Airtricity again........AARRH!!

skipz · 04-10-2010 05:28PM #1

I know them Airtricty sale people are commission based, but for fcuk sake will you ever leave me alone?
At least twice a month they call, the same heads, fcuking bugging me to switch when i dont want it.
No its not my house. "but its cheaper"
No i dont pay the bill anyway. "who does?"
No i dont want it. "why not, you'l save"
I dont care, NO!! "please"

They even can call twice a day, wtf?

Is it bad all over the country?
These people are worse than any religious order any day.

DonJose · 04-10-2010 05:29PM

Close > Door > Face > End Story.

Snakeblood · 04-10-2010 05:29PM

skipz wrote: »

I know them Airtricty sale people are commission based, but for fcuk sake will you ever leave me alone?
At least twice a month they call, the same heads, fcuking bugging me to switch when i dont want it.
No its not my house. "but its cheaper"
No i dont pay the bill anyway. "who does?"
No i dont want it. "why not, you'l save"
I dont care, NO!! "please"

They even can call twice a day, wtf?

Is it bad all over the country?
These people are worse than any religious order any day.

Ring Airtricity and complain?

Wolfe Tone · 04-10-2010 05:30PM

Snakeblood wrote: »

Ring Airtricity and complain?

A shotgun will solve this problem OP.

May lead to other difficulties though!

squod · 04-10-2010 05:31PM

Flogas for gas and an bord gais for eh electricity so.

TanG411 · 04-10-2010 05:33PM

Just say you're with them already.

ILA · 04-10-2010 05:33PM

If they're phoning, you can ring ComReg and get added to a "No Cold Call" list but whether this has any affect on calls remains to be seen. There's nothing you can do about Door-to-Door types except ignore them or close the door quickly, and if that doesn't work, threaten to call the Po-Po on their ass.

kingtut · 04-10-2010 05:34PM

Snakeblood wrote: »

Ring Airtricity and complain?

Lol

Have you ever tried complaining to a company like that?

...besides the last thing he wants is to talk to them.

alwaysadub · 04-10-2010 05:36PM

My mam has actually stuck a sign in the window of the front door saying 'If you're from Airtricity, don't bother calling here'

Dunno how well it's gonna work mind you..

bigneacy · 04-10-2010 05:38PM

Airtricity contracts these guys from marketing companies. I had an interview with one of these companies a few years back, got through to induction. Got the job, Never returned after that day.

They are very devious and unethical in their workings. Very loose morals, like to prey on the vulnerable and use nuisance tactics to get their sales.

Not going to name the company for obvious reasons.

skipz · 04-10-2010 05:39PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

My mam has actually stuck a sign in the window of the front door saying 'If you're from Airtricity, don't bother calling here'

Dunno how well it's gonna work mind you..

That class!

AnonoBoy · 04-10-2010 05:39PM

I wish they'd call me.

I'm so lonely.

I just want someone to talk to.

kingtut · 04-10-2010 05:40PM

alwaysadub wrote: »

My mam has actually stuck a sign in the window of the front door saying 'If you're from Airtricity, don't bother calling here'

Dunno how well it's gonna work mind you..

Your Mother is the best.

kingtut · 04-10-2010 05:42PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I wish they'd call me.

I'm so lonely.

I just want someone to talk to.

11811.

Micky Dolenz · 04-10-2010 05:57PM

But they are cheaper, aren't they? :P

zuroph · 04-10-2010 06:00PM

why don't you want to change?

Novella · 04-10-2010 06:01PM

One day there was a knock on my apartment door. I figured it was my best friend who lived in the same building at the time and so had a key to get in, 'cause the buzzer didn't ring. Thinking that was who it was, I answered the door in a t-shirt and my underwear.

It was 2 men from Airtricity. Awkward. I said I'd switch anyway, hoping they'd go away quicker, but was asked for my bank account details... I walked backwards to get my card 'cause I didn't want them looking at my ass! Other than that incident, Airtricity have been wonderful for me!

alwaysadub · 04-10-2010 06:01PM

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

But they are cheaper, aren't they? :P

:eek:
They've gotten to you haven't they?!

Agricola · 04-10-2010 06:08PM

Had one of those guys call last week. Some laugh. I dont do direct debit for bills that can go up and down each month, so I asked him If I could pay with a cheque like the ESB.

"Is it direct debit only?"

