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   Hello Niklas!   
      
   ** On Wednesday 16.12.20 - 18:21, Niklas Lindholm wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> I got a phone call from someone claiming to notice that   
    AA>> my google mybiz info may not be accurate..   
      
    NL> I got calls like that a few years ago. At first I just   
    NL> let them go to voice mail but eventually I answered one.   
    NL> Before proceeding I insisted that they tell me what the   
    NL> name of my business was (the one they claimed had   
    NL> problems). But obviously they couldn't do that..   
      
   Most of those calls begin with "May we speak to the person in     
   charge of the merchant accounts".  Obviously, they do not have     
   a name researched ahead of time. I never give them a name. I     
   would simply answer with.. "Speaking."  And I try not to use     
   the word YES at any time.   
      
   In the google call, I realized near the end of the call it was     
   just a recording.  It reminded me of the some of the telephone     
   answering games some people would play by recording something     
   like: "Hello?  ....[long pause], Hi. ....[long pause]  Uh-Ha      
   ...[long pause]  Interesting ...[long pause]  Sorry, I can't     
   come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the beep!"   
      
   I encountered a few of those over time.   
      
   I still get calls from Canadian POS (and others) who want my     
   sales data so that they can analyse how much I'll save with     
   their debit/cc point-of-sale rates.   
      
   Totally annoying.   
      
   When I get those, I do not shy from making sure other people     
   in the store hear me say soemthing like: "Unless you'd like to     
   buy - and pay for a book right now, I don't have time to talk     
   about anything else."   
      
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