Jul 15, 2010
This is the Coca-Cola distributor calling for your company's monthly order of stock. They are legit, in the sense that they wouldn't call unless your company already had an account with them. Either your company has a snack bar, or they are lending you a Coke machine for free on the condition that you buy your stock from them.
You can also order 24x7 on their 800#. However the delivery truck only delivers certain days, and the call is timed to be the last day you can get an order in.
Their operators are American and from the deep South. They are extremely polite, so being all New York in their face is quite unnecessary. They do take no for an answer. This isn't a cold call after all.
Don't let them upsell you into buying diet cherry vanilla PowerAde (with lemon) or whatever. I had to return 10 cases of stock when my predecessor couldn't say "no" and filled our cooler with junk. Fortunately they take stock back.