pain the ass phonecalls

[pincheck 0]

up till yesterday i have never been bothered by unsolicited calls but i have had the same company phone me 3 times telling me i have won a free holiday (its not timeshare ) they are looking for recomendations . they will just not take pissoff for a answer

does anyone know how to get a address from their number in the uk

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[squiffy 2]

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If you are in the UK - sign up here
Telephone Preference Service
It is free and seems to work - I used to get bugged by these calls all the time - not anymore!

BS

Ashley

[colinl 0]

A few things I use on telemarketers:
a) "Would you please hold on a minute?" Then put the phone on the desk and resume your activities. Forget about the phone, hang up 30 minutes later.
b) When asked "would you like to pay less for [insert product or service]", just answer no and hang-up. (that one doesn't really feel specially good to do)
c) When being marketed by people asking if you'd like new windows for your house, tell them you don't have any windows. same for other things everyone has.
c') When being marketed for some new and shiny phone service, answer that you don't care because you don't have a phone. Enjoy the silence that usually follows

[pincheck 0]

i did register with the telphone and mail preferance services and have done the silent calls register as well. I ask the person who phoned why she was phoning the first time and told her i was registered she said i comlete one of these inflight travel questioners but they had my old address.

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[squirrel 0]

we have a home phone we use for out going calls only, we simply turn the ringer off. all other calls come in on the cell phones. the marketers dont seem to call the cell phone....yet.

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[BillyVance 34]

Well there's always the immature response when answering a telemarketer, just scream "I can't hear you! LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA!!!!!"

I have it easy. I put my phone on a TTY answering machine which answers each call with a computerized voice "Please use text phone or dial relay at 711" before proceeding with the text answering message. Telemarketers NEVER call back to leave a message.

It's great to be fucking deaf sometimes...

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[AlexCrowley 0]

It's illegal to do so.

Thats one good thing about per minute charges regardless of call origin.

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