I love Carol Perkins' articles, but today's is one most of us can identify with. My "Mike" had a different name. He told me that he could tell that I was having problems with my computer. (I was not having any problems. In fact, one time I had just gotten the computer back from the local repair shop.) One call I let him talk and he told me he couldn't fix the problem but would transfer me to Microsoft for $500.00 and he was sure they could fix the "problem". Obviously, I was not going to give the anonymous caller the money and when he insisted I told him that I was going to write Microsoft about any "problems" that I was having. I did write Microsoft and they responded. They told me they do not outsource any work and had no one by that name working for them.

My son asks for the callers name and phone number. Of course they are not going to give him that information. His answer to that is that she/he has his, so why shouldn't he have his/hers.

Carol is right, the do not call list does not work because they are either calling from Jamaica or are ignoring the law, knowing that we probably will not report them. --Martha Berry