My computer has been acting up lately, running slowly and crashing with lots of memory errors. In an effort to fix this I recently researched some system utilities. I happened across one vendor’s web site that offered mulitple utility programs that I thought would be helpful. Each program had its own information page. The first program I looked at was great but I wanted to see the features of the other programs. When I went to exit the page for this first program (Registry Repair Pro), I was greeting with an invitation to chat with a “live agent”. In this case the “live” chat representative was Kelly. I thought this is great because they would be able to answer all my questions without me having to look in multiple places. The resulting chat was so…… well judge for yourself. I cut and pasted the whole chat because I found it interesting.
Kelly Says: Hey wait! We hate to see you go. So we’d like to offer you a 15% Discount on our Registry Repair Pro AND if you act now we will also throw in Ashampoo AntiVirus for FREE. This is a ONE TIME fee of $16.99 for both products! Simply CLICK HERE
Kelly Says: Just type ‘HI’ or ‘Hello’ in the space below to let me know you are there.
Kelly Says: This is a limited time offer and is only available through this chat session! So CLICK HERE to act now!
Kelly Says: Whenever you are ready, just type ‘HI’ or ‘HELLO’ and we can get started…
You: That is great but I have some questions about your other utilities.
Kelly Says: With a simple click of the mouse, Registry Repair Pro, searches for invalid registry entries you can do without. Through every step of the process, you remain completely in charge – Registry Repair will never delete a file without your permission! Registry Repair is so flexible, it even allows you to specify custom registry entries to locate and erase!
You: Registry Pro sounds great but can you tell me about your System Pro utilities?
Kelly Says: I am authorized to offer you a 15% discount! Just CLICK HERE
You: Thanks for the discount but can you tell me about your other programs?
Kelly Says: The 15% is ONLY for Registry Repair Pro, the discount will show up in the checkout. CLICK HERE to get this deal right now!
You: umm…. I heard that already. Can you answer my question?
Kelly Says: I am sorry to hear you are having problems.
Kelly Says: However, I am not a Customer Service agent. You can reach one by CLICKING HERE
You: So is there a real person on the other end of this chat?
Kelly Says: Registry Repair Pro scans the Windows Registry and finds incorrect or obsolete information in the Registry. By fixing this obsolete information in Windows Registry, your system will run faster and error free.
You: This is worse than the scripts that telemarketers use. At least they are real people.
Kelly Says: With Ashampoo AntiVirus find and kill 400,000 different kinds of threats that may be lurking on your PC!
Kelly Says: Key features include: Comprehensive Virus protection, Daily updates with multiple Scan Modes, Quarantine and Windows Explorer integration.
You: I am having a conversation with a computer:(
Kelly Says: With the growing of the Registry, it can degrade the performance of the whole system and cause many weird software problems unless you fix them.
You: I feel like Charley brown when he got rocks in his bag for Halloween.
Kelly Says: This is a limited time offer for the price of $16.99 that I am authorized to give you. Can I interest you in this limited time offer?
You: I think this is going to end up on my blog.
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