General Chat

When people ring with a spiel OH just leaves the phone off the hook and walks away back to his paper, computer or TV.. when he returns later there is no one there.. works well.

Fraud/scam calls he says does your mother know you are a criminal .. and they hang up.

However, my cousin a private detective had to deliver a subpoena to a chap, he knocked on chap's door and asked the giant of a person that answered the door if he was Denis (such and such) and he said No I am little Denis you want big Denis.... my cousin thought about his dental work he had just paid for and was rather worried but Denis was not home.... so he then phoned a friend (hence that expression .. he started it) and asked can I borrow your Mr Whippy ice-cream van.. he came along the street playing the familiar tune Greensleeves .. out ran children with their parents and yep one of them was Big Denis, and one subpoena was delivered.. BTW he was hopeless at doing those whippy ice-creams.

Persie

Learn a little bit of another language........ enough to say "I'm a visitor, I don't speak English"

You'll be amazed at how quickly they hang up the 'phone!

If you can't learn another language, just say "blah blah blah blah"

Guaranteed! :-D

I am the one who usually answers the door, o.h. will ignore it, and I just say politely that I am a pensioner and can't afford whatever it is they are plugging.

I did yell at the person who rang my mobile phone last week, I had numerous missed calls from the same number and had checked online to see it was not something I needed or wanted to hear from (a survey ) so when they called again I answered and she started on about the survey I shouted at her to take my number off their lists and to stop calling me, as I was fed up with them. Will see if it works!

Lizx

I must also say I never lose my rag with JW´s. If I am in the mood I can natter to them until they want to scream. If I am not then I politely tell them I don´t have time.
As a grandaughter or JW´s I have seen the amazing cr*p that some people come out with that I vowed to be polite to genuine people.

Aww I used to just shut the door now I have fun with them.
last year we had fun trying to understand why my dogs as Gods creatures were not allowed into the building that the lets pray was going to happen.
They came back this year but he copped me and said it´s in Barcelona and did a runner :-D

I used to do double glazing sales etc but I refused to cold call and there fore when I was told NO I went away did love the company that didn´t so I let them in to quote ..he wasn´t impressed when he saw "my windows" not my fault he didn´t check.
Cold callers well I have a genuine cop out no habla espanol, mind so many still continue on the phone.

Some good ideas here might try them next time. Dame Shelly love your son and daughter's results wish I could think of something like that I'm at the stage if I see someone doing the round of our part of the street I hide in kitchen and don't answer the door ....apart from the time he walked round to the side gate and I answered it :-S

Whenever I get a cold call I ask the caller what time they finish work, and then say if they give me their home number ( or mobile number) I'll give them a call there a couple of hours later.They are always horrified and say their number is private and they don't want calls on it whilst eating a meal or whatever - so I say that they have my number and are disturbing me! Usually results in them hanging up pretty quickly. Childish maybe but it makes me feel better!

Sue

Invite them in.........

Then bring out all the copies of W*tchtower you have saved...........



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Nolls
i would of love that
you should of said yes to the quote and then told him yours was
cheaper

i will never forget the cable tv one
daughter did say we had sky but the man insisted on explaing all about cable
ok daughter said hook me up them
well by the time he done all his explaining and checking he then says
oops sorry but the cable carnt run under ground to you

o well daughter says i could of told you that and you should of dun your home work before you knock on my door

another one son got a call on his mobile phone from gas company
wanted him to change from one company to another
he listenens to what thay have to say
and then tells them he live in a caravan and has a gas bottle

strange thow as we dont seem to get many knocking on the door now days or many phone calls


shame cos we love them knocking and phoneing


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We live in a" No Zone Police Area" and were given notices by the police to put on the front door for any cold callers (not much use ) anyway as usual the doorbell went the other day the young man was selling double glazing and like Sirius I am usually very polite and told him that we had had new windows put in last August ... Unbelievable! he then asked "Are you sure you wouldn't like a quote" ....Guess what I said ! :-S

phone calls are the best one as hubby and son both have the same name
so when thay ask for silly billy
i ask what one young or old
thay can never tell me whitch one so i ask them for a date of birth
ooops under there privacy act thay carnt tell me

so i say that is no good to me as i dont no what one to give the phone to
i just go on and on and on
till they put the phone down

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I just tell them all to eff off.

On the few times I answer the phone to cold callers, (if it says 'International', I leave it to ring) I've taken to just pressing 'end call'.

On the call that I got last week, I didn't lose my temper, instead, I burst out laughing!
She ( the cold caller) told me tthat her company was in my area and named the street in question

I asked the caller how her company obtained the details and she told me that they were obtained from the national database register.

I asked if the company had aquired the information recently, and she said that all their info was up to date.

"That's ridiculous ", I said "because I sold the property in question exactly eleven years ago, and retained my telephone number when I moved"

She apologised and hung up!

We don't get many at the door, but lots on the phone. I am usually polite, but have been known to put the phone down on persistent ones.

In the last couple of days we have had 3 silent calls from abroad - one from Dominica, one from Turks and Caicos and one from Vatican City!

Aaaaa Sirius, now there's something to do when I get a cold telephone call................




run the tap so it sounds like I'm having a tinkle :-D

and don't they always seem to arrive at the 'wrong time', just as you are eating, or desperate to go to the loo :-D

I lost my rag a few years ago with one of the energy companies, who used to cold call. I was in the garden and this annoying young man appeared at the gate. The dog was quite young then and went a bit dotty, barking and jumping up at the gate. I told him that his colleague, a young and polite woman, had just been and I'd already told her we weren't interested. He said something like 'Well she's only a trainee' which made me see red. Then he started to wind the dog up and I told him, rudely, to leave :-D

I am one of those people who hold it all in while gritting my teeth, then about once a year, let rip over something quite trivial and scare the life out some poor soul............usually my husband, then promptly burst into tears and apologise.

I don't blame you for getting really angry though................I can't stand pushy cold callers. :-|

we love door to door sale men in this house
daughter and me talk a load of crap and see how long we can keep them there for
in the end they are itching to get away

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