Comments on: Hate automated phones? Get Human http://blade.lansmash.com/2006/03/10/hate-automated-phones-get-human/ /au/SysAdmin Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: sha_crawford http://blade.lansmash.com/2006/03/10/hate-automated-phones-get-human/comment-page-1/#comment-5472 sha_crawford Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:27:17 +0000 http://blade.lansmash.com/?p=181#comment-5472 I hope you don't mind a stranger commenting on your blog but given the frustration you obviously feel about talking to machines, I really thought you and your readers might appreciate this short comic mp3 about automated help lines http://www.sha-crawford.co.uk/radioplay.html I hope you don’t mind a stranger commenting on your blog but given the frustration you obviously feel about talking to machines, I really thought you and your readers might appreciate this short comic mp3 about automated help lines
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]]> By: buffiness http://blade.lansmash.com/2006/03/10/hate-automated-phones-get-human/comment-page-1/#comment-4633 buffiness Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:46:26 +0000 http://blade.lansmash.com/?p=181#comment-4633 They had a segment on Today Tonight about this. Here's the link which has hints on how to get through the computerised systems here in Australia: http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=27549 The shortcuts As soon as the voice prompts start, ring these numbers to get a real person: AussieHomeloans: 0000 American Express: 0# ANZ Bank: 00000 BankWest: 00000# Bendigo Bank: 0 Citibank: 00 Commonwealth Bank: 000 Diners Club: 0 Esanda: 00 HSBC: 1 ING Bank: 0 wait 0# ING Direct: 0 National Australia Bank: ### RAMS Home Loans: 000 Suncorp: 0000 St. George Bank: say "Everyday Banking" Wizard Home Loans: 0 Westpac Banking Corporation (Mortgage Sales): 0 Westpac Banking Corporation (Phone Banking): 00*0 Woolworths Ezy Banking: 0 They had a segment on Today Tonight about this. Here’s the link which has hints on how to get through the computerised systems here in Australia:

http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=27549

The shortcuts
As soon as the voice prompts start, ring these numbers to get a real person:

AussieHomeloans: 0000
American Express: 0#
ANZ Bank: 00000
BankWest: 00000#
Bendigo Bank: 0
Citibank: 00
Commonwealth Bank: 000
Diners Club: 0
Esanda: 00
HSBC: 1
ING Bank: 0 wait 0#
ING Direct: 0
National Australia Bank: ###
RAMS Home Loans: 000
Suncorp: 0000
St. George Bank: say “Everyday Banking”
Wizard Home Loans: 0
Westpac Banking Corporation (Mortgage Sales): 0
Westpac Banking Corporation (Phone Banking): 00*0
Woolworths Ezy Banking: 0

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