Interesting Phone Call

[DebbieB]

Got a call tonight, it showed a local number but no name. I usually don’t answer blind calls but I picked it up anyway.

Caller: I’m calling from (didn’t catch the name). Are you interested in getting rid of your timeshare?
Me: No, I want more.
Caller: Are you being serious?
Me: It’s Disney, DVC. They aren’t going anywhere, why would I get rid of it?
He couldn’t hang up fast enough. He says Have a good night honey.

I thought it was funny. Likely pulled my name from public records but probably didn’t know it was DVC (referred to it as timeshare plus not a candidate for using a company like this to sell).

 

[VGCgroupie]

Got a call tonight, it showed a local number but no name. I usually don’t answer blind calls but I picked it up anyway.

Caller: I’m calling from (didn’t catch the name). Are you interested in getting rid of your timeshare?
Me: No, I want more.
Caller: Are you being serious?
Me: It’s Disney, DVC. They aren’t going anywhere, why would I get rid of it?
He couldn’t hang up fast enough. He says Have a good night honey.

I thought it was funny. Likely pulled my name from public records but probably didn’t know it was DVC (referred to it as timeshare plus not a candidate for using a company like this to sell).

Hilarious!!

 

[AstroBlasters]

Got a call tonight, it showed a local number but no name. I usually don’t answer blind calls but I picked it up anyway.

Caller: I’m calling from (didn’t catch the name). Are you interested in getting rid of your timeshare?
Me: No, I want more.
Caller: Are you being serious?
Me: It’s Disney, DVC. They aren’t going anywhere, why would I get rid of it?
He couldn’t hang up fast enough. He says Have a good night honey.

I thought it was funny. Likely pulled my name from public records but probably didn’t know it was DVC (referred to it as timeshare plus not a candidate for using a company like this to sell).

Creepy. Florida needs better privacy laws.

 

[Mommb]

My husband and I get calls once a month or so asking how we like our timeshare and inviting us to a meeting in our area for timeshare owners to discuss news about our timeshare. As I've never heard of DVC meetings outside of states with DVC resorts, I have always declined.

 

[Matty B13]

Deeds are public record and probably pretty easy to cross reference with a phone number/name/address list. I'm sure these call centers know a lot more about you than you think. This is also why you might get calls for a parent or sibling.

 

[Sandisw]

We get timeshare calls weekly…when my husband answers, he says the same thing. He says my wife wants more and it wouldn’t be pretty if I tried to sell!!!! Lol

 

[heynowirv]

Same here we get calls at least monthly .I laugh at them when they call ,same thing with selling our homes (another time we laugh).I don't understand why they continually call.

 

[CraigInPA]

I've got that call also. I use google screening and the person said "DVC timeshare" and had a 407 number, so I picked it up thinking it might actually be DVC. It wasn't. The guy wanted to know if I wanted help in "dumping" my timeshare. I told him to get lost and hung up.

I've also gotten those "Are you interested in selling your house?" calls, and ask them "Which house?" to confuse them. I kept one guy on the phone for 20 minutes extolling the virtues of my home and the neighborhood, and he just kept asking "How much?" which I ignored and continued my rambling. Eventually, I told him $10 MILLION DOLLARS (doing my best Dr Evil voice), an outrageous sum for sure. He was quiet for a moment and then asked "Is it worth that?" I replied "To me it is." and he said "Thanks" and hung up.

 

[sethschroeder]

Creepy. Florida needs better privacy laws.

Not really anything Florida can do. Real estate records should be public information.

Any control on other data they use to connect to your identity is really outside of a states control and falls to the US but possibly even then its outside of the US.

If you are worried your best bet is to talk to a lawyer how to hide your identity with transactions like this.

 

[sethschroeder]

I've got that call also. I use google screening and the person said "DVC timeshare" and had a 407 number, so I picked it up thinking it might actually be DVC. It wasn't. The guy wanted to know if I wanted help in "dumping" my timeshare. I told him to get lost and hung up.

I've also gotten those "Are you interested in selling your house?" calls, and ask them "Which house?" to confuse them. I kept one guy on the phone for 20 minutes extolling the virtues of my home and the neighborhood, and he just kept asking "How much?" which I ignored and continued my rambling. Eventually, I told him $10 MILLION DOLLARS (doing my best Dr Evil voice), an outrageous sum for sure. He was quiet for a moment and then asked "Is it worth that?" I replied "To me it is." and he said "Thanks" and hung up.

Should have said its actually worth $20m but I need the cash by the end of the month so willing to let you have a deal.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Not really anything Florida can do. Real estate records should be public information.

Any control on other data they use to connect to your identity is really outside of a states control and falls to the US but possibly even then its outside of the US.

If you are worried your best bet is to talk to a lawyer how to hide your identity with transactions like this.

I like how CA and HI put a speed bump of needing to pay a nominal fee to see the information.

 

[sethschroeder]

I like how CA and HI put a speed bump of needing to pay a nominal fee to see the information.

I looked it up and HI has a way for watch dog groups to get the fee waived. I am on board with that as a good idea.

That being said I just tested it. I can access Hawaii property tax records including owners names without a login and without a fee being charged. So that can be collected by bots for a company looking to harvest data to then sell to these companies.