Nuisance Phone Calls (Page 2): can't do them with my carrier. nice try.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

can't do them with my carrier. nice try.

Jay Pat wrote:

I use the below site thru Spectrum on our landline and it works very well.
http://www.nomorobo.com/

The calls that get thru go to voice mail. We will call back if we want to.
Pat

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

I do that sometimes too.

grillmaster5062 wrote:

My dad loves messing with telemarketers. He'll string them along for as long as possible before telling them to get lost. He turns it into a game for his own amusement.

rdemarco52 Loc: Wantagh, NY

For your landline, look into NOMOROBO. It is free on landlines and stops most of these calls after the first ring. I believe they charge for cellphones, but the landline version works well.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

rdemarco52 wrote:

For your landline, look into NOMOROBO. It is free on landlines and stops most of these calls after the first ring. I believe they charge for cellphones, but the landline version works well.

Ah, maybe that's why my phone sometimes rings only once.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Dngallagher wrote:

Thats all well and good, however, my wife and I ke... (show quote)

No suggestions but apparently I stayed at the same resort as you didn't because I get the same calls over and over. I did stay on the line one time thinking I would tell the person I had never stayed there and had no interest. When a live person came on the line I started to explain but she hung up on me. I also get numerous phone calls telling me I need to renew the extra warranty service on my truck. Unfortunately I haven't owned that truck in 5 years. How do you beat these things is a great question.

Dennis

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

dennis2146 wrote:

No suggestions but apparently I stayed at the same... (show quote)

Yeah, I used to get the resort and travel calls, but I said No and hung right up. I used to tell them to put me on their No-Call list.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

rdemarco52 wrote:

For your landline, look into NOMOROBO. It is free on landlines and stops most of these calls after the first ring. I believe they charge for cellphones, but the landline version works well.

Check the provided link and it will tell you which carriers provide this service.

Dannj

DeanS wrote:

I'm sure I am not alone as one who is inundated with the nuisance robocalls. I am on the verge of declaring victory over theses scumbags. About a week ago I became "Big Joe's Fishbait and BBQ Emporium" in answering these easily id'd calls. The phone rings, I pick it up and answer using that phrase, and ad, "if younwant bbq, that takes a little longer, 'cause I have to wash up the fishbait befo I make the Q." Click. I guess my caller is uninterested in bbq or fishbait!!!

Love it! I like to play with these folks too. Sometime I'll just keep saying "Hello, Hello!? I can't hear you" or "FBI, Agent Smith speaking".
Wife thinks it's stupid... and she may be right...but that won't stop me😊

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Dannj wrote:

Love it! I like to play with these folks too. Sometime I'll just keep saying "Hello, Hello!? I can't hear you" or "FBI, Agent Smith speaking".
Wife thinks it's stupid... and she may be right...but that won't stop me😊

It's not worth my time to "play with them." They're just hourly workers trying to earn a living by making as many phone calls as they can and getting people to buy things. The ones you want to torment are the heads of those companies.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Dannj wrote:

Love it! I like to play with these folks too. Sometime I'll just keep saying "Hello, Hello!? I can't hear you" or "FBI, Agent Smith speaking".
Wife thinks it's stupid... and she may be right...but that won't stop me😊

I did that a yer or so ago and one of them blessed me with several more calls the same day!

don1047 Loc: Colorado

A couple of months ago we bought the CPR 5000 mentioned in jerryc41's response . The silence is golden.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

don1047 wrote:

A couple of months ago we bought the CPR 5000 mentioned in jerryc41's response . The silence is golden.

Looks like a good investment!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Jay Pat wrote:

I use the below site thru Spectrum on our landline and it works very well.
http://www.nomorobo.com/

The calls that get thru go to voice mail. We will call back if we want to.
Pat

That is a good suggestion Pat - thank you. Installed it yesterday, and my phone has been silent all morning - by now I would have had several robocalls.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Dngallagher wrote:

Thats all well and good, however, my wife and I ke... (show quote)

I have been having the same exact thing happening recently. Caller ID shows same area code and first three digits as my number. It is also the same call, i.e., same upbeat young woman every time, Jessica, same spiel " you stayed at our resort and won a free vacation". I can't block the number because it's never the same number twice.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

joehel2 wrote:

I have been having the same exact thing happening recently. Caller ID shows same area code and first three digits as my number. It is also the same call, i.e., same upbeat young woman every time, Jessica, same spiel " you stayed at our resort and won a free vacation". I can't block the number because it's never the same number twice.

The new game is called "spoofing." I even get these calls and my own number or one in town shows on the caller ID.