Annoying telemarketer calls

If you were calling someone who never answered their phone would you keep calling them forever? Even telemarketers get tired of calling numbers that are never answered.

I really hate those machine dialed calls. There is always a delay from when I say hello to when the actual person comes on the line. Then of course they didn't actually hear my hello so they want to start the greet portion all over again. I've got to the point that if you don't immediately start talking to me as soon as I pick up the phone I hang it right back up. I like your last suggestion. I am going to try that on the next telemarketer call I get. That will be a hoot.

very good idea there. But if you do not talk to them. Dont they keep calling you up?

The trouble is that lots of these telemarketing calls come from another country or they hire those new Canadians or new Americans who are not good at English and they do not understand when we say no, they mean no. That is why unless I know the number or it is local I will not answer it. And they should really know if the company they work for that you requested the call or not.

After a few days of fielding these calls and telling them to take us off their list and pointing out to them that they are lying when they said we requested the information the calls have stopped. I have nothing against someone trying to make a living but I do take offense when they say it was because I had asked for them to call when I had not.

SOme companies use computers to dial for them. So they can dial more and more numbers.

Secret software maybe? Savak I do not remember if you mentioned, but this is a new number for you, correct? Who ever had the number before you guys may have signed up for a bunch of stuff, or may still be giving out the number to keep from giving out their own.

I don't doubt that at all. But if you think about it they had to make the do not call list available, otherwise how would the companies know not to call those numbers. I think that some of those companies just use that list to make calls anyway in hopes that someone at the end of that line will be interested in what they are selling. I know that the cable company would sell the list but the technician had only been gone from our house for a few minutes before the calls started coming in. How in the world did they get our number so quickly?

Sounds just like them to do that. Anything to make them money.

When I get these calls on my cell phone I just add them to my contact list under telemarketer. Then the next time they call I just ignore them. You can get these companies to take your name off their calling list without being on the do not call list. All you have to do is insist that they not contact you ever again. Since you have to do the same thing even if you are on the do not call list I see no reason to be on another list.

That list never worked for me in the usa. We dont have that here in mexico.

I block them on my cell to savak03. but what I have found..if they really want to find that person, they either, change THEIR calling number (TONS of different numbers since there is no "long distance" calling charges anymore) and the calls will stop for awhile and then they all pick up again. I currenly have calls for the people that had my phone number before me...April had my cell number and Alexandria had my home phone. I tell them to stop calling, I hang up and I block them. All is quiet for a about 2-3 months, they they start up again! I look and that new number calling is not on my cell block list. So I am sure they just either get a new calling number or give the list to some other company. I think these are creditors calling for April and ALexandria, but I will get the same seanerio for an Oscar something...he is the kid as they are trying to contact the parent..something about his school or not being in school that day...I have even gotten texts about Oscar missing school that day! Those I will talk to as I figure it is about a kid..could be important...but I tell them wrong number and they say ok they will change it, and for a few months, no calls. Then suddenly they start again. This one I can't figure out..but the others.. I am sure they are just changing numbers or selling the list. Only sure way to stop at least the annoyance...I just let the answer machine pick them up or block on the cell..but still.. I get them for these people as a few other ones that are constant...Cable TV, home improvements, etc. I even had one that was a recording and it started out saying "Please don't hang up! This is an important call"...I guess expecting someone to not hang up fast and listen so they can maybe catch you....and I have listened, and it is always something stupid for sale or lower my mortgage interest or something like that!

That's too bad. Could solve your problems to have the caller ID.

I have had that happen to me too. But this time these people were asking specifically for my son in law by name so I know they weren't calling a previous owner of that telephone number. I haven't bothered to get a handset that has caller id on it because we rarely use the phone anyway. We all have cell phones that we use.

I had that with cox cable and phone in the usa. I hated getting those calls. I even got some at 9pm at night.

They have stopped calling on the landline. I guess I got through to all of them. On my cell phone whenever I get a telemarketer call I just add them to my my contact list. That way I can ignore them the next time they call.

My experience on getting rid of them: if they tell me that they are from so and so insurance company and they have a promotion going on, I always tell them that I am also an insurance agent. Always work for me.

I used to get them everyday in usa. And sometimes as late as 9pm at night...

I commend you for your courage. That is one job I would never be able to do. I realize that telemarketers get a lot of abuse from the people they call. I would be in tears all the time if I tried to do that job. You can get these companies to take your name off their calling list without being on the do not call list. All you have to do is insist that they not contact you ever again. Since you have to do the same thing even if you are on the do not call list I see no reason to be on another list.

You are brave. i couldnt do a job like that. I be afraid they yell at me.

Glad I could be of help.

That is about the best idea yet. I don't know why I didn't think of it. Definitely deserving the BR.

That is what I do on my cell phone but this house phone is just a cheap model that doesn't have caller id. I was just blown away at how quickly the calls started and how many lies they were telling. I used the experience to vent a lot of my frustrations.

They are really getting bad here in mx. As the 2 main cell phone companies sell our phone numbers. I hate those calls.

Most companies will sell a list of their customers to generate extra income. Even your bank sells a list of their depositors. There is big money to be made in compiling these lists for sale.

I agree, I bet they get good money for those names and addresss. Have a super Sunday...

I don't know what you call the middle of the night but there is a law that they are not allowed to call after a certain hour. I'm not sure but I think the line is drawn at ten PM. I, too, hate to be rude but it seems like rudeness is the only thing they understand.

You are so right. It's just sad that we have to resort to behavior that is in poor taste and that we would ordinarily not use to get our message accepted by these people. We are taught as children to be nice to others and never to be rude but rudeness is the only language telemarketers understand.