Did you ever win a free gift becuase your telephone number was selected ??? . Telemarketing calls ,, yeah I know they are frustrating .
However, there are lot of companies use telemarketing a main source of marking their products, and virtual services . This has been a tool to make lot of money with a bogus companies as well. I came across lot of people all over the world who had very similiar experience . I am going to share with you one such incident happened in Bangalore, one of the fast developing city in india.
One day, I received a call from XYZ(Not disclosing companies name for security reasons) company stating that I won a gift and I have to come to their office to collect it. Certain companies insist you to come with your spouse . The modulus operandi is ,they call you to their place and make you wait as if some big ceremony is going to happen outside a big hall. Along with you there will be more winners waiting outside who has no clue what they have won.
Once you wait for half and hour, a decent looking guy or a gal will come and take you inside the hall. This hall will have atleast 10-12 tables and soft music will be playing in the background.you will be seated on one table and that decent guy will start a casual conversation. They indirectly start telling about their product. In my case it was membership for cheap vacations. They also promise you that you will get the money back in 10 years.This guy will ask you about the places you visited and the amount of money you spent . He will make sure that you tell him the amount he wants you to tell, such is the communication and convincing skills of these guys. And they will tell that you have spent a fortune in seeing these places. he will tell you that his company has an offer in which u can visit those places three times a year with money equivalent to pennies and also you will get the money back.
The best part is when you ask the cost of the package, the guy who spoke with you about the product and spent half and hour with you will say he does not know the price and you need to speak to his manager for the price.He calls his manager by rising his hand.Here Manager asks you some question about the package and compares the prices of packages by showing some pamplets of other genuine companies and gives you the final price you never can never imagine. So Low will be the price of that package. They have fixed amount of the packages like 3 nights and 4 days package three times a year will cost you only 25000/- rupees , which is dead cheap and more over you will get the money back.
Now the Money back funda is out of the 25k you pay they will buy a NSC government bond of some amount, so that the interest it accumulates by 10 years is the amount equivalent to money you paid.
************* Interesting deal Isnt it ??? *************
Now here is the truth how they operate. These are couple of fraud people who take a small place for rent and get some 3 telephone connections. they will hire 3 or 4 telemarketeer and give them the telephone directory of that city . Ask them to call all the possible number and get as many leads as they can by offer them Free gifts. And you know what happens once lead comes to their place.
Million dollar question is will they give what they promise ??? Ghanta !!! this is pukka mumbai slang of saying Hell No . These companies operate in a city only for a month and accumulate atlease 1-2 crores and runway with money . What if any customer wants to go to within this one month they make sure that he gets all the thing which he was promised , which will hardly cost them 25000/- . You people are smart enough to guess how many people will go for a vacation within a month of package purchase, Not many . These fraud companies maing hell lot of money by telemarketing !!!
So friends next time you win a free gift on telephone you know what to do !!!
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