We've created a nuisance caller
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (340216)
Rockingham, Australia
October 28, 2017 3:44am CST
Don't expect a post about kangaroos please. The photo has nothing to do with the text.
We’ve just had a phone call from a person offering some scheme to block nuisance calls.
Vince took the call and, when told what it was about, said he didn’t get nuisance calls. The caller was surprised at this but Vince said ‘I don’t get nuisance calls. You’re the only one’.
The guy replied: I am not a nuisance caller. I can help you avoid nuisance calls. I can block them for you.
Vince suggested that perhaps he could block himself.
This seems to have upset the caller who is now saying he will call every day. I do sometimes feel sorry for these people who are only trying to earn a living but at the same time it was pretty funny.
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23 responses
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
29 Oct 17
I have a private phone number at home and I get kids when they on vacation or whatever picking a number and then calling and hanging up and get wrong numbers too. I am sure he wanted lots of money to do that or he was a scam person. Good for Vince. So, does this guy call all the time and how does Vince handle him?
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Oct 17
I doubt he'll carry out his threat. He didn't ring today.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
29 Oct 17
Vince ain't having any of what that caller is selling. Funny and sad at the same time. It is hard to earn decent money these days.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
30 Oct 17
@JudyEv yeah, that's what I do as well. If they become annoyingly persistent, that's when show some attitude.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
29 Oct 17
this had me laughing...I love vince's response.... I hope the guy does not make a nuisance of himself...
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@xFiacre (13035)
• Ireland
29 Oct 17
@JudyEv I get a lot from people wanting to help me claim compensation for being injured in accidents and I play along and tell them all about my accident and when they start writing down my details and ask for the date of the accident I give them a date in the future and it takes a while for them to catch on and they get cross. I have a lot of fun with such people.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
28 Oct 17
I am not always polite to those callers either on my cell phone.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
29 Oct 17
@JudyEv I feel that they are rude and I feel no need to be polite.
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
28 Oct 17
So has the guy been calling every day? Do you think he was legit or some kind of scam? Many times I just hang up.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
28 Oct 17
I like telling them hang on a minute I have to answer the door and just laying the phone down. In a half hour or so I go back and hang it up. But what you hubby did is priceless.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Oct 17
@JudyEv they sure can be, I don't want what you are selling and if I did I would call you.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
30 Oct 17
Telemarketing calls offering a way to stop telemarketing calls. Now I've heard it all!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Oct 17
I can't see him ringing every day. It would be a waste of time for him. We don't know his number - at least I don't think we do. The number comes up on a little screen at the top of the phone and if it starts with 03 or 02 we usually don't answer it. If it is important the person will leave a message.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
28 Oct 17
That is really funny. We have a no call list that we can be added to. Once on the list they can't call your number.
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@sumofalltears (3988)
• United States
29 Oct 17
Kudos to your Vince. As for the caller, he does not get the privilege of defining what a nuisance call may be. My guess is he was most likely a scammer.
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@snowy22315 (180813)
• United States
28 Oct 17
lol..I keep getting one offering to help me pay off my student loans. I haven't had any since the 80's! They were paid years ago!
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@JudyEv (340216)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Oct 17
The people are always coming up with new schemes. They must catch some or they wouldn't keep trying.
@LeaPea2417 (37355)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 Oct 17
I get way too many nuisance , scam calls. I don't answer.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Oct 17
That's so funny. A nuisance caller calling about nuisance calls.
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