Well these 2 young men came knocking on our door offering an unreal cell phone package from Telus, a cellular phone company here. We signed up. Later that night daughter L, who was considering doing the same, found a link detailing Telus third party scams in Calgary. We live in Toronto. Husband M called Telus and sure enough the package was too good to be true. It was a headache reversing these transactions involving many phone calls back and forth and going to the local mall to get the number ported back over to our original Fido provider. The perpetrators will be disciplined. They work for a third party Telus company.
The good part is that Fido gave us a good deal to come back, better than what we had before.
So no more door to door dealings in future. Will we ever learn?
32 comments:
I’m glad you were able to reverse that. I worry about these scams, the people who perpetrate them have silver tongues.
Oh no! There are a lot of scammers everywhere. Also here! Don't know who to trust.
Oh, we have had some dealings with the door-to-door phone services too. I am so glad your daughter was there and I'm glad it is straightened out now. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
scary so glad you got it reversed and worked out-and the "bad guys" got caught
It's pretty scary out there. Thanks for the heads up. It looks like the Girl Scouts want to do everything online here this year. But we didn't need those cookies anyway. I hear those have gone up too.
Thanks for sharing this. Yes, I don't like going to the door for anything, anymore.
It's so easy to be scammed, and scammers now that, don't they? Sorry to hear about your troubles. Glad it is all fixed now.
There is this really cool sign that says, "no soliciting"....and it resides on my door! I hate when I have folks dropping over to try and sale me something. The way I see it, if I am interested in changing my tv, cell, internet..etc I will go looking for them!
Ugh. Sorry to hear that. Some people thrive on people's goodness. I hope you have it reversed soon. I didn't think telcos go door to door these days. They must be really great talkers. Stay vigilant.
Oh my. Good to know! We get door salesmen, too, usually for solar.
Oh, good that the story ended positively. I never made door to door deals and never will.
Have a good time and all the best
Violetta
It's great to hear that you were able to reverse the situation. It's a reminder to always stay vigilant and cautious, especially with door-to-door and phone services.
A key phrase you use says it all. "Too good to be true" catches us as some things are crazy expensive.
Sadly, there is a scammer born every minute. Glad you were able to straighten all out, Christine!
It's unfortunate that you had to go through such a stressful experience with the fraudulent cell phone package offer. It's always disheartening when individuals take advantage of others through deceptive means. However, it's great to hear that Fido was able to provide you with a better deal and that you were able to resolve the situation in the
Thank you for sharing that story. It's good to hear about them. There's sooooo many scams out there these days. People pretending to be banks. People pretending to have a package that needs delivered. It just goes on and on these days. Glad you got a better deal from your old provider. That part rocks.
I'm so glad you got it reversed. Yep, door to door not good.
I actually signed up for AT&T Internet that way but they were legit
We have to be very careful these days. Glad you were able to reverse the deal and came out tops in the end! Hugs!
Have a good weekend!
Uy que pena. Hay que tener cuidado. Te mando un beso.
wow, sorry this happened to you. Glad you got it straightened out.
I don't answer the door. Sorry for your troubles.
Happened to me me with gas/electricity. What a hassle!!! I hope we learned!
That is shameful. I am so sorry. Glad things worked out.
scam very active nowadays...
take care
My BFF recently learned that if you want an airplane ticket, go straight to the airline. Don't use a broker or they will scam you every time.
I’m so pleased you were able to reverse that.
Thee are so many scams around!
All the best Jan
Sigh... Thank you for the warning. I guess if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is?
Wow! That's terrible. I'm glad you figured it out sooner than later.
we never signed up such deals not online nor at door
good you got better Christine
Makes you wonder why so many people have no scruples these days.
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