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Today after blocking the 15th number they found a way to get a new one and call me with a discount, 2k for a in person chat on zoom
Why are you even staying on the line long enough for you to find out the details of their offer?
Them: "Hi! This is Kevin Michael Schmitz's sales weenie calling!"
You: "Die in a fire."
*click*
Somehow one of them weaseled their way into being an organizer in one of the photo Meetup groups I'm in and scheduled an event every day for the next year that was just links to his garbage.
how abouts we set up an autodialer or some other mechanism to give them a taste of their own medicine?
Good advice! I'll look into it ๐
Iโve never heard of this person and after reading this, Iโm very happy about that.
"If you do not remove me from your call list, I will report you to the FCC and report you for harassment."
The FCC does not fuck around with consumer complaints. And once you're removed from their list, report them anyways.
I only ask because I've blocked a lot of the proof hahaha
I like it ๐ do I have to provide proof?
No, you just submit the information.
I've reported tons of things, such as phishing. Just be sure to include as much information as you can.
ยฃ2k for zoom workshops?
Yea! Their other work shops that are actually in person, are listed as some obnoxious amount like 10k and that's not even covering travel, food or lodging ๐ฉ and it only goes up from there lol
Whaaat. Who'd pay that? I know photography with the gear is an expensive hobby but that's outrageous.
I do multi drop couriering and it's 51p per delivery, i can't deny i once fell into a temporary disillusioned state of depression when i saw what someone was charging for a walkabout workshop in a city, as good as they are. Very much 'yeah you could do three workshops a month I'd need to deliver 1000 parcels to match'. I only say this because my specific type of photography isn't generic garbage, but its value might as well be. It could be worse, i could be 55 years old in the same position rather than still old but not quite 55 years old old.
I make good enough money but I'm in Dallas, Texas and everything is crazy expensive right now ๐ฉ I do mostly weddings and major events and that pays some bills. These guys tried to tell me it'd be ok to go into credit card debt for them and said that if I take these workshops I'll somehow start getting a crazy amount of higher paying work, half the time they ignore that my market is wedding/event because their workshops are all geared towards fashion photography, which I don't really do because it never really pays and you have to be very well connected to get higher paying jobs.
I really want to see REAL reviews from people who have done these who aren't sales.