A "cheat sheet" to speak with an actual live human being at some large companies and other agencies via telephone.
www.thetopdeal.com/files/VoiceMailIVRCheatSheet.pdf
Some examples:
– Accredited Home Lenders (877) 683-4466, then press 0.
– Ameritrade (800) 669-3900, press 3, 3, 0.
Former Datek Clients: (800) 823-2835.
– Countrywide Loans (800) 669-5864, press 0 repeatedly.
– U.S. Federal Trade Commission (877) 382-4357, at each prompt press 4, 5, 0.
– America Online (800) 827-6364, press 0 repeatedly, ignoring all messages.
– Verizon Wireless (800) 922-0204, press #00 or enter phone number then 0 then 4.
– Virgin Mobile (888) 322-1122, say: "English," "more options," "ask a question," "live advisor," "something else," then enter mobile phone number or say, "I don't have one."Of course, there are those who may prefer to serve out a full sentence in voice-mail jail, listen to the full looping Muzak soundtrack, converse with a robot or compose music using their touch-tone phones. If you are one of those people, please call for help immediately (followed by the "#" sign), and a customer service representative will be with you shortly.
