Unknown phone callers, very disturbing!! what did you do with it?

Get on the national do not call list. They are for landlines and cells. Register on line or there is an 1 800 number to call. It's 1-888-382-1222. If you have a cell, call your provider to put a spam blocker if you do a lot of texting.

I used to get this all the time. Most phone companies offer an option that will let you block unwanted numbers for a small price. I personally think that it is worth the price, I am too busy with my life to have to waste my time telling people I'm no interested. I have tried other ways like asking them not to call but that doesn't always work which is why I contacted my phone company. I hope that helps.

Put your number on the National Do Not Call Registry. Its free and you can add up to 4 lines last time I checked. Some calls might slip through, just answer them and tell them that your phone number has been listed on the DNC registry and they will get the message.

Well this is still better than to receive calls late at night and when you answer nobody speaks or someone you don´t know start to speak nonsense things. When someone callsabout donations and so on I say that the owner of the house isn´t there and thats the end of the call.

I'm not sure if you can actually stop them calling, but if someone calls and is trying to sell me something, or if I get a call from a company I have never heard of I usually say 'sorry I'm very busy' and hang up right away. I definitely advise you not to turn your phone off as you're right, you might miss important calls

I think the best thing to do is just not answer the phone when those calls come up. If someone isn't identifying themselves, its usually not someone I want to talk to :) . If its important, and they can show who they are, then they can have my attention.

Hi there Bebs! I think the best thing to do is to get an answering machine so that you can filter your calls. You can take only those calls that you want to take.

Get a answer machine and set the option to "answer after X number of rings". I have mine set to 3 rings, and I look at the hand set... if I don't recognize the number, I let the answer machine pick it up and I screen the calls and pick up what I want to pick up. If you don't have an answer machine, just answer it and when they ask their first question, based on what it is... just say something like "hold on, I'll get him" and then just lay the phone down and go back to what you were doing. 5 minutes later...go hang up the phone as they will have hung up already! WOrks every time!

I agree it bothers me too. what I do is just ignor them. I have no land line, only cellphone and I would know if the caller is not a friend or what? I will not answer the call. But sometimes we are tempter to answer thinking that it might be important and maybe a friend whome the number we do not know? But the best thing is ignore it.

Hey bebs! I agree with you! I get so many unknown calls all day long every day! If I don't recognize the phone number I don't answer it! I am not interested in being annoyed by solicitors and I don't like the fact they that don't take no for an answer either! I am very thankful for Caller ID! I watch very carefully before I pick the phone up these days! I was even put on a "Don't Call List" but alot of good that does! It is supposed help these people by stopping them from calling, but it doesn't! So the only thing I can suggest is to not answer the calls! Hopefully you do have Caller ID, don't you?

I do some thing i saw on tv one time i tell i am busy and i cant be bothered with this call and if they will give me there number i will call them back then they just hang up and dont call back.

i am a frank person i tell them what i feel right away i don't wanna be rude but i tell them getting numbers randomly is not pleasant because its unethical if they are friends of my friends fine.. but i am so busy i rarely have to to answer calls or txt messages and that i tell them which means i do not waste my time on people i don't know.

I do receive a lot of those calls from time to time. I will just spend some time to talk to them, politely, and also rejecting them politely with some nonsense excuses. I do feel for them though since they are merely doing their job and those numbers are coming from other people.

that's true! someone did it to me they call me past 1 o'clock am and it was disturbing for my beauty rest...imagine with that,..

In India we have a strict rule for the marketing companies for calling us..if a user decides and opts for the do not disturb service then their number is deleted from the list of callers to be called immediately and its refreshed once in a week and its very successfull since anyone who calls after the do not disturb would be charged approximately $250 U.S.Dollars and in the worse case the com[pany is banned from calling anyone for three months and my dad also opted for this service and from the day of opting there has not been any calls to him whereas i have not opted it and get many calls like you... Happy Mylotting

I just answer then and tell them that I'm not busy and I have all the credit cards and the right insurance and whatever they're selling. If they're selling kidneys, then I'd say "I have extra" hahaha.. Truly, that's the way to go for me. They don't bother me no longer because they know that I have enough and don't need their service. I would also get their number so that if I do need one or know of someone I'd just give them a call. I'm pleasant, because if you're not pleasant, I think they're going to tease you even more on calling. 100% chance with whoever tried calling me, they'd stop. I'm in sales too and I know how they feel. You just need to tell them that you don't need it, that's it. Happy Mylotting!

Yep, very annoying. I hate to take those calls. You can tell them not to call you and they are supposed to take you off their list. There is probably an agency you can report them to if the calls continue after that.

I am not nice when it come to people like this calling i will look at the caller id and if it's one of them i pick up the phone will say hello nicely thewhen they get into there conversation about what ever it is they are trying to sell or what ever i start yelling and will swear at them and simply hang up. I have had less and less calls from them i think they put word out not to call my house for i am a mean lady lol I like it too let them think that.

Hello friend, though here in the Philippines we don't much calls for telemarketing is not being practiced here though we receive prank calls from time to time. at times this happen at the wee hours of the morning where you are thinking a relative or someone you know calls in and it could be an emergency and before you know it this are just prank callers who have nothing to do with their lives and would just like to piss you off then since we got mobile phones at night i just lessen the ringer volume and change the volume again during the day time. In your case it is possible to have your phone number in a DNC or the Do Not Call list. I used to work in a call center before and customers who doesn't like to receive calls from a telemarketer or sales person can't call this numbers and they will be penalized if they do so. I think your number will be on the DNC for 5 years and during this time you won't get unnecessary call. Hope this helps my friend.

If you live in the United States, there's a national "Do Not Call" list where telemarketers CAN NOT call you if your phone number is on that list. You're entitled to a payout (it's either $1000 or $2000 per call) from any company that calls you in spite of being on that list. You can register your number at www.donotcall.gov Just note that this does not work for any debt collectors who may be hounding you. Because you owe them money, they're entitled to contact you. The only way to keep THEM from calling is to send them a letter stating not to call, but to contact you by mail only. I hope this helps!