43 Minutes on "hold" with eBay & I finally gave up

[JustinD]

I have two "secrets" to always getting by the automated garbage.

First I always look for a number on the "GetHuman" website. They are almost constantly up to date and I have great success with them -

https://gethuman.com/

Second trick is, if you are calling your card company, mortgage company or anything of the like, always call or select the billing collection dept.

Companies will leave their good customers on hold for an hour, but if they think someone is paying a collection they will have less than a 2 minute wait as they don't want to have that person hang up. Then just ask the rep on the phone to transfer you as you must have picked the wrong option. Works like a champ.