How to get rid of annoying telemarketer phone calls?

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RESmonkey

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May 6, 2007
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Is this what most people would do?

I just looked up StarTac and it's a long distance calling company. They've called before, according to my mom. I hope they answer the next call, I'm going to tell them that I will fucking eat their children if they call again*.

*edit = just so no one takes it the wrong way, I AM kidding.
 
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George P Burdell

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Aug 25, 2004
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Get one of those devices that plugs into your phone line and transmits a "this line has been disconnected" message when you get unwanted calls.
 
OUCaptain

OUCaptain

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
don't answer if the caller ID isn't someone you know/want to talk to
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QFT

edit, get rid of the land line. Don't answer the cell unless you know them. Otherwise wait for the VM.
 
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LikeLinus

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Originally posted by: pyonir
Originally posted by: RESmonkey
This Do Not Call thing is free, right?
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How do you NOT know about the Do Not Call registry. :confused:
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He lives with his parents. I'm assume he probably hasn't worried about these things for very long.

To answer the question - yes it's free. There's also one to stop credit card preapproval mailings. Good stuff.
 
Gothgar

Gothgar

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Originally posted by: RESmonkey
This Do Not Call thing is free, right?
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yeah, it works for telemarketers... but non profit orgs actually use that list to call people, so instead of getting calls asking you to buy shit, you get calls asking you to donate your money instead.
 
Pepsei

Pepsei

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it works great...the bastards at capital one collections doesn't call my cell anymore... (it was a number own by some bitch named jaunita XXX, i still get her personal calls once in awhile, but i answer them creatively....)
 
Nitemare

Nitemare

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Feb 8, 2001
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Had one telemarketer that would call everyday 1-3 times. I told them that I was on the do not call list and to knock it off. They stopped calling for one day. Two days later I blessed them out on the phone and said if they called one more time, I would sue their shitty little company.

The calls stopped
 
ArmchairAthlete

ArmchairAthlete

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Reminds me of when I first switched to DSL and of course had to have the landline working again. I had an old phone plugged in, and it wasn't long at all before it was ringing fairly often. I disconnected it, only need my cell and it seems they never call cell numbers (at least not mine).
 
PliotronX

PliotronX

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I recall someone using a time wasting strategy or talking crazy. If you have the time, try to waste their's because most have a policy of never hanging up IIRC. It reduces their chances of meeting call quotas, then they are less likely to sell the number to other telemarketers. YMMV.
 
JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

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Jul 3, 2003
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Do not call list.

I used to get a ton of telemarketer calls...literally 3-4 every night but now I get none...as in zero.
 
BoomerD

BoomerD

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Once in a great while we'll get a telemarketer call. I ask for their name, their company name, and their supervisor's name so I can properly report them to the FTC for violating the DNC...<click> they never call back...:D
 
IronWing

IronWing

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Jul 20, 2001
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Never answer the phone without first screening the caller. It is that simple. Let your answering machine talk to everybody first. Very few telemarketers will leave a message on a machine. Over time, they will stop trying. If someone you want to hear from calls and starts leaving a message then pick up but not before.

The only marketers who will leave messages consistently are politicos. Can't do much there. Those folks are so god damned egotistical they think you want to hear from them.
 
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wwswimming

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Jan 21, 2006
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Sign up for the Do Not Call list and you'll never get another one!

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://www.donotcall.gov/">https://www.donotcall.gov/</a>
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i wished that worked, i really do.

one option - say you don't live there, that you're
going to get the person who does live there, & put
the phone down. come back in 10 minutes & hang
it up.

i'm on the do not call list & still get a call about
once a day. i need to start keeping a log of these
calls & maybe get a phone that records conversations,
just using it when telemarketers call.

i thought it was about $400 per violation. wait
for B of A to call me 5 times, then head to small
claims.
 
Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Lifer
Oct 17, 1999
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I turned off my phone's ringer. When I get a call I checked the phone, it records who calls and\or their phone number.

I call back people I want to talk to.
 
Modelworks

Modelworks

Lifer
Feb 22, 2007
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My dads retired and he said he loves the telemarketers, but they hate him.
He doesn't yell at them and hang up.
He starts up whole conversations with them .
Like " whats the weather like where you are ?" Oh its raining here. "You know I once went there on vacation and it was sunny but way too hot", "Do you have any children, I have 5"
etc etc.

Salesman working on commission especially hate him :)
 
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