Mum bullied into switching phone companies – MP

National MP John Carter has accused telecommunications provider Slingshot of aggressive tele-marketing and bullying his 86-year-old mother into transferring the home phone line to a Slingshot account.

"They rang up, got my mother, who was very confused, and they said, 'you agree to this' and you can hear her saying, 'no, you need to talk to [John Carter]', and then they said, 'thanks very much, we'll do the transfer'," Mr Carter said.

...The incident resolves the mystery behind allegations that Labour MP Chris Carter was using taxpayers' money to pay for his mother's home phone line.

NZ Herald 6:10 PM Wednesday Mar 17, 2010 View as one page