Sales call - cheek!

I let the phone ring 11times before I answer it as usually the cold callers stop at about 10 rings or so it seems to me. If I it's an identifiable number I ring back. The hospital and GP have number withheld when they ring so I do answer if I'm expecting to hear from one of them

I have asked DH. We have been signed up to the preference service for several years, and have caller display[cost £79 per year?]
I will have a better read of this thread in the morning, as we are getting 2 or 3 withheld and unavailable calls each day, which is a lot more than even a year ago. And that is without picking up the phone with most of them.

Caller Display from BT costs £1.75 a month (£21 per year) so either your DH has got that wrong, soontobe, or you're paying way over the odds!

I had better ask him that tomorrow too!

Can you get a call blocker for a mobile phone?

I never answer the phone to a number I don't not recognise or could be local anymore. Anyone I know has my mobile.
I do get so fed up rushing in from garden to answer these calls & we ARE with Telephone Preference thingy.

Does anyone ever buy anything from a total stranger on the phone! They are just preying on the vulnerable & these calls should be stopped. There are other ways to make money & I bet the income they are getting is pretty low. Get another job!

I always felt sorry for the people who have to do those unpopular jobs until one day I said, politely, that I wasn't interested. At this point the man at the other end of the phone said "Go to hell"!

jackiekiel Cheeky blighter!

These people are paid well by all accounts if they meet targets and are probably throwing toffees around to each other and making faces while on the phone to you so don't feel too sorry for them, just hang up, I do.

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I answered my phone recently and a man's voice was talking loudly. I said ''stop shouting''. He said ''I'm not shouting, why are you telling lies?'' So I said ''Goodbye'' and put the phone down.

I have caller display but can`t read it even with glasses . I have disconnected the phone because of all the sales calls . I recon that if it is someone I know they will ring the mobile . I have caller preference BTW but it doesn`t stop them .

I have to answer all calls in case it is the Hospital or the GP . When I hear the sales talk I say politely " no thanks " ,or put the phone down on the table but they ring back , tonight it was the 9th call about a "survey " , afraid I lost it ..........

Try Tom Mabel's way of dealing with a cold call!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttrzG5F4R3o

Should be Comedian Tom Mabe