Chase Bank Pushes Me to Change Phone Number

Chase was calling me two to four times a week asking for money they know I didn’t have. I would feel my body tighten up whenever the phone rang. As much as I tried to make a game of it, I was still getting stressed by the frequency of calls.

Chase calls yet again

Each time I spoke with them I explained my situation, and they went through their script: “When can you make a payment? Is there anyone you can borrow the money from to make a payment? Can we schedule a payment today for later in the week?” Sometimes I would simply say, “Nothing has changed. I have no money. Talk to you in a few days.”

I never felt comfortable hanging up on them, because it was just a person doing a crummy job. But some of those people seemed to like their job too much. And for the others, I can’t imagine the stress they are under making these oppressive calls day after day.

FYI: Chase business calls come from America. Chase consumer comes from India.

Finally, for a mere $9, I changed my number to an unlisted number. I already know I’m going to be filing for bankruptcy, so why keep taking the calls and risking my health? I have no job. There’s no money.

I’m guessing it was Chase who sold my email address, as it’s in keeping with their behavior. I received 35 spam emails a couple days ago referring to debt. Somehow, I’ve also gotten on the email list for improving sexual dysfunction. What a world we live in!

So peace reigns in my home now. I gave the number to a few close friends. I’ve decided now’s a good time to break with the family as well. They won’t notice my number is no longer listed anyway.

But now I’m getting computerized calls to extend my car warranty, hook up cable television, help lower my mortgage interest rate and get me low interest credit cards. Our nation should have a DO NOT BOTHER OR BE LASHED registry.

Tagged as: collections, Debt