Among Friends

[Daysdee]

I bought a call blocker a while back.  One guy calls almost every day about getting vents cleaned.  I block it, but then next time it is from another local number.  Beside the numbers that are to be automatically blocked, I have blocked 108 callers.  I try not to answer unless I recognize a number.  Sometimes when I look at the blocker, it doesn't show the number or only 3 digits.  I don't know why that is.  The blocker does help, but I know some just call back from another number.  I have also been on the "no call" lists, but that doesn't seem to help.

[Mustang Shar]

Wish there was a law forbidding these calls. I have to wonder, how many people dropped their land lines as a result? But NOW the calls come through cell phones

[Catty2]

If  it's a live person I've started asking them to take me off their call list.  Since my state is having a primary election later this month, those calls are already starting.  Today I asked one robocall if it was a recording.  And some health thing calls maybe once a month and I actually yelled at the guy to take me off his call list last time he called.  I'm sick of it and am going to start being as obnoxious as they are.   

[Sooner]

these are driving us nuts.  On our cable phone and our Iphones.  SOMETHING does need to be done about this and yes, griping to our politicians WILL help.

[hckynut]

@beach-mom

We have phones that have a feature called Smart Call Block. If the number and the name ARE NOT in my Telephone Directory, they are automatically block. It wiil block up to 1,000 numbers. And yes, they are using a "local prefix", some of which are numbers of my doctor's office, but I now have removed from my Directory, thus they are now blocked.

I call my doctor's office to see if they had called, and they had not, so that doctor's number is no longer in my Directory, thus it is automatically blocked.

hckynut(john)

[geezerette]

I’ve tried signing up for Nomorobo, but it’s not available for my line.  So I have just gotten to the point that I don’t usually answer the phone unless I know the number.  Fortunately I don’t have that many people calling me, so the call blocking feature I have takes care of a few of those unwanted calls—until they come up with a new number, that is.  The people I do want to let though I have put on my call list so it shows who’s calling.

If I do answer an unknown number, my policy is that if no one responds within two seconds, I block the number and hang up.  I figure it’s either a computer or telemarketer on the other end.

[CelticCrafter]

Last week we were getting bombarded with calls showing a name and the local exchange on the Caller ID.

The only time I will actually answer the phone is when our daughter calls, my b-i-l calls or when my in-laws call.  That's it - every thing else that manages to get past Nomorobo goes to the answering machine.

[Lisa Y]

Two points I'd like to make;

1. I have caller ID and when it's says the caller is "unavailable", so am I. LOL

2. I have called the "Do Not Call"Registry every year since it has been available and I still get tons of robocalls. Maybe it helps with some of the calls not getting through, but the amount I still get is ridiculous.

Thanks for letting me vent; so frustrating!

[Annabellethecat66]

@Kachina624 I don't answer any of the calls anymore.  I have Verizon and they do zip.

[shortbreadlover]

i anwere the phone and i get a real person on the phone.  when i do, i really cuss them out and tell them what a scam they are and not to call again .  so far this has helped.  they rarely call back