Cold Callers.. a new trick !

Jaws

Jaws

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Not really motorhome related but something we all suffer from so...

Just had a call and it was one of those
For more information, please press 2

To be removed from the list, please press 5

Well I get the same call from the same people very regularly
Tried pressing 5.. made no difference
Tried speaking to them politely.. waste of time
Tried being obnoxious and VERY rude.. nowt
Tried pressing 5 and then just leaving the line open..
The idea is that will just cost them money at least, but after a very short while they hang up


Well this time I tried pressing 9

Guess what ! It went through to an unmanned switch board thing and has jammed the line open.. That was about 20 minutes ago and it is still open now..
At least I have the satisfaction of knowing it is costing the bums money !!
 
Sorry mate.. That was about 10 years ago.. Made completely illegal way back...
And they did not say press nine.. it was not an option .. only 2 or 5
 
Jaws said:
Tried being obnoxious and VERY rude.. nowt
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As teacher said.....must try harder.

Last one i got from one companys coldcallers gave me the option of "press 5 and we will contact you."

When they called later that day they got my full venom....every other word was fu€& and i did not stop ranting until they hung up on me.

Never had that number again.
 
The latest seems to be along the lines.......hello, my name is James and i'm not here to sell you anything.

So what the fu€& are you wasting my time for then ?

Usually results in a click...brrrrrrrrrr

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I usually just say "Whatever it is you are selling I am not interested. Sorry to have wasted your time. Have a nice day." and hang up.
 
We just drop the call as soon as we can, haven't had any for the last couple of weeks, probably only a temporary break.
There are two different one we get, known to us as "Dear customer" and "Please listen" as this is a far as they get before we just drop the phone.
They used to come from a variety of numbers and I used to add them to our barred numbers so they didn't get through again. Now they are unavailable or international so I can't bar them, DAMN!
 
Puddleduck said:
I usually just say "Whatever it is you are selling I am not interested. Sorry to have wasted your time. Have a nice day." and hang up.
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You're letting us all down there. It's not like we haven't given you loads of clues. Come try harder, think SPORT.
 
I missed a trick last week I answered a call selling a machine to stop unwanted calls, I said no thanks and hung up, what I should have said was I dont have a problem with them I just tell them to F##K OFF. ;););)

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Sorry house owner not at home, i just lodge here.
 
I've tried that but still get the calls. I tell them I am registered with TPS and ask to speak with the supervisor. Ask for full details of the company and report them.
 
tps is great for uk calls but useless against the indians etc they dont give a damn
 
that Indian gentleman keeps phoning from Microsoft wanting to take over control of my computer I keep telling him I do not own one .
I keep him on the line and watch] tv or read newspaper .he hangs up first ..tried telling him to f..k o..
got thick skins those cold callers
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Funniest thing was when an insulation company rang the energy rating people at NHBC, by the time they had rung the last extension they'd had so many sales leads probably thought they would be able to retire! The company declined to do the presentation for the NHBC experts, funny that.
 
Turn the ringer off on the phone and let them leave a message if it is important. Works for us.

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pappajohn said:
As teacher said.....must try harder.

Last one i got from one companys coldcallers gave me the option of "press 5 and we will contact you."

When they called later that day they got my full venom....every other word was fu€& and i did not stop ranting until they hung up on me.

Never had that number again.
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nah.. lost count of the times I have done it John.. does not make a jot of difference

trekkin said:
We used to get inundated, but registered here

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html

And they all stopped, one you have registered here it is illegal to cold call to sell,

One for mail as well

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

Takes a couple of weeks but it is noticeable that the calls dwindle to nothing

Worth a try
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Been registered with them for ages AND renew as they suggested


Puddleduck said:
I've tried that but still get the calls. I tell them I am registered with TPS and ask to speak with the supervisor. Ask for full details of the company and report them.
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Every time I have tried that all I get is click, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
They know full well the number cannot be traced.. and none of them use the real name of the company they are calling from until you are well on the hook
 
I am not really a violent man but I could hit that "Indian guy" who keeps calling pretending he knows about computers
 
My Father used to answer the phone something like:

"Battersea dogs home, are you looking to adopt a dog or have a dog re-homed?"

He has now moved on to:

"Hello, Futtocks Folly, home for the mentally bewildered..."

Apparently very few then attempt to engage in conversation...
 
"Family and friends, please leave a message. If you are trying to sell me anything, put the phone down now" - I just love the answer phone! Unless I recognise the call ID number, I never pick up the phone. I very rarely have a message left on my machine; only those that matter.
 
Personally I love receiving calls from these scam artists, and I try to waste as much of their time as possible. My record is half an hour with the 'Your computer is sending errors to our server' scam. He got so cross with me he ended up shouting "YOU ARE A MOTHERF****R" at me, and then hung up :D
Strangely the number of calls I receive has rapidly gone down since I adopted this approach, kinda suggests that these con artists share information!

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I usually tell them that they have called a goverment restricted number and how did they obtain this number, all of them have sofar apologised for bothering me, no more calls
 
We just Say Police Station, can I help you.......silence then when they speak we ask how they got through to this number and repeat the word Police station with our towns name.. works every time.
 
DiggerJon said:
"Family and friends, please leave a message. If you are trying to sell me anything, put the phone down now" - I just love the answer phone! Unless I recognise the call ID number, I never pick up the phone. I very rarely have a message left on my machine; only those that matter.
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Damn.. tried to ring you a few times as I have a free dash cam with your name on it.. Oh well.. Now sent to someone else ...


Wicked git I am ... LOL !!!
 
By one of those compressed air fog horns. (They like using them at football too). Just put it to receiver , press top = split ear drums. They don't ring back.:sneaky:

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