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Originally Posted by shane_c
About 5 years ago I worked at a call centre that took calls for Enbridge Gas in Ontario. You would not believe how many calls we got from people who claim they were tricked into signing up with a gas marketer. Especially the elderly and those who had a hard time speaking and understanding English.
Some of the more popular ones I heard were:
1) The customer would call and say that someone would come to their door and say they are from the gas company (Enbridge) and just want to see their bill. They would then take the account # and sign them up.
2) Other's would be told that they just need to sign here so I can show my boss I was here.
3) Or they would ask the person to sign so they could be entered in a contest.
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This is what they tried on me. I told him he had no need to look at my energy bill. Lots of people are nonconfrontational and probably let them do it. He was very very pushy.