do you really hate these phone calls that start, you have won or,whatever, unsolicited rubbish?

Question

i have complained to bt but apparently if they come from outside britain you are still forced to listen to them, what do you do?

Answer 1

Just keep on saying, you will have to speak up, cos I am deaf, it does annoy them!.....

Answer 2

Somehow a lot of these are slipping by the Do Not Call List these days. I just ask them for their phone number so that I can report them for ignoring the list. They never call back.



Edit: By the way. If anyone calls asking you to give to the Children's Wish Fund, there's no such organization. It's a scam. They make it sound like they are either the Make a Wish Foundation or the The Children's Miracle Network, both legitimate funds, to confuse people. But the Children's Wish Fund is a fraud and is not associated with either of the two legitimate funds.

Answer 3

I just put the phone down lol,i'ts A scam. There's another one going around from an Indian call centre. They start by saying they are from a health organisation helping elderly people,they ask if you have any health problems, do you have high blood pressure,or any heart problems, they then go on to tell you about the benefits of drinking pomegranate juice, it turns out they are selling cartons of the stuff for £14 a carton lol for a company down south.

Answer 4

I am not forced to listen, the first hint that it is an unsolicited call I set my receiver down and walk away and do something until I hear the signal that they've hung up.



If they are high-pressure and I have the time then I will go along with them, ask questions, etc. and then tell them not to call back.

Answer 5

My mother is still getting calls that originate in Jamaca. She has turned it in to the police and they have tried to stop it. They say that she has won Readers Digest sweepstakes of about 50,000.00 or more sometimes. All she has to do is send them a check for a hundred dollars to pay for the corrier to take the check to her. There was a woman here who lost 33,000.00 that way. She kept sending more and more money.

Answer 6

I LOVE telemarketers. I make them earn their money. I once pretended I was a confused old Jewish man (I do the accent quite well) and the woman got so upset, she cursed me and hung up. Another woman told me I had won 3 free dance lessons. I continued to tell her I could not dance and she kept insisting they could teach ANYONE to dance. Then I told her that in May of 1967, in Quang Tri Province in Viet Nam I had both my legs blown off up to my hips. There was a pause, then she said, "I'm sure we can work SOMETHING out."

I often tell them that it's not a good time because we are waiting for the funeral home to come pick up my father who had died a little bit ago.

Or....I tell them the I'm in the Navy and just got home from a 6 month cruise and they interrupted something VERY important to my wife and me. he he

I have other games I play with them. Like pretending I'm a 'special needs person' and say nonsense things like, "I really like orange juice. It's my favorite. What's YOUR favorite? Do you get to go to school all by yourself or does someone have to take you? I get to go by myself on the bus." and so on. he he

Or just tell them I'm the house sitter and the owners have gone on a world cruise and won't be back for x number of months.

My favorite (that I got the idea off the Internet) is when I see it's a telemarketer, I identify myself as a homicide detective...

Sometimes I get a telemarketer at work. I work in a Navy building and when they identify themselves, I ask them to hold on...then ask how they got the number as it is a limited access number in a secure area in a government building. I tell them that I'm having the number traced. One time the person got all shook up and I told her, " DO NOT HANG UP! I want to talk to your supervisor." Then I went through the same routine with the supervisor asking the name of the company (asking how to spell it a few times), the address, the main office number, etc. Then I tell them that a government officer will be coming by in a couple of hours to discuss as to HOW they got my number!

Oh, I have SO much fun.

Answer 7

Living here in Honduras we do not get such calls, but in the US, I loved the calls asking for Mr or Mrs so and so. I would quickly answer with "Oh, were you a friend of theirs, she passed away only this morning. Always silence on the other end.

Answer 8

The flavour of the year seems to a N.American accent,so as soon as I hear such asking to verify my name,the phone goes down.

I object to answering for no reason,even If I wasn't busy at the time

Answer 9

LOL.....after taking a cruise last year I now get calls starting with the really loud horn of ship.



Then it tells me I've won another 3 day cruise.



I never listen to the whole message but think how irritating that horn is.

Answer 10

Yes I do hate them.

Last week alone, I had calls from Insurance companies, Loan Companies, Lottery scam, and an unheard of Charity making appeals.

Curse them!

Answer 11

Hi yes they used to drive me insane but I have now learnt to politely say no thank you and just hang up.

I'm afraid I've become very dismissive when someone tells me I've won something as I stick to the old adage if sounds too good to be true then it generally is.

Answer 12

Yeah, I am really annoyed right now about the local election solicitors. They are calling like crazy and leaving their messages for me to vote for them. I voted early last week. That and bill collector recordings calling for someone who is not me. What to do.

Answer 13

I do. We have a do not call list in the US, that one can add their name too. Trouble is, I get those kinds of calls here at work. I hate being interrupted that way.

Answer 14

if it's a person talking (as opposed to machine) then i love to mind-f**k them.



i play along with it, pretend i am interested and excited, i give them "credit card details" (made up numbers) and then "get really frustrated" when they can't verify my card details.



a friend once told me what he does is he simply expresses an interest, plays along and in the middle of the call will randomly sak "what you wearing?"

Answer 15

That is not something I would want to listen to, but I do not get these type of calls, these days.

Answer 16

I don't hate them because I don't get them. I don't have a phone of any kind. If it can't be handled via the internet it don't need to be handled.

Answer 17

I just put the phone down immediately.

Answer 18

My son loves these calls.

He chats on and on with them, gets a supervisor on the phone, etc.

Q-- When were you born?

His A--- Jan.18

Q---What year?

His A-- Every year.



Anyway, this is cute......



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OgWcwgB50&feature=related

Answer 19

Yes it irks me that I pay too much for a phone just so they can use it to solicit.

Answer 20

Nobody is forcing you to listen. Hang up! You are choosing to listen.

Answer 21

Yes especially when I am busy doing something else.

Answer 22

Tell them to `hang on' and go about your business.

They will soon get the message.

Answer 23

That is why I have Caller I.D.