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unwanted calls
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How can I get rid of people calling me to ask if my mobility is OK, am I in debt, would I like to change my gas/phone/broadband/mortgage etc. supplier, some I only let then get as far as asking if I am having a nice day (not). Any advice please. (I have occasionally left the phone off the hook after a call, I was told that they would continue to be charged until I hung up, is this true?)
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Once you have registered with the telephone preference agency make sure that if any firms call you, you ask for the name of the caller, and the company & then tell them they are breaking the law by phoning you and you will report them - works wonders!
Once you have registered with the telephone preference agency make sure that if any firms call you, you ask for the name of the caller, and the company & then tell them they are breaking the law by phoning you and you will report them - works wonders!
Toy with them as a cat toys with a mouse.
Tell them that you would be interested in whatever they're selling and then ask for some ridiculous sweetener - a Jag, a night with Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt (or maybe both if you really want to throw them), 50 virgins etc.
Or answer the phone as a "special" person, a lonely old lady (it wasn't until I claimed that I had wet myself that one caller caught on) or a deaf old colonel ("What's that you say? Windows! Look here, m'lad, you haven't cleaned our windows for over 3 weeks and you won't get a penny until you do; and if I catch you so much as looking at my wife again I'll give you a sound trashing!")
Tell them that you would be interested in whatever they're selling and then ask for some ridiculous sweetener - a Jag, a night with Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt (or maybe both if you really want to throw them), 50 virgins etc.
Or answer the phone as a "special" person, a lonely old lady (it wasn't until I claimed that I had wet myself that one caller caught on) or a deaf old colonel ("What's that you say? Windows! Look here, m'lad, you haven't cleaned our windows for over 3 weeks and you won't get a penny until you do; and if I catch you so much as looking at my wife again I'll give you a sound trashing!")