't in the streets risking arrest and bodily harm because they are content.
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RebelOne
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:10 PM
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7. Yeah, I am 72 and have no extreme health problems |
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except for high blood pressure. But I repeatedly receive junk mail with offers for the Scooter Chair and hearing aids. A few weeks ago, I got a call from someone wanting to know if anyone in my household had diabetes. I said no (even though it does run in my family and I don't have it yet), and the caller hung up. Why is it assumed just because you are over 65 that you need help moving around, are half deaf and have diabetes?
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:14 PM
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9. They are trying to make a sale |
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and rob you of your rightful Medicare so they can get it from somebody else that doesn't need a "Back brace" under the diabetics clause.
They tried to sell me a back brace, when, if I was a diabetic, I would neither need one, nor need Medicare to pay for one. It's straight up theft.
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:18 PM
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11. I don't abuse the telemarketers |
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but the companies they work for are invariably garbage.
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Aerows
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:20 PM
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They are working for a garbage wage, for a garbage ideology, for garbage people. That we as a people have sunk to the point where we think it's okay to work for a horrible end - we need to change things.
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Thu Oct-20-11 12:45 PM
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14. Its almost as bad as those scooter store commercials..... |
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in reality I see them all over big flea markets....its not because the owner really needs one (and you can tell those) its because some people are to lazy to walk. I wonder where all those they rent came from?
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