More Phone Ranting

New variation on Rachel from Credit Card Services and her boyfriend...  I'm now getting calls weekly from companies trying to get me to buy an extended warranty for the Moose Mobile. But there's a new and annoying twist.

Well, frankly, it's not all that new, but boy is it annoying.  They always call, acknowledge me as Mrs Reynolds, and then ask to speak to Roger. Now, both times that we've had time to do it properly, I've been the one who did the research, made the decisions, arranged the financing for the car... it's been in my court because I'm the professional - it's my family's division of labor, and it works well for us.  The car is in both of our names, even though I don't drive anymore due to physical limitations (and boy do I miss it sometimes... but that's another post.)  Admittedly, Daniel is the car guy in the family - if you ever need a new car, I seriously recommend him as your concierge.  The guy actually enjoys car shopping, and he's really, really good at it, but when it came to the legal parts, it was me setting it up.

This last time, in fact, when the dealer kept trying to get us to pay a higher amount for a car we didn't want (we didn't want 4wd, we really didn't want black, etc...)  I was the one who made an end run around him with my credit union and got the exact car that I wanted from the factory for $2K less than the dealer was offering.  And of course, the dealer came back to me when I told him this with "Have you discussed this with your husband?"  There are few phrases in the English language that are closer to a declaration of war with me - well, I suppose "Don't you worry your pretty little head about it" would do a bit more damage, but not a hell of a lot.

At any rate... my point is that why on earth would they automatically assume that I wouldn't be the one to talk to about this?  My name is on the title.  The loan was actually made by and paid off to *my* bank account.  What do they possibly gain by asking to speak to my husband rather than just giving the pitch to me in the first place?  Of course, these are people who are already ignoring us being on the "Do Not Call" registry, so I don't know why I'm expecting rationality from them. Just another mystery..