I've received those calls. Actually, I've also received letters in the mail. Maybe they're two different companies. I actually called the number once when I had some down time to get them to leave me alone. They tried pitching a three year extended warranty for $4,000. I would still have to pay for annual maintenance and such. Totally bogus. The person kept trying to scare me into accepting the deal. All I did when he started saying that was hang up...
While I doubt it, there have been similar cases. I remember reading that Square-Enix games only come out on Fridays (or weekends) in Japan due to Dragon Quest III. When that game came out, some many a ton of people reported in sick and schools experienced massive absenteeism. Here's a link to a page: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3146024
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by CJCorcoran.
I get them as well
I've received those calls. Actually, I've also received letters in the mail. Maybe they're two different companies. I actually called the number once when I had some down time to get them to leave me alone. They tried pitching a three year extended warranty for $4,000. I would still have to pay for annual maintenance and such. Totally bogus. The person kept trying to scare me into accepting the deal. All I did when he started saying that was hang up...
While I doubt it, there have been similar cases. I remember reading that Square-Enix games only come out on Fridays (or weekends) in Japan due to Dragon Quest III. When that game came out, some many a ton of people reported in sick and schools experienced massive absenteeism. Here's a link to a page: http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3146024