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Cash App customer service number: not 24 hours, and how to reach a live person
We called Cash App's support line twice. A virtual agent answers first. On the first call we let it answer our questions; on the second, asking three times for a live representative got us a person 1 minute 35 seconds in. Here's what each said about hours, callbacks and scams, and both recordings.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
How to reach a person at Capital One customer service
We called Capital One's general customer service number with questions for this guide. Two spoken answers got us to a live representative 1 minute 22 seconds in. Here's the phone tree, what the representative said about hours, callbacks and disputes, and the full 6 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
SimonMed scheduling phone number: how to book a self-pay CCTA with Cleerly
A call4me customer's assistant called SimonMed Imaging six times to price, book and prepare for a self-pay coronary CT angiogram with Cleerly plaque analysis at Van Ness in San Francisco. Here are the two numbers, how fast each reached a person, what staff said about price, orders and prep, and all six recordings.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Vivint customer service number: the billing line, and asking for a loyalty discount
A call4me customer's assistant called Vivint's support line to ask for a loyalty discount on a $43.64 a month plan. Here's the phone tree that reached a live billing person in 2 minutes 14 seconds, why the representative wouldn't apply anything without the verbal passcode, the $5 a month offer he mentioned, and the full recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
How to reach Peloton member support by phone, and stop its marketing mail
A call4me customer's assistant called Peloton's privacy request line to stop catalogs and marketing mail. There was no menu, a member support representative answered 22 seconds in, and she offered to escalate the request. Here are both official numbers, what the call established, what it didn't, and the full recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
MetLife Pet Insurance phone number: how to change your email or address
A call4me customer's assistant called MetLife Pet Insurance to get back into a locked out online account and move a policy to a new address. Press 4, wait about 80 seconds, and a person answers. Here is the phone tree, what customer service and a licensed agent changed, the new premium, and the full 14 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Book a same night table at Equal Parts SF by phone
Staff said they were fully committed from 5:45 to 8:15 PM, then offered a lounge table. A real call booked two people for 7:00 PM the same night.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Book a same night table at La Mar San Francisco by phone
An automated greeter transferred the call to staff, who booked two people for 7 PM that night and said a text confirmation would follow.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Confirm a Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch reservation by phone: three rooms and a crib
A real call to the hotel checked three rooms booked for December. Staff would not search by name alone, then found all three rooms once they had a confirmation number, and added a crib note to the king room.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Call Paradox Hotel Vancouver about a room upgrade fee and a romantic setup
A real call to the Paradox Hotel Vancouver front desk asked whether there was any flexibility on a room upgrade fee and whether a romantic room setup would follow the guest to the new room.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
Suitsupply customer service: how to reach a person about a return, hemming or pickup
Two real calls from a call4me customer's assistant: Suitsupply Chicago on Rush Street on returns and hemming, and Suitsupply Washington in Georgetown on an order pickup. A person answered both store lines in about half a minute.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
How to get off the Vitalant donor call list
A call4me customer's assistant called Vitalant's donor line to stop blood donation recruitment calls. A person took the number off the call list and said it takes 10 to 12 days to fully clear. Here is the path, what was said, and the full 7 minute recording.
OCT 16 / Nick Khami
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