Non-stop harassing sales phone calls
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British Telecom Rep
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Ken, I think your best bet is to enter your number in the Do Not Call list, as others have suggested. I did that years ago, and I haven't had a call from a telemarketer since. You'll still get the odd call from companies you do business with (if you allow them), charities, and political candidates, though.
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@daniel said:
Ken, I think your best bet is to enter your number in the Do Not Call list, as others have suggested. I did that years ago, and I haven't had a call from a telemarketer since. You'll still get the odd call from companies you do business with (if you allow them), charities, and political candidates, though.
Thanks
I have entered my numbers, home and cells some time ago. However, it just doesn't seem to work. I have found that my phone a Galaxy II has a function called, "Add to Reject List". And this works very well. I went though my call log and put over a dozen different numbers on the "Add to Reject List". If you do a Google search on, 425-320-5064,425-390-8920 and 360-529-5966 you will see that I am not alone with these pests. With the most sales calls being made over the Internet now, it is easy to establish a fake number.
Years ago, when I had Bell South land line, I was getting calls that rang once then seem to hang up. I had a trace made by Bell South and they traced the calls to a prison in FL. Bell South gave me that much information, however, they would not give me the actual place the calls were being made from. Another case of laws protecting someone.
It seems there was a way to call my number, do some electronic trick and make long distance calls without paying.
I fixed the above problem by switch to VOI. Told Bell South, since they had no interest in protecting my number or phone usage, I was leaving. Note, I wasn't charged for any long distance calls, it did however tie up my line.
So, I have solved my problem with my cells phones. Now, if someone would make a home phone that uses apps and I could get the "add to reject list" app, I would be set.
Again thanks for the help
Ken
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@unknownuser said:
Now, if someone would make a home phone that uses apps
home phone ?? what's that?
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Occasionally I ask them to come over and take a bath to talk about it, then stop talking and wait for them to respond.
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@d12dozr said:
Even the US government is asking for help on this problem! http://robocall.challenge.gov/
Some what associated problem , but how do you know that link is legit? Does not look like it to me when they do not provide any identity info??
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@mac1 said:
...how do you know that link is legit? Does not look like it to me when they do not provide any identity info??
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@mac1 said:
@d12dozr said:
Even the US government is asking for help on this problem! http://robocall.challenge.gov/
Some what associated problem , but how do you know that link is legit? Does not look like it to me when they do not provide any identity info??
uhhhh.. a lot of those robocalls are from politicians..
awesome country we have here.. -
Hi.
When I talk to a person I tell them that according to the rules stated on the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), they mey be charged a fine ranging from 1500 $ to 15000 $ for each offense, they rarely insist and even more rarely call again.
When I hear an automated messaging system, I wait for the message to finish and when I get the number to call back, I do and tell them the same about the fines. Needless to write, they also don't call back.
In the last few years, I received at most five such calls per year on average and these are from autorized company or agencies. Usually, I tell them that I am not interested and to put my number on their own exclusion list. So far it works well.
Just ideas.
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New:
- phone rings
- a taped voice tells you to wait until someone's available to bother you.
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When these cold callers ring me I just say "tell me more". I keep saying it over and over until they get the message I don't really care. Fantastic to hear them giving me their best sale pitch though.
Try it. "Oh really, tell me more."
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