Freaking creepy!

[Domo]

I was idly looking into Las Vegas holidays next year on Expedia.

I closed the browser window.

Five minutes later. It's Expedia! They want to know if I want to book anything for the low low price of £2k a week.

WTH?!

They traced my browser?! GET LOST!

 

[robinb]

They called you?

 

[Domo]

They called you?

Yup! My landline. Very pushy too.

 

[robinb]

That is creepy! Were you at least logged into your Expedia account?

 

[Tigerlulu]

Unreal! And freaky!!!!!

 

[Domo]

That is creepy! Were you at least logged into your Expedia account?

That's it - I have no account. They just traced my browsing, somehow found out my phone number and cold called me, offensively and forcibly.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

Next time just say in a deep sexy voice
“I like Potatoes”
then start breathing heavily.

 

[Marchand63]

WE continually got robo calls from every resort we search.

 

[ronandannette]

Weird.
In the past week or two I've purchased plane tickets for 2 separate trips, booked 5 different hotel rooms, rented a car and put a deposit on a cruise - all through Expedia. It took hours and hours and hours of browsing and research. Nobody has so much as called to say thanks...

 

[kimblebee]

Weird.
In past week or two I've purchased plane tickets for 2 separate trips, booked 5 different hotel rooms, rented a car and put a deposit on a cruise - all through Expedia. It took hours and hours and hours of browsing and research. Nobody has so much as called to say thanks...

We should count ourselves lucky..I think country plays a part in it. It seems like the US gets way, way more robocalls and junk calls than we do. It would drive me crazy to get 10 robocalls a day.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

We've never been phoned like that.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

We should count ourselves lucky..I think country plays a part in it. It seems like the US gets way, way more robocalls and junk calls than we do. It would drive me crazy to get 10 robocalls a day.

I use Hiya app on my cell phone which detects calls that are considered spam according to White Pages and can autoblock them for me and I can opt to identify a call as spam, telemarketing, etc on White Pages to alert others. It's annoying I even have to have that. But even Hiya can't catch everything. Caller ID Spoofing has become very commonplace now. But now that I think about it the people I get the calls most often from is from the alumni association wanting $$ whereas spam calls have dramatically decreased for me in recent months.

 

[Planogirl]

I've used Expedia several times and I've never gotten a call. I don't know whether to feel relieved or offended.

 

[ronandannette]

We should count ourselves lucky..I think country plays a part in it. It seems like the US gets way, way more robocalls and junk calls than we do. It would drive me crazy to get 10 robocalls a day.

Maybe it's something like that. Honestly, when this sort of thing has been mentioned before I'm sort of skeptical, same as with the threads that say if you've browsed on a travel site (resort, cruiseline or whatever) the next time you look the price will be higher because "they" know you're interested.

 

[kdonnel]

Carnival calls me every time the day after I browse their site for an extended period of time. I just ignore the calls.

 

[ronandannette]

Carnival calls me every time the day after I browse their site for an extended period of time. I just ignore the calls.

Carnival calls me too if I’ve logged in; I’ve got a great PCP there I’ve booked with a couple of times. I don’t always answer his calls but I don’t mind getting them. It’s good salesmanship as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never had it happen when I haven’t logged in though.