Re: SO SICK OF TELEMARKETING CALLS

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

Yeah right on @Mz iMac. Just how do they know this info and who's releasing it?

Big Bro has been in all of our stuff for YEARS now. Very scary and disturbing.

BalletBabe · ‎03-05-2011

@kmealyn01 Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!

PINKdogWOOD · ‎05-13-2010

This doesn't work on trad landlines nor wireless phones - just checked.

kmealyn01 · ‎03-11-2015

Glad to help! :-)

Spoiler

qualitygal · ‎10-04-2010

Knock on wood, we haven't had any in ages.

kmealyn01 · ‎03-11-2015

It woirks on landlines if your provider is listed. Also on some wireless. Your provider has to be listed though.

ValuSkr · ‎03-15-2014

At the risk of telling you something you already know - Don't pick up if it's a number you don't recognize. Once you pick up, it's all over - they'll sell your number to other telemarketers, letting them know yours is a "live" number.

Once in a while, I'll pick up by mistake, and then I'll get a lot of junk calls for up to a week. But eventually they'll die back to almost none.

Worst case - file a complaint with the FCC. I did that recently when the same number called seventeen times in four days. They left a message on the answering machine each time but it was just a hang-up. The FCC doesn't usually follow-up on individual complaints but they respond and thank you, saying they use your information to establish patterns of abuse.

kivah · ‎03-11-2010

A few days ago, this woman called and I said, "YES" in a baby voice. She asked to speak to a grownup. I continued sayiang YES, YES, YES. She didn't know what to do. Then - in a loud voice - I told her where to go!!!!

I have a landline and I noticed that some days there are no calls - and other days there are 5 or 6. I'm sure the same people are using different phone numbers.

Mz iMac · ‎07-26-2014

@ValuSkr wrote:
At the risk of telling you something you already know - Don't pick up if it's a number you don't recognize. Once you pick up, it's all over - they'll sell your number to other telemarketers, letting them know yours is a "live" number.

Exactly!

"Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference."