RE: Barclaycard shenanigans.

["David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>]

> "Oh, it's not a sales call," she said - I hadn't suggested 
> that it was, at that point. But she was keen to get on with 
> her script.  "It's an administrative call. Your account says 
> you don't want sales calls, but that means you're missing 
> lots of great offers, and I'm calling to get you to change 
> that." So we chatted a bit more, and hung up.

I got one of those. (I don't bank with Barclays though, so I didn't think
about talking to them about it.) She went straight to the point, we didn't
discuss card details, I declined. In fact, I was mildly amused at the cheek
of it. But I agree that the implications are more than uncomfortable.

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