WP Calls want me to ring mobile number

[Lilly_Monroe]

My WP keeps calling me today and leaving messages for me to ring back on a mobile number!!

A I will not ring mobiles and B I am in the support group.

 

I know I do not have to participate, so can I just keep ignoring the calls, I have got nothing to say or update them with anyway.

[essexmat]

Email them:

 

(a) If you are going to call leave a message about what it is about with a landline number

(b) You cannot afford to call mobiles as YOU ARE ON BENEFITS

© I am in the SG and if these calls do no desist I will make a complaint of harrassment

[jasta11]

They're scared you may have made a remarkable recovery and found a job which they can claim for - though they'd call it 'keeping in touch to see how you are'

 

Pity you can't redirect their calls to a premium rate number.

[Lilly_Monroe]

Thanks for that.

What WP uses mobiles anyway, they all have a phone on their desk, and she did not leave the number, the messages say 'ring this mobile' I neither have caller display or 1471 as it costs extra - so what number?

[essexmat]

I used to get text appointments from them from a central mobile number they all used. This was backed up by letter in good time but I knew if I did not turn up on the text only they could do nothing

[wanton]

My WP keeps calling me today and leaving messages for me to ring back on a mobile number!!

A I will not ring mobiles and B I am in the support group.

 

I know I do not have to participate, so can I just keep ignoring the calls, I have got nothing to say or update them with anyway.

 

I was in the Support Group AND over 60, yet the WP insisted that I go every other week on pain of loss of benefits. I had 28 weeks (14 visits) before I found out that it was voluntary! When I approached the DWP they tried to blame me for not asking enough questions early on and for not taking the initiative to question why I was being told to go - eerrr I assumed that you (DWP) and the WP were applying the law correctly?

[essexmat]

I was in the Support Group AND over 60, yet the WP insisted that I go every other week on pain of loss of benefits. I had 28 weeks (14 visits) before I found out that it was voluntary! When I approached the DWP they tried to blame me for not asking enough questions early on and for not taking the initiative to question why I was being told to go.

 

Probably done you good though eh? I mean EVERYONE should be treated the same and even if you are in the SG you should 'play ball'. Well, that is the gist I have got from you anyway so I cannot see what your complaint was about

[SabreSheep]

I was in the Support Group AND over 60, yet the WP insisted that I go every other week on pain of loss of benefits. I had 28 weeks (14 visits) before I found out that it was voluntary! When I approached the DWP they tried to blame me for not asking enough questions early on and for not taking the initiative to question why I was being told to go - eerrr I assumed that you (DWP) and the WP were applying the law correctly?

 

And you wonder why we allcomplain that the system is broken?

[essexmat]

And you wonder why we allcomplain that the system is broken?

 

It is not broken, it is beyond repair in it's current form

[antone]

I was in the Support Group AND over 60, yet the WP insisted that I go every other week on pain of loss of benefits. I had 28 weeks (14 visits) before I found out that it was voluntary! When I approached the DWP they tried to blame me for not asking enough questions early on and for not taking the initiative to question why I was being told to go - eerrr I assumed that you (DWP) and the WP were applying the law correctly?

 

The problem is, you see, that there are a few pensioners who try to bilk the system and claim more than they are entitled to. This means they have to impose strict rules and sadly, a huge number of innocent, honest people are adversely affected. It's necessary to protect public funds and the correct approach is not to complain but to do as you are told.

[essexmat]

The problem is, you see, that there are a few pensioners who try to bilk the system and claim more than they are entitled to. This means they have to impose strict rules and sadly, a huge number of innocent, honest people are adversely affected. It's necessary to protect public funds and the correct approach is not to complain but to do as you are told.

 

Ouch - touche'

[Mr.P]

the correct approach is [...] to do as you are told.

 

SaberSheep/essexmat: The system is not broken or beyond repair. It was never fit for purpose from day one.

 

Lilly_Monroe: I don't ring mobile numbers either, so you are not alone on that. Mind you, I don't have an answering service either, so if anyone rings, they either talk to me on my terms or not at all.