telephone calls

[Phil]

anyone know of a good way to block those stupid dam automated machines that are constantly ringing my house phone? its doing my fecking head in. we are x directory and have not given it out so it must just be a random dialler thing.

cheers in advance

 

[Adam W]

Yeah register with TPS.
Being ex-directory just means you're not in the phone directory or on directory inquiries. They don't get your number from there anyway.

 

[mogga]

if you have put your number on any forme make sure you tick the box NO marketing as some companys sell details on TPS dont cover"marketing" calls from what I gather only direct telesales currently iv been getting cals from a debt assistance company I phoned them and told the guy that I had received this call and as a result i assumed my wife had got us into debt problems so I had battered her he went very quiet then I asked if he realised the scene I had set COULD happen Pillocks dont think

 

[Phil]

cheers guys. i never put the house phone number on anything. just glad im not on nights or i would be needing new phones as they tend to get launched at the wall when i asleep

 

[VoltzElectrical]

As above. Telephone Preference Service. If you get any more calls, just say 'I'm sorry but I'm a part of the Telephone Preference Service'. No need to be rude, they're just poor people being paid a pittance to do their job. Probably the only thing they could get in the current climate.

 

[Sintra]

I must be sad because i actually enjoy a good banter with these pratts.

I talk back to them very quickly and answer their questions with a stupid one like "how old's your wife's cat" etc. after about 5 minutes of me talking ---- to them they hang up.

I suppose it's my version of Lenny winding up the staff in the big orange shed.

 

[mogga]

our old house number was similar to local resteraunt come crimbo time I use to take great delight in MR jones and full family turning up and arguing with resteraunt that they had booked a table ( it had a bar and was our local) manager found out n rather than go daft he said Stoopid berks should check numbers !! lol as for winding them up Im with Sintra it gives me a nice wee simple pleasure
An old friend had a gonservatory sales guy on phone Insisting he could do a good conservatory even though my friend said there was no conservatory could make his house look better and give him more room Sales man appeared at the door n wasnt chuffed My friend lived 4 storeys up in a tenemmant flat

 

[Adam W]

As above. Telephone Preference Service. If you get any more calls, just say 'I'm sorry but I'm a part of the Telephone Preference Service'. No need to be rude, they're just poor people being paid a pittance to do their job. Probably the only thing they could get in the current climate.

Yep, I've done that kind of work before - get to work, log in, computer starts dialling away, then get told to F off 300 times a day.
One of the jobs I did was selling Sky equipment protection - a rip off product peddled by Sky where you pay for breakdown callouts in advance, which amazingly people used to buy.
I was reminded of this last night watching the episode of Family Guy where Peter bought 'volcano insurance' and 'cloud insurance'; I suppose if they'd called it 'Sky insurance' they would have got sued, possibly by the company I used to work for.

 

[Paul.M]

I used to be debt collector for a few major credit card companies, office based. The amount of abuse I used to get you wouldn't believe and the kind if things we used to find people was a bit underhanded to say the least.

The worst call I got was from an Irish gentleman now living in England with a medium size debt of £5k. My first call giving him the company name and my name only and what the call was about he said he will wait for our letter to arrive (normal fob off). He calls me back within an hour! Called me by my first name? Told me my full house address and my wifes name!!!!! I don't know what he did for a living but I'm not daft enough to hang around and find out what else he could do so just passed the debt onto the management of the big usa credit card company and let them deal with it. Even though this is in the Arms I won't repeat what he insinuated, don't care if he is or isn't possible of such things it got me off his back so I didn't end up on my back so to say.

 

[Phil]

I must be sad because i actually enjoy a good banter with these pratts.

I talk back to them very quickly and answer their questions with a stupid one like "how old's your wife's cat" etc. after about 5 minutes of me talking ---- to them they hang up.

I suppose it's my version of Lenny winding up the staff in the big orange shed.

id would be sad if anyone was on the end of mine. they are all recorded playbacks so like talking to the kids or the other half i would just be wasting my time talking to myself