Unwanted/Spam calls - Increasing - Page 4

BalletBabe · ‎03-05-2011

@SilleeMee wrote:
The CPR CallBlocker device is worth every cent I spent on it! I bought it several weeks ago when the Q had it as a TSV. It's the best thing ever! Life-changing. My landline hasn't rang but maybe once or twice in the past few days. I highly recommend it.

This is the thing that brought peace and quite to my house:

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YES This is what I was talking about. I agree worth every penny.

Tyak · ‎01-26-2013

The calls have increased for us, too. If we don't recognize the number, we don't answer but that doesn't stop them. Some of them call so often, several times a day, even on weekends. It's driving me crazy but I also won't give up my land line and the calls are even increasing on my cell phone. Oh, and recently I signed up on the government do not call registry, which is nothing but a joke. I swear the calls increased only after I signed up with it.

trenet · ‎03-26-2017

@Pook wrote:
Since answering those calls with a made up business name our calls have nearly stopped. I answer with a made up business name and ask how I can direct their call asking are your a vendor or a customer. It is illegal to call business numbers and some just hang up but many even say sorry I will remove this number from our call lists. In the past 2 weeks I only had 1 call as compared to the several a day I was getting in the past.

@Pook

Great idea. I’ll have to try it. I can’t remember the last time I had my ringer on. I even turned the answering machine off as it filled mostly with hangups. I just notice the light on and all the various numbers are in the call directory.

trenet · ‎03-26-2017

@BalletBabe wrote:
@TX-starlight wrote:
@KingstonsMom You're probably right. I turned 65 in Dec. & the health care calls started in Oct. I still have a landlind, & rarely give out my cell#. If I don't know the number calling on either, I do not answer. Also, sign up on the do not call register www.donotcall.gov. It won't stop them all, but it does help. You can register landline +cell phones.
Oh man do I agree about turning 65. The do not call list is a waste anymore. The call blocker that Q sells has stopped most of my calls. Here is another tip---I called AARP/UNH Told them if they don't stop calling me for any reason, I am filing a harrasment charge against them. That did it, no more calls. It is not their job to do a heath assesment. That is why we have Dr.'s. If you tell someone not to call, and you know who it is, tell them by law , they are not allowed to call you anymore. I also filed a complaint about them filling up my mailbox with all their stuff. Now I only get mail if it is something important. AARP has been sending me garbage mail for at least 10 years and I always took my address off and put it in their postage free envelope and mailed it back. That didn't stop it.

My husband turned 65 last fall and I will in a few months. The calls and trash mail from all the various people selling insurance has been non-stop. What really frosts me is that in some states various government agencies SELL information to the companies.

webbgarner1 · ‎06-13-2017

@Pook Love it !

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

I put a stop to the medical calls when SO turned 65 by just saying no one by that name lived there (phone is in my name). Then when I turned 65 last year and I asked who they were calling they said my name and I said yes that was me but I am only 54 and within a couple of weeks all calls stopped both times.

Cats3000 · ‎10-07-2013

We've been on the "Do Not Call" List since it was invented. It was worthless then, it's still worthless and it will always be worthless. It was a piece of "feel-good" garbage from the federal government designed to make the people think they were being "taken care of".

We have a land line and cell phones. We have an answering machine on our land line that takes care of answering those calls. Cell phones are a problem because the scammers have been able to use a phone number that looks like a local phone number. We just say hello and dump the call.

We wouldn't even consider getting rid of our land line. We live in a semi-rural area where cell phone service can be hit and miss. The land line is our backup when cell phones don't work.

Montana · ‎03-09-2010

My landline only rings upstairs so I don’t usually hear it. And it’s set to only ring twice, so even if I am upstairs it’s easy to ignore.

I never answered my landline but the incessant debt collector voicemails really got to me. I have been debt-free for many years and these messages had me fuming. I would check them everyday.

Then I realized I could decide if or when I listened to any voicemails. So I only check them when I am in the mood - maybe once or twice a month. Since doing this, my feelings of irritation about landline spam doesn’t exist anymore. I just do not care.

Now cell spam is a different story. I don’t get a lot of those calls, but I always feel annoyed when I do get them. I can block them but it still bugs me. I’ve got to work on my headspace about that.

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@BalletBabe wrote:
@TX-starlight wrote:
@KingstonsMom You're probably right. I turned 65 in Dec. & the health care calls started in Oct. I still have a landlind, & rarely give out my cell#. If I don't know the number calling on either, I do not answer. Also, sign up on the do not call register www.donotcall.gov. It won't stop them all, but it does help. You can register landline +cell phones.
Oh man do I agree about turning 65. The do not call list is a waste anymore. The call blocker that Q sells has stopped most of my calls. Here is another tip---I called AARP/UNH Told them if they don't stop calling me for any reason, I am filing a harrasment charge against them. That did it, no more calls. It is not their job to do a heath assesment. That is why we have Dr.'s. If you tell someone not to call, and you know who it is, tell them by law , they are not allowed to call you anymore. I also filed a complaint about them filling up my mailbox with all their stuff. Now I only get mail if it is something important. AARP has been sending me garbage mail for at least 10 years and I always took my address off and put it in their postage free envelope and mailed it back. That didn't stop it.

@BalletBabe @trenet

When I turned "the magic age" making me eligible for AARP membership I noticed that junk mail and phone calls from them and "partner companies" were overwhelming!!! Even though I NEVR joined or signed up for any of their products!!!!

Someone told me about this trick----I went to the official AARP website with secure lock and OPTED OUT of everything!!! ...I think this cut my junk mail and robo/telemarketing calls by 70%!!!! And that showed that AARP must be a perpetrator of junk mail/calls........