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Grrrrrr! I have had 3 cold calls today AND I have caller preference these companies just don't seem to care that they are not supposed to ring your number if you have caller preference. I had some women telling me to just listen to what she had to say and that she wasn't selling anything so I said well then you must be a friend of mine then because those are the only calls I get she went silent and put the phone down. Sadly they never show a number so next time I am going to be calm and ask who she represents. Does it get you goat too?
Rachx

not any more I have some fun with them play along
hey love it I do not think saves you getting cross

try it

sally w <3

or ask if they would like the numberof your card now or later they put the phone down :-D :-D

They drive me mad too as they always seem to call just when we are eating.

I have three responses that I use depending on how I feel.

1. I have bought a whistle and don't mind using it (although I really don't have the same puff as my son so don't make too much noise).

2. I just put the phone down.

3. If I have nothing better to do I engage them in conversation and ask all sorts of questions and keep them on the line for as long as possible. Then when they think I'm an easy target I simply ask them if they like their time being wasted because I don't and then put the phone down.

Number 3 is the most satisfying but I can't always be bothered.

Kath. x

Hi Ladies I just find it really annoying and when I say I have caller preference they just ask for the head of the house!!! That will be me then lol although OH gave one an earhole full earlier I was in stitches.

I had 'Barry' call me this morning.
It was about my faulty IT equipment.
I immediately told him I have no IT equipment, not even a mobile, as he'd called my only phone - my land-line.
Byeeeeeee

Lol Maggie beggars belief eh?

I don't even answer my landline now. Anyone who needs me gets me on my mobile. If a unknown number or a number comes up on my mobile who I don't know, it don't get answered. Cant be bothered

Hi ann I have my landline for my Mum really I use my mobile all the time but when that "unknown" number comes up I cant help myself but that's only cause I want it to stop tbh

I was told by BT a long time ago that the "telephone preference"service only prevents companies ringing you to sell something. So if they are doing a survey or offering you advice regardless of what this is, they are not breaking the conditions of the TPS and therefore you cannot stop them from ringing unless you go ex directory.

yes it's very annoying when they tell you there is a problem with your comp and you know there isn't. What i do is start speaking in our local language.."Gaelic" they soon hang up or blow a whistle!

Sometimes i say..sorry dont know a mrs******* you have the wrong number and they get really cross, I start laughing and hang up.

You need a sense of humour to overcome the annoyance and then it doesnt bother me so much.

Florence
in the hebrides :-)

I also have my parents Rose. If I am in, I listen to the answering machine or replay when I get in. Told mum to say pick up if you are in. Mum has my mobile and I cut her off if she rings and ring her back xx

We had problems with an ex boyfriend of our grandaughters when she was living with us making silent calls so the phone won't accept nos witheld calls .

A caller gets a message telling them that .

We are ex directory and on the telephone preference but occasionally we get the odd survey call but if I don't recognise the nos I ignore the call

Was told by the telephone preference when I reported one persistent caller yonks ago that the caller wasn't in the UK but was rerouting their call somehow for it to look like a UK nos They had a lot of complaints and they took steps to get the nos closed down .

I hate it when you are ordering something online that the form insists on a tel nos as once you have given it you can get sales calls

If possible I fill in the space with a lots of noughts equivalent to the length of my phone nos

TPS only work on UK calls, not those made outside the UK

Which is why many UK based companies outsource these calls

'I had a car crash in the last 2 years' - so said one cold caller. 'That's news to me', said I to her - 'Can you jog my memory with the details please?'

The caller then lost the power of speech. An unusual happening for a female!

Do what I do sometimes, tell them you a Chinese/Indian etc take away ,and what would they like to order and what is the delivery Address, It seems to work. :-D :-D :-D

Tried the 'We don't have a computer' one today. It worked a treat :-D

Earlier in the week when I received one of these cold calls, I had great fun with the person on the other end......

"Well, hello, how are you? So nice of you to call me. Did you have a good Christmas and new year.....dreadful weather we are having isn't it?" That sort of thing.

Each time the chap spoke, I butted in with a question or comment until, at last, when I said that I hadn't asked to speak to him, he simply said....."Ah" and put the phone down.

I am now rehearsing a new spiel....possibly on the subject of having a new loo installed and all that is involved in it .. :-D :-D

Rach we are getting cold calls about 3 times a day again.They must be doing the rounds again after a few weeks of peace.All pre recorded ones .Arrrggghh!

Both of these gadgets work. I bought the more expensive one on eBay for about half new price.

http://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/phones-3/cpr-call-blocker-vs-truecall-call-blocker/

The PM is reported as having received a duff phone call recently.

Is NO one sacred?!

LOL :-D