Supragal Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I know this has been on here before a good few times but I can't seem to find the threads... where is it you sign up your home number to stop getting sales calls? Literally getting 10 or more a night now and it's really really draining me Can anyone remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sakura Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Info about how to register with the telephone preference service here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/ Just beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewizzy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 We get tha too here, trouble is, most of them are from india etc.... Not covered by that TPS thingy I just answer it and then put the phone down ASAP! Getting them anything up to 11pm at night now too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 All ours are those cunning pre-recorded ones. Even more annoying!! Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 trouble is, most of them are from india Scum!! tell them to 'f*ck off' so they can look that up in their english phrase books Really gets me, they take our jobs and do them for £1500 a year and then hassle us at home? I asked one the other day if I could speak to a supervisor and the b*astard hung up!! BAD MOVE! I phoned up the UK card company and gave them my Enoch Powell/Alf Garnet speech Paul Edit (Green Stylee): The word 'Scum' in no way just applies to them because of their ethnic origins, before the lefties get on their high horse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 We do just hang up on them but FFS it's just too much! How many people actually go in for it? "ooo really, a special offer just for me? Go on..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Why not do as Victor Meldrew did in an episode of "One Foot In the Grave"? He answered the fone to a double glazing company, said something like, "Yes, very interested, could you please hold a second", then left the fone and went about his business in the kitchen etc! Of course, that isnt much of an annoyance for a pre recorded message but it has them paying for a call that nobody is listening to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonB Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Actually they will allways pay for the full length of the call if you pick the phone up, even if you hang up straight away. Only the person calling can end a phone call. If you phone someone up and they hang up and you don't, you stay connected - next time they pick the phone up you'll still be there! That's one of the annoying things about those pre-recorded jobs, you hang up, then pick the phone up 20 seconds later to make a call and they are still there banging on about dialling the premium rate number for 10 minutes to claim your £500 of holiday vouchers. Which consists of 500 individual £1 off vouchers you can only use one at a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 A good whistle does the trick as well !!!! Dude :flame Dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 For per-recorded i just let it run it's there bill for call center depends how i feel from hanging up to holding one for kitchens on the phone for 27m 32 sec (phone recorded time) to then say i lived in a rented house so couldn't buy a kitchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 I love doing that... I strung one along the other week and in the end said I wasn't interested, talk about strop!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I am signed up with TPS and I have BT's anonymous cal reject on (costs about a tenner a quarter but worth it IMHO). I still get the occaisional pre-recorded one through, though. Plus anonymous call reject doesn't work on certain large call centres and foriegn numbers. Together they cut my nuisance calls down from a couple a night to a couple a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 My housemate tells them he's just off to get a pen, puts the phone on the desk and carries on playing counterstrike. I just don't answer the house phone. Ever Oh, and the indians don't take our jobs, our directors give them away Poor aim if you are shooting at India as the cause... -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbly Bozo Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I'm not racist or anything but i was havinga really stressfull day and this Indian calling on behalf of Tel 2 jabbered on about how I cud save money so in a pissed off tone I goes "what one ninety nine? ba ding ba ding really?" - He hung Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 I'm not racist or anything but i was havinga really stressfull day and this Indian calling on behalf of Tel 2 jabbered on about how I cud save money so in a pissed off tone I goes "what one ninety nine? ba ding ba ding really?" - He hung Up W T F ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 Me too Jake, I was lost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbly Bozo Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 lol - i was putting on an indian accent ya spoons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 i went online for 2 days in a row to pay my bills with ABBEY both times the net was been updated. so decided to call telephone banking and got this indian guy sort of a bangladesh accent, could hardly understand him then his computer went down. rang next day and got a nice scottish woman who sorted it ok. i have had 3 calls in last 2 days from credit card companys trying to sell insurance. the fookers woke me up after i had been working nights. 1st one was an indian bloke could not understand what he was saying. he could hardly speak english. i said i am on nights and you woke me up. he did not listen and continued his speil. said again then he just carried on. so said not intrested and hung up in him. latest call i had i just hung up on them. it feels good hanging up on the spamming fookers. whats the point of employing someone to answer the phones and take details if they cant speak english. looks like cost cutting gone mad. the whistle sounds a good idea, but a air horn would be more fun. or pretend to be on a crossed line. when people ring me up i normally catch them off gaurd and put on a strange voice and say pizza hut. I HATE SPAMMERS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Whistle Ian, thats gonna hurt like the 1 minute and play Counterstrike trick.. (cool game) I don't get many as I'm already registered for no anonymous calls etc etc. But The times I used to say the line is bad but i'm interested so could they call me on my mobile string them along and bingo. PLus if they get ya mobile number you can end the call for pre-recorded ones I considered buying a premium rate number and actually giving it to all these marketing companies and make living from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted February 18, 2005 Author Share Posted February 18, 2005 I do feel kinda sorry for the people doing the job sometimes, they get all kinds of abuse and it's only their job. It's the companies we should blow the whistle on. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 We don't answer our home phone after about 6.30pm- we just let the answerphone pick it up (why does no-one ever leave a message and then complain that they can't get hold of you?? ). Friends and family have my mobile number and will call that in the evening if they need us. Most evenings Matt turns his mobile off else we tend to get calls asking prices and if something is in stock up until about midnight! Believe it or not we don't actually live in the shop-we live about 25 miles away from it so out of work hours he hasn't got a clue about stock! Chantelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 ...so out of work hours he hasn't got a clue about stock! Chantelle He hasn't got much of an idea during work hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannhauser Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I do feel kinda sorry for the people doing the job sometimes, they get all kinds of abuse and it's only their job. Absolutely. Telesales must rank as one of one of the shittiest jobs around. The phone operative is the nice convenient target, but venting your wrath on him/her doesn't achieve anything other than making their shit job a bit worse. A more appropriate target for abuse might be the chief marketing executive of the company responsible. This also doesn't achieve anything, of course, but at least it's shooting towards the generals instead of the front line grunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 He hasn't got much of an idea during work hours! Could see that a mile off Had a call last night so tried the whistle approach then hung up really quite stress relieving. Look forward to the next one now but what to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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