Community Chat

[Anniecamp]

When I first signed up, the information given was that you had to renew it in 5 years. It only took a couple of days for the calls to stop. I need to sign up again.

I get those pesky calls all the time now. Even several a day from the same places. If I get one more call about that emergency button you wear around your neck, I think I'll scream!

[foundinlv]

My landline is a voice/fax line and after 4 rings they get the fax noise in their ear. It has dramatically reduced the the number of calls I get from telemarketers.

[stilltamn8r]

If it is someone you have done business with in the past or like was stated, a charity you have given to, it does not fall under the parameters of the DNC list...

[BeckiWV]

On 5/13/2014 Sharke said:

let the answering machine pick up, they hang up, The End...

This is what I do. I almost never answer the landline phone. If it's someone I want to talk to, I will call them back. Family know to call my cell (which is glued to me, LOL) if it's something important.

[gloriajean]

On 5/14/2014 brii said:

I just block nuisance numbers on my phone. Some vacation people keep calling, so I blocked their number.

Please tell me how to block the numbers. I just have my cell and my husbands, no landline.

I went to settings, couldn't find anything to block.

[SharkE]

On 5/14/2014 Moonlady said:

Consider yourself lucky if you have a reasonable number of contacts to block. At one point, we had 35-40 calls daily from "charitable" organizations (clearly, we were on the sucker list). They share the lists and often the same organization has multiple numbers.

Non-profits should be included in that law.

sign up for the national do not call list, as well, as your state's. Sign up your landline's and cell phones.

[Pristine Christine]

The DNC is absolutely useless.

[SharkE]

On 5/14/2014 gloriajean said:

On 5/14/2014 brii said:

I just block nuisance numbers on my phone. Some vacation people keep calling, so I blocked their number.

Please tell me how to block the numbers. I just have my cell and my husbands, no landline.

I went to settings, couldn't find anything to block.

I'd take it to a Sprint store or if Walmart has one of those phone stores in your local walmart and they sell Sprint phones they should be able to show U or take in a list of phone numbers you want blocked and either Sprint or maybe the walmart person can do it for you.

[SharkE]

On 5/14/2014 Pristine Christine said:

The DNC is absolutely useless.

Works for me. Sign up for your state's do not call as well as the national. Most people don't know that.

[brii]

On 5/14/2014 gloriajean said:

On 5/14/2014 brii said:

I just block nuisance numbers on my phone. Some vacation people keep calling, so I blocked their number.

Please tell me how to block the numbers. I just have my cell and my husbands, no landline.

I went to settings, couldn't find anything to block.

Gloriajean, what kind of phone do you have?