noises phone calls - Page 2

Loz · 23-07-2008, 21:37

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Originally Posted by cashman

i think usually its a withheld number, had a couple this week, but we never answer em.

We've just got caller I.D set up so in future we won't be answering any calls that say withheld!

Royboy39 · 23-07-2008, 21:38

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Originally Posted by Lilly

Hey Lilly.....I think you get my drift?

cashman · 23-07-2008, 21:40

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Originally Posted by Loz

We've just got caller I.D set up so in future we won't be answering any calls that say withheld!

thats the way to do it loz,good on yer.

no nuisance calls here.

some are just nosey buggers n have to answer the phone. pmsl.

Lilly · 23-07-2008, 21:58

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Originally Posted by cashman

thats the way to do it loz,good on yer.

no nuisance calls here.

some are just nosey buggers n have to answer the phone. pmsl.

It's not easy.

Some of our family have withheld their numbers so we can't always see who's calling.

If I look at the screen and it's one of those 0870 numbers then I won't answer it but if I'm upstairs or in the kitchen then one of the kids will pick it up, pass it to me then I get stuck with them.

harwood red · 23-07-2008, 22:04

just tell them you are registered with the tps they soon apologise and end the call!!!

Loz · 23-07-2008, 22:05

If it ends up being somebody i know who have withheld their number then they generally leave a message so i still ignore them and then call them back if thats the case.

Lilly · 23-07-2008, 22:09

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Originally Posted by Loz

If it ends up being somebody i know who have withheld their number then they generally leave a message so i still ignore them and then call them back if thats the case.

Good idea, Loz.

I think I might try doing that myself.

entwisi · 24-07-2008, 06:36

If you do accidentally pick one up or teh kids hand one over just oh, hang on I've left a pan on and then just put teh phone down, leave for an hour or untill they give up

pam1 · 24-07-2008, 07:56

wen i do ****** me its tape recoding every time.

yerself · 24-07-2008, 08:06

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

You can't count a phone call off your mother as a nuisance call

What about the mother-in-law?

jambutty · 24-07-2008, 08:58

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Originally Posted by entwisi

If you do accidentally pick one up or teh kids hand one over just oh, hang on I've left a pan on and then just put teh phone down, leave for an hour or untill they give up

Why give an excuse? Just tell them to go away as forcefully as the situation demands.

If you leave a phone connected to BT off the hook, after a couple of minutes or so you get a rather annoying loud noise, a sort of wah wah sound a bit like a police siren.

I don’t get all that many these days. Maybe its because of the way unwanted calls are treated. Those that are pre-recorded get the handset put down straight away. As for the others I ask who is calling and once it has been established that someone is trying to sell me something the handset goes down on the cradle. If I recognise the voice or the product/service being touted a few choice words precede the disconnection. Ranging from a polite “go away, I’m not interested” to something more fruity.

jaysay · 24-07-2008, 09:10

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Originally Posted by Lilly

Ahhh right, thanks Pam.

Funny you should mention nuisance calls. I've had two calls this week from the NSPCC, asking for money.

I think they call them marketing calls but I agree with you, they are nuisance calls.

We've had a few calls from Sky recently, wanting to sell us insurance.

Why has this just started?

We are ex-directory too.

I think you'll find Llly that these calls about insurance for Sky are not actually from Sky, they are firms that make you think its Sky, I have always delt with Sky themselves and they don't phone the use the mail. at one time Iwas getting two or three calls a week, until it started gettng nasty, if you start to question them they just hang up.

jaysay · 24-07-2008, 09:15

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Originally Posted by yerself

What about the mother-in-law?

now they are nuisance calls yerself

onlyme · 24-07-2008, 11:01

I like to try and sell them something back, something along the lines of ," I'm glad you've rung, have you ever considered replacing your windows and doors?" and just keep interrupting them with details of a BOGOF.

See it as a bit of a challenge.

jaysay · 24-07-2008, 16:26

Got one this afternoon from somebody telling me how lucky I was, it was a recorded mesage so I couldn't abuse he sod, just put th phone down. I think these type of calls come from the good old US of A, wish they'd annoy George W. instead of me