Telephone Preference Service is this a scam

I have not managed to stop the calls entirely - the TPS used here in France worked for a while then seemed to make no difference. We were getting a few calls daily - I was talking to a friend about it and she commented that she got very few as she told them she rented her house - so now I let them do a bit of their speech and then tell them I am renting the house - the phone goes down their end and I must say the calls have greatly diminished.

We have virgin media and get 2 or 3 cold calls a day. I like to lead them on if I've got time and play ignorant asking them to explain in great detail what they are calling about until they get fed up. Other times I say I am a lodger and the owner doesn't live at this address. It doesn't stop the calls but I have a bit of fun.

I did look into having nuisance calls stopped through virgin, but the cost simply wasn't worth it.

Thanks for comments. I logged onto TPS Web page and useful information there.

I still find it unsettling that people can phone us from abroad and have so much information, luckily I gave them none, but they tried to be so convincing someone with dementia could have complied.

Im with you merlot, I only ever answer a call from someone I know.

I let everything go to answerphone on our landline. The family know I'll get back to them or I pick it up mid message. We give our mobile number to delivery firms etc., so every now and again I go through the messages happily deleting the rubbish.

I don't ever answer my home phone these days due to all this sort of thing (Im with sky but i don't really think that matters). Gone are the days of being x-directory.

Yes it was definitely a scam!

Just put the phone down.

www.gransnet.com/forums/technology/1233432-Block-nuisance-calls-for-free-new-service

We have EE supplying us, and regularly every lunch time we get a call about windows, (the sort you look through!) and another which cuts of immediately you pick up the phone. We are looking into getting rid of these if we can.

annodomini I too have phone with Virgin, but it is via cable, together with TV and broadband. I never have unwanted calls and I have often wondered why.

DOes Virgin have to use BT lines anyway?

I have a virgin line and get at least three cold calls a day.I just hang up on them now.

I don't get many of this kind of call. I wonder if the reason is that I have a Virgin line rather than a BT line. What do other Virgin subscribers think?

Not yet!

Not yet, but I'm sure I will. I keep a very loud whistle by the phone. If I get a human at the other end, they get their eardrums blasted. Probably won't stop the calls but it makes me feel better!