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I just received an unexpected phone call from butterfly labs.  The number was showing up as originating from Oregon.  The number was 971-208-9936.

The lady I spoke with had a thick Indian-like accent.  I thought she kept saying she was a representative from "Butterfly Sales," but I eventually asked if she meant Butterfly Labs, and she confirmed this.

She told me that they are offering, "for this week only," discounts of something like 25% off any purchase.

I told her I would never do business with them again, that they should never call me again, and that I am considering contacting a lawyer about their business practices.

The lady said she "didn't understand."  I told her I didn't care if she understood.  Then I hung up.

Anybody else getting calls like this?

Hey, Josh.  Up yours, buddy.

Obviously it wasn't BFL if the call came from Oregon...  You should've expressed interest and seen the pathetic scammer attempt to collect the money.  I wonder if she was planning to read you a bitcoin address over the phone to make payment.   :D

That was confusing to me too.  I assumed they were outsourcing their customer service to the famous Indians of Oregon.

And lmao that would've been hilarious.

Edit:  I'm really wondering where they got my cell number from, though.  Not that it wouldn't be hard to obtain knowing who I am, but this makes me think they somehow got access to my BFL account (which isn't really mine anymore since I sold my preorder and transferred my account long ago).  In any case, they knew my name, number, and they knew I was a past BFL customer.

Man, I hope i get that call. Purchasing from BFL was one of my all-time biggest mistakes ever.... Im still kicking myself for paying in bitcoins, I could probably have retired if I still had those 3200 coins...

I think you may have answered your own question.

...Transferred to a known and respected community member who has operated (and still operates) a successful bitcoin business for some time.

\m/ \m/

bfl could have sold your info.... wouldnt surprise me

I remember reading that their website had some vulnerability for a while. Maybe the user DB was dumped.

Could've just been a coincidence, with the sales rep latching onto an existing point of (what she thought was) trust in order to try and get a sale. Did she ever say without prompting what it was she was selling?

Without prompting, she said she was calling because "for this week only" they are offering around 25% off (I actually think she said 24% off, but the accent was thick) on all products.  She didn't specify an exact model, but then again I never really gave her the chance to.  She called my cell phone while I was at work and didn't have time to screw around.

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Yep, sounds like it was a telemarketer from some made up company that happened to use a similar name.

mine came from an 866#

indian accent, not very thick, male, could hear similar BFL calls in the background

poor guy didn't have time to offer me a discount...I need to run around the block, ranting gets my blood up

I got one from a toll-free number today.

Asian sounding lady.  Didn't even listen long enough to hear what the ripoff of the day was.

I got one today. Lady was nice and asked if I was happy with my order. I said its work fine, but It came late that is was practically useless. I didnt vent on her, prolly making minimum wage. I wrote down the discount code. I posted that I was willing to sell it, in the Monarch thread.

If someone is willing to pay 4.6k for a Monarch, they might buy my discount code and maybe I can sell them a couple of mules as breeding stock. (If you understand the reference, youre a redneck.)
If you are not a redneck google mule breeding.