call4me blog

Read the call4me blog (https://call4.me/blog, every post as markdown in https://call4.me/llms.txt) and help me get a phone chore done with call4me.

If you don't have the call4me tools (call4me_*) yet, add the call4me MCP server first and sign me in:
   - Claude Code:  claude mcp add --scope user --transport http call4me https://call4.me/mcp  (then I run /mcp, pick call4me, and choose authenticate)
   - Codex:        codex mcp add call4me --url https://call4.me/mcp  then  codex mcp login call4me
   - Claude Desktop, claude.ai, or ChatGPT: add a custom connector with the URL https://call4.me/mcp and sign in when it asks.
   - Muse: build a custom integration to the call4me remote MCP server at https://call4.me/mcp (streamable HTTP) with the official MCP SDK. Ask me for my call4me API key (it's at https://call4.me/account) through your secure credential flow, never in chat, store it in your Secure Credentials Store, and send it as Authorization: Bearer <key>. List the tools, test call4me_get_balance, and save it as a reusable skill.
   - Grok Bot: add a custom MCP server called call4me (remote HTTPS, no headers, no auth) at my personal server URL, which I copy from https://call4.me/account. You add it from this chat; no separate approval is needed. If you offer sign-in instead, use https://call4.me/mcp and I sign in.
   - grok.com: you can't add connectors from the chat, so I do it: grok.com/connectors, New Connector, Custom, with the URL https://call4.me/mcp, then I sign in.
   - If you can't sign me in, I copy my personal server URL from https://call4.me/account and you use that instead.
   I sign in with Google or X.

Ask me what I need called for. If a post covers it, use its tips. Then call call4me_get_requirements for the category, ask me in one message for anything missing, place the call with call4me_place_call, follow it with call4me_get_call until it finishes, and tell me the result in one or two lines.

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Book a private dining room at Lai Wah Heen in Toronto

A real Toronto call secured a private dinner reservation for a group, but left the final menu, price and room capacity to confirm in writing.

OCT 11 / Nick Khami

Asking JSX for a delayed flight credit: a $100 voucher by phone

Jem asked Grok Bot and call4me to follow up on a delayed flight. JSX offered a $100 courtesy travel voucher.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

Book a dinner reservation with one prompt: how Rick did it

A table for two at Farmer's Grain, confirmed by phone for Saturday at 5 pm. The call cost 25 cents.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

How Joe got dress shoes held for same day pickup before a gala

Six calls to three DC stores ended with black Stacy Adams loafers set aside at Men's Wearhouse for pickup that day.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

GEICO customer service: the words that reach a person

We called GEICO twice. An AI-assisted voice menu answers first. Asking for a representative got us looped and dropped. Saying \"get a new policy\", then \"auto\", got a licensed agent on the line 2 minutes 35 seconds in. Here are both recordings, the exact prompts, and what the agent told us.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

Priceline customer service: reach a person at 1-877-477-5807

We called Priceline's customer service number with no booking. An automated assistant, then a trip number menu, then a 22 minute hold. Here is every prompt, what the representative said about changes, cancellations and non-refundable refunds, and the full 26 minute recording.

OCT 9 / Nick Khami

Everything we've improved in call4me since launch

Scheduled calls, your own caller ID, live listening, more international calling, and improvements shaped by your first calls.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

Delta customer service: get past the AI to a person

We called Delta's reservations line with general questions and no confirmation number. Here is how the AI voice assistant handed us off, how long the hold took, what the representative said about change fees and eCredits, and the full 18 minute recording.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

PayPal customer service number: past the AI to a person

We called PayPal's customer service line without logging in. Here is how the AI assistant handled us, the menu that ended in a transfer, what the representative said about disputes, holds and verification, and the full 8 minute recording.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

Fifth Third Bank customer service: how to reach a person

We called Fifth Third's customer service line without an account number. Here is what the phone menu asked for, how we got to a live representative anyway, what they told us about fees and verification, and the full 4 minute recording.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

DIRECTV customer service: how to reach a live person

We called DIRECTV customer service twice. The first time its AI agent answered and we never got past it. The second time we said "cancel service", said we had no account number, chose satellite, and a live representative picked up. The route, what each said, and both recordings.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

How to reach a person at Pottery Barn customer service

We called Pottery Barn's customer service line to ask about order status, returns and furniture delivery. Here is the phone menu, the one phrase that got us to a person, what she said, and the full 2 minute recording.

OCT 8 / Nick Khami

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