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Those 'foreign' phone calls AGAIN
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Jane | Report | 27 Dec 2013 18:16 |
After a week of unwanted phone calls they have started big time today :-S :-S. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 27 Dec 2013 18:29 |
just leave the phone off the hook - put it to one side - they can't make any more calls and it's costing them - don't even speak to them :-D :-D |
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Elizabeth2469049 | Report | 27 Dec 2013 18:35 |
Used to do market research surveys, and when arthritis stopped me walking the streets I did some telephone surveys, real surveys! but this was 13 years ago when there weren't all these intrusive and phoney calls - I should think it must be impossible to do real surveys on the phone by now, there is legitimately such exasperation caused by the current overload - I should hate to try and do them now! |
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Jane | Report | 27 Dec 2013 18:55 |
I always just put the phone down as soon as I hear nothing for a second or two as I know it is one of these calls.But today I just wanted to test them lol |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 27 Dec 2013 19:02 |
I had 2 yesterday and 2 today - it usually shows 'international' on the handset, so I know what to expect. |
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Frederick | Report | 27 Dec 2013 21:11 |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 27 Dec 2013 21:58 |
We are with Virgin Media and are ex directory .number withheld ,and the phone wont accept number withheld calls either. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 27 Dec 2013 23:17 |
I'm registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) but some of these calls still trickle through. |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 27 Dec 2013 23:24 |
TPS does not stop BT from giving out your phone number to their "partners" even when it is ex-directory |
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Wend | Report | 27 Dec 2013 23:25 |
I just tell 'em that the weather is terrible here and ask 'em what it's like in Bombay? |
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jax | Report | 27 Dec 2013 23:31 |
We must be lucky, we never get them...although we do get the recorded message ones, they are no fun you cant swear at them |
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JustJohn | Report | 28 Dec 2013 09:38 |
Since retiring, I enjoy answering International calls and just having a chat. I pretend to be old and feeble (not that hard these days). I am so friendly and so interested in their survey and want to put double glazing in my house, though I have no sky, no TV, no computer. But I do have a radio. I am having problems getting Radio Luxembourg, can they help with that? They get my number by looking at electoral rolls and the local phone directory. So I suppose that means my openness encourages people to try to mess me about. |
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DazedConfused | Report | 28 Dec 2013 11:41 |
When I was with BT I was also with the Telephone Preference Service (Still am) |
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GlitterBaby | Report | 28 Dec 2013 12:14 |
I spoke to a lovely Indian gentleman a couple of weeks ago, |
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Merlin | Report | 28 Dec 2013 14:05 |
You could always tell them you were a Chinese Take away And ask for their order. :-D :-D It works for me. |
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