Phone Rings and No One On Other End

hi there, that happens to us here too and yeah it is annoying. but what we would do is hang the phone so no one can call again lol then just put it back after a few hours.

I learned what is happening when the phone rings and no one is there. It is telemarketers on the other end. The phone numbers are generated by a computer and also dialed by the computer. The computer will dial several phone numbers at the same time and the first one who answers is the one the telemarketer speaks to while the others are put on hold. This way they aren't wasting time with each phone waiting for someone to answer. (I learned this from a telemarketer) I was going berserk with it continually happening ten or twenty times a day. I also was a bit frightened because you don't know what kind of person might be making that kind of call. Once I registered with the Federal Do Not Call List those annoying calls quit within a couple of weeks. Now when I get one of those calls I wait until I can speak with someone and then I tell them I am on the Do Not Call List and I swear that the person on the other end wets their pants!!! It is a $10,000 fine if they call one person who is on the Do Not Call List...and it gets worse if they call more than one person and get ratted on. Hope I've helped you out a bit. I hated having those calls because I would drop everything to check the answering machine to see if it was someone I really wanted to talk to. Now I don't have to bother as the calls have dropped off to nothing and I am not wasting time going to the other room to see who is on the phone.

I have had this happen before. Sometimes people dial the wrong number and are too embarrased to say anything. Is it possible that it is someone who likes you and doesn't have the nerve to talk to you. They actually want you to answer the phone. Who would have your number?

i usualy get alot of phone calls for tellamarketers and some from odd state and i never answer then as it show up on id and i just let i ring or will cut it off and hang it up.. i hate those calls. but we never get any hang ups at all so that's good .. that would be very aggrivating too me and hubby.

just change the no. and than after keep the new number limited and not to share with strangers

Whenever I get calls like that I just usually say the most random things into the phone. Like, "I know who you are and I'm on my way to your house right now" or "Watch out, my psychotic brother says he knows where you live" .. usually they stop calling .. lol

lol..... I had someone doing this for a long time, until one day, I told them continue because the phone was being monitored and the phone company would probably be knocking on their front door shortly. That stopped it, and not sure if the person believed me or not, but it did stop!! Since they weren't into talking, they probably had a million questions after I told them that, but they would have had to break their silence. The truth is there really is a way to stop harassing phone calls through the phone company. Depends on where you are, and which phone company is your provider. Ask the phone company.

It doesn't happen very often with my phone but i wouldn't let this kind of thing bother me at all. It is not worth it to worry about, I would just take te phone off the hook...