The Do-Not-Call List has been Blocked....Again!!!!

[OTTOL]

 Hey, I've done that before, flirt with the cute sounding ones, "Hey baby, let's not talk about vinyl siding... let's talk about you for a minute."
That really throws them off, when they try to get back on topic and you keep flirting they usually hang up.

Have you ever heard the expression " an Elephant in a Bunny suit................?  ::)   "  

[BFMF]

ROFL!!!!!

I just can't stop laughing...LOL!!!!

I wish I could have this much fun, but I rarely deal with telemarketers

[Katahu]

OMG!!!! From now one, I'm going to try that!!! LMFAO

Man, you people come up with craziest, yet funny-@55 ideas!!!! LOL

When I was in high school, a friend of mine in English 4 class was telling me that he was prank-calling. LOL Oh god. LOL

This is how it went (he told me):

Friend - Hello? (disguising his voice. hehe)

Man - Yes?

Friend - Who is this?

Man - Mike.

Friend - OHHH!!!! Hey Mike it's me!! I've been trying to make a proposition to you, man.

Man - Who the hell is this?

Friend - This is the Devil!!!!!! You know me.

Man - No, I don't!!!! What the hell you want?

Friend - I want you to accept my proposition.

Man - And what's that?

Friend - I will make you the richest and most powerful guy on Earth!!!!! Money, all the fine-@55 women, everything. All I need is that you do me a tiny little favor.

Man - And what's that?

Friend - Sell me your SOUL!!!!!!!

Man - I ask again, who the hell is this??

Friend - I told you!!!! This is the Devil!!!!!! So, are you're gonna accept my proposition or no?

Man - (hangs up)

Friend - LOL

I was then asking my friend how the hell he avoided having his cell phone number detected by the guy's caller ID (if the guys has one).

He told me that all you have to do is dial Star-Something-Something (I forgot what the number was) before you dial the regular phone number. This keeps those caller ID's from detecting your phone number.

I wanna try that on a telemarketer!!! It would be so fun. LOL

How many of you people have ideas that are as crazy and as funny as my friend's? LOL

[Professor Brensec]

I've always had an answering machine. I vet every call. If someone wants to talk to me, they have to tell me who they are first. It's as simple as that.

It started when I first began to have trouble moving about. I couldn't get to the phone sometimes, before it rang out. So I got an answering machine and found that it suited me to know who was on the other end before I answered.

Everyone who knows me, knows that I hate talking on the phone and they really only call if it's necessary.

The Mrs is, of course, another story. She could talk all day on the bloody thing.

P.S. One thing I didn't mind, a while ago, was when I was registered to give info about my TV viewing for the 'ratings people'. I felt I was getting a chance to influence the sort of programs on the TV.  ;D

[Scottler]

I just don't see the big deal about telemarketers, for a few reasons.

1.  If their services really didn't work, the industry wouldn't be thriving as much as it is.  (Which it obviously is, because they've all got jobs.)

2.  What's the problem with hanging up and ending the problem?

3.  This list is useless anyway.  New York has a do not call list, and I've seen how it works.  They're still allowed to call you.  You have to tell them that you're on the list.  INDIVIDUALLY.  Then, if they call again, you've got to fill out a form that reports them.

It's a lot easier to hang up.  Who cares, anyway?  Is it really so hard to do that its worth getting this worked up over?

[goball65]

Every October I re-establish a phone line with Verizon down in Florida for 6 months which entails getting a new number.
Don't know how they do it but within a few hours AT & T have my number and constantly call me re long distance service.
These people are relentless - you can't seem to get it through to them that I already have a calling card through the Canadian telephone company to which any benefits are applicable wherever I call from using my home line.
These marketeers call 7 days a week and at anytime of the day up to late evening.
I've told them on numerous occasions to remove my number however I guess they just pass the list to the next idiot on their left or right for another call.
I've been told a non-published number will do the trick but why should I pay extra $$ plus god knows how many different taxes on those $$ to be anonymous?
Any suggestions???????????????
Please do not suggest not getting a phone - we don't need the kids coming down weekly to ensure we are all OK

[Scottler]

I'd suggest either hanging up on them, or getting caller ID, that way you know it's them and you don't have to answer.

[Katahu]

The caller-ID won't nothing more than JACK 5H!T!!!!! Pardon my language.

Those telemarketing bastards have a system that prevents the person (who answers) from seeing the phone number or the name of the company. Thus, the caller ID reads "OUT OF AREA".

Not only that. Whenever your relatives call (in some occasions), they appear as OUT OF AREA too.

So, if you are expecting one of your loved ones to call you and all you see is OUT OF AREA, how would you know (before picking up) that the call is not from those idiotic telemarketers?

MY way of blocking out the tele-scumbags:

On my internet settings, I tell my computer to dial *70, to disable CALL-WAITING.

That way, those idiots won't be able to get through. Not only that, all they will hear is beep-beep-beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. LOL

Don't make a fuss out of it. I have a cell phone (samsung). In fact, everyone in my family has a cell phone. So, who needs those connect-to-the-wall phones when you can wireless.

With my cell, I have never recieved a single call from those telemarketing freaks.

BTW, who the hell came up with the idea of bringing up a telemarketing industry? I bet that person was so bored, he probably wanted to find a way to bother people.

[Craig.]

on the cell phone side, i have been receiving, more calls from telemarketers through that than my home phone lately. however, i shouldnt be as i was told by my phone company that i wouldnt get any telemarketers calling that phone, and since i havent given out my number to  any company, i will be looking into it, to see who gave it out

[Scottler]

The caller-ID won't nothing more than JACK 5H!T!!!!! Pardon my language.

Those telemarketing bastards have a system that prevents the person (who answers) from seeing the phone number or the name of the company. Thus, the caller ID reads "OUT OF AREA".

Seems to me like it's doing a wonderful job then.  If you see "Out of Area", don't answer it.

[chomp_rock]

The caller-id of my household helps alot! When it says OUT OF AREA and has no number I don't answer or answer and say "We ain't got no phone!" in my best southerner accent then slam it .

[BFMF]

lol, I love Caller ID. Ever have someone you know freak out because you started talking to them personally before they started talking?

[Paz]

I've always had an answering machine. I vet every call. If someone wants to talk to me, they have to tell me who they are first. It's as simple as that.

everyone who knows me, knows that I hate talking on the phone and they really only call if it's necessary.

The Mrs is, of course, another story. She could talk all day on the bloody thing.

 Sounds like a description of my house to a T.
Except We also have caller ID, if it comes up 'out of area' or any message other than a number We recognize, you'll be talkin' to the answering machine before you will talk to Us.
 

[Scottler]

The problem with answering the phone, or with answering machines, is that as soon as you (or your answering machine) picks up the phone, it sends a signal to the computer which is calling you confirming that number as a legitimate number.

If you want to end this once and for all, here's what you do:

Head to http://jrgach.com/clips.html and download the sound under the "Do It Yourself Call Zapper".  The familiar "doo doo doo" sound when you get a bad number is there.  Put that sound at the beginning of your answering machine message, and it will tell the calling computer to take your number off it's dialer, because it's an invalid number.

[Hagar]

That's all very well Hype but what about genuine callers? Seems to me that everything positive we try to do these days is messed up either by vandals or someone trying to make profit out of it.

I can remember the same problem on the FAX machines at work. This was long before mobile phones or even e-mail became popular. A great deal of valuable time was wasted printing off what is now known as Spam which was so much waste paper & went straight in the bin. I do the same with the mountain of junk mail that comes through my letterbox on a regular basis. It's about time somebody, somewhere came up with a permanent solution. IMHO