I have seen on the Internet and heard from friends that a great majority of people with Discover cards have been receiving a telemarketing call multiple times a day.
This call is from 866-290-4961. It’s an automatic dialer that rings the phone, if you pick up and say something it connects to a person, sometimes. This lets the telemarketer dial multiple numbers at one time and pick up the only calls that get a human response. Sometimes you will not get the telemarketer because they have all answered calls, so no one is available to answer.
Here is the rub, even if you ask them to remove you from the call list, they continue to call. You can even call Discover at their 800 number and while they will be very nice, telling you that they will remove you from the solicit list, it still does not get done. There are web sites with pages of complaints about the Discover telemarketers with rarely one that has a happy ending.
Maybe we can do something about it? Lets blog about it, discuss it, call Discover, tell a friend, stop using your Discover card.
If you want to complain here is the Discover customer privacy service number: 800-225-5202
Filed under: Technology , Credit, Discover Card, Telemarketing
