Apple's New G5 Marketing Approach

[jgvp]

Snow White: you're preaching to the choir. The best  education on 
handling phone calls I learned from watching the modus operandi used on 
unsuspecting people by Jim Garner acting as a private detective in the 
Rockford Files back in the 70s. I have rarely if ever since answered 
questions posed over the phone,  especially since I can't verify for 
certain who it is I am talking to. Some use the "we're conducting a 
poll" approach, which to me translates into "I'm a nosey neighbor down 
the road who would just love to know your private details, likes and 
dislikes, and salary range." You have been warned !



On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 08:11  AM, Power Macintosh G4 List 
wrote:

> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:09:01 -0400
> Subject: [G4] Apple's New G5 Marketing Approach
> From: Snow White <jj4 at sympatico.ca>
> Message-Id: <D6D77B8E-CF7D-11D7-9C69-003065718F58 at sympatico.ca>
>
> My phone is breaking up - what a pile of crap.  Apple uses ground lines
> and where did this info come from and etc etc etc.  It was a prank (bet
> if you try the # back it is not Apple).  Now they know you got a Mac
> and where you live and your name and that you will probably have a
> $4000 computer delivered in a few months.  They would have hit the
> jackpot if you had told them you ordered one -but luckily you did not.
>
> Next time someone you don't know calls on odd pretexts and does not
> answer your questions tell them to get lost and be very agressive
> -press them til they explain themselves or hang up.  Scams really tick
> me off.
>
> jj