I am working on cleaning up one of my cupboards and as I was placing our many large phone books into a box to be taken to a recycling bin down the road, I got the crazy idea to call QwestDex and ask them to take me off of their delivery list altogether. We receive roughly 4+ phone books each year from QwestDex and Yellow Book. And these are monstrous sized books since Denver is such a large area. On top of those huge books we also receive a couple smaller phone books that contain just our general area of the city. We never use the phone books since everything can be found online, which I find to be much more convenient anyways. So by removing our name from their delivery list, I figured I would be not only doing myself a favor (less clutter\/garbage to dispose of) but that I would also be doing them a favor by allowing them less production and delivery costs. Not only that, it would be good for the environment.<\/p>\n
However, when I called QwestDex (not to be confused with Qwest’s regular telephone service), you would have thought that I had just asked for the most impossible request in the world. The lady hemmed and hawed, not sure quite what to do with me. Finally I was given a different number for their delivery service, which I found odd since, according to the phone book, the QwestDex delivery service was whom I had just called. Whatever.<\/p>\n
So I called the second number. After listening to the longest messages in the world before I was given any options to press on my touchtone phone (“0” didn’t work – I tried), I realized that the number that the lady had given me was completely incorrect. I asked the gentleman who answered the phone, “I was given this number by QwestDex to remove myself from their phone book deliveries, but it sounds like that you are just recruiting people TO deliver the phone book?” The man on the other line confirmed that I was correct. ARGH.<\/p>\n
So I called QwestDex back. They tried to give me that other phone number again. When I told them what the other number was really for, there was a pause. Then the lady said, “Let me check to see how I need to handle this request.”<\/p>\n
After a brief moment, she took down my information. I wonder if I should take bets on whether or not I will receive next this next year’s phone books or not. I am not holding my breath on my request really getting taken care of.<\/p>\n
*I do need to note that the customer service people were friendly when I called. Just not sure what to do with me. Someone not want a phone book? Inconceivable!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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