"You can go to your post office before you get the bill and this will be deducted from your bill then"

"But how will I know what to pay off in the POffice, as I wont have got the bill yet? Could I not just get the bill and pay it off in the post office"

"You can pay it off in the post office before you get your bill"

"So basically its still direct debit only then isnt it"

"Well..................." (Queue lots more avoiding the question)

So Im sposed to believe that Id pay off some money in the PO and that transaction would always show up on Airtricity's system flawlessly each and every time! :rolleyes:
My neighbour switched over to them awhile back and his reward was a bill which was 3 times the norm. Hes still ringing them daily to sort it out.

Bullet > Dodged.

stovelid · 04-10-2010 06:08PM

Memo to the Airtricity pimpers at the foot of the exit escalator in Jervis Centre Tesco who may read boards.

Continue to stand between me and the escalator at your peril.

Your extreme peril.

skipz · 04-10-2010 06:10PM

zuroph wrote: »

why don't you want to change?

Its not my house, house sitting until we head to oz next year. So its handy to keep it the way it is and just pay in the post office.
You'd think they would get the picture by now, no means no.

Zebra3 · 04-10-2010 06:13PM

Dickheads from Sky keep knocking in and there's a f**king dish on the side of the gaff. :rolleyes: how thick are they?

Next time the knobends knock in I'll ask them are they here to collect the dish.

dezzyd · 04-10-2010 06:23PM

They are cheaper....but..
We changed over, like OP were getting called on a lot. What made us sway was the promise of 200 clubcard vouchers. That was four months ago. Never got vouchers.
Five million calls later to the "complaints dept" we were still voucherless (is that even a word?) .
But I bet annoying twat got his commission!

Oranage2 · 04-10-2010 06:27PM

They're just trying to do a job- leave them alone

_feedback_ · 04-10-2010 06:30PM

They must have no system in place at all. Just mark the address as done. Maybe come back next year or in six months, but not bloody twice a month.

It's bad enough that they call so often, but they are bloody rude too.

One time when they rang the bell, I was upstairs. By the time I got to half way down the stairs (couldn't have been thirty seconds) the bell was ringing again and he was holding his finger on it this time.

I was shocked to see a sales person when I opened the door, so I just told him "you're not going to make any sales if you ring the bell like that" I closed the door in his face.

I felt a bit bad as the guy does have a tough job, but seriously, a bit of cop on is needed.

SugarHigh · 04-10-2010 06:31PM

Novella wrote: »

One day there was a knock on my apartment door. I figured it was my best friend who lived in the same building at the time and so had a key to get in, 'cause the buzzer didn't ring. Thinking that was who it was, I answered the door in a t-shirt and my underwear.

It was 2 men from Airtricity. Awkward. I said I'd switch anyway, hoping they'd go away quicker, but was asked for my bank account details... I walked backwards to get my card 'cause I didn't want them looking at my ass! Other than that incident, Airtricity have been wonderful for me!

Awkward. I said I'd switch anyway, hoping they'd go away quicker,

How could that possibly get rid of them quicker?

but was asked for my bank account details... I walked backwards to get my card

2 guys call to your door and you give them your bank details?

_feedback_ · 04-10-2010 06:35PM

SugarHigh wrote: »

How could that possible get rid of them quicker?

2 guys call to your door and you give them your bank details?

I think the poster might have been partaking in one of these.

Dictionary defines Joke wrote:

Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.

Social Disorder · 04-10-2010 06:52PM

Damn them people trying to do their jobs just to make enough money to feed their families/drug addiction.

And yes, Airtricity is cheaper so what they are saying is true. If you did indeed listen to them or tell them to just drop you in a price comparison sheet you may actually benefit. But sure, I do hate trying to save money too.

Gunsfortoys · 04-10-2010 07:01PM

Novella wrote: »

One day there was a knock on my apartment door. I figured it was my best friend who lived in the same building at the time and so had a key to get in, 'cause the buzzer didn't ring. Thinking that was who it was, I answered the door in a t-shirt and my underwear.

It was 2 men from Airtricity. Awkward. I said I'd switch anyway, hoping they'd go away quicker, but was asked for my bank account details... I walked backwards to get my card 'cause I didn't want them looking at my ass! Other than that incident, Airtricity have been wonderful for me!

Sure they will look at anything to get a sale, even if it sickens them.:p

Hail 2 Da Thief · 04-10-2010 07:05PM

I answered the door twice one evening to people trying to flog stuff.
The Airtricty rep was the most difficult to get feckin rid of & that's saying something considering the other person was a traveller :pac:.

**Vai** · 04-10-2010 07:22PM

Just checked my airtricity account after reading this inspiring thread, apparently my balance is 130 quid (in the black) but they still took 60 quid out of my bank account 5 days ago. WTF??

Airtricity again........AARRH!!

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