I got a really strange call yesterday from DirecTV.
Honey was sure it was a scam - we have had scammers claiming to be from DirecTV call us before - but this one had me call back at a number that was obviously a valid AT&T/DirecTV number.
Anyway, they were pushing a promotion that would cut our DirecTV bill in half and add premium channels for the next two years. All I had to do was pay the next six months premiums today and pay them with Ebay pre-paid cards!
The guy on the phone assured me that Ebay cards were readily available at Walgreen's, CVS, Kroger, just about anywhere except Walmart. Our local Walgreen's was out but I found them at Kroger.
After an hour of driving to acquire the cards, I called DirecTV back and gave them the promo code and numbers off the cards. That's all there was to it - done deal.
I'm also supposed to get an $80 credit on my account (It's there, I can see that on their website) and a pre-paid VISA card (interesting that it's a VISA and not an Ebay card since this was an Ebay promotion) that is supposed to come in the mail.
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