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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 10 2012,6:26 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
OK, I've had it with these focken phone spammers... :beat  :guns  :pissed  :finger

Every night between 6p - 7p we get at least one, despite being registered on those "Don't Call" websites... :banghead

Now they are starting mid-day...usually only one, but really potty'n me off... :pissed

Usually I say "hello" then "goodbye" before their robo-router can find an operator...the last two have gotten the "full rage" treatment... :beat  :phone  :finger

What's your solution... :stupid
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 10 2012,7:53 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
We were noticing how we had quit getting Robo calls and wondered what was up. well it seems our land line phone hasn't been ringing for about 2 months  :rotflmao It works it just doesn't ring. We had like 70 missed calls and a bunch of messages. Not sure if I'm going to try and see whats wrong or not :break

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 10 2012,8:38 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (shueman @ Jan. 10 2012,7:26 am)
Every night between 6p - 7p we get at least one, despite being registered on those "Don't Call" websites... :banghead

What's your solution... :stupid

We used to get them every evening at 5:30 you could almost set your watch by it :beat We just turned the ringer down and never answered and they never leave a message, eventually they got the message and gave up I guess because it slowly went away.. :beat
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 10 2012,12:45 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Fock those guys and there auto dialer. Fock Do Not Call also. With my old number I had my share of calls, went to Do Not Call of course. Then I started getting more than double the calls. With my new number, phone rings all day and night. 75% are actually for the peeps that had the number before me.   :break

The Fine is supposed to be $10,000 per call per day. Who's enforcing this.  :finger

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 11 2012,4:17 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Nobody, I think that 'No Call" thing is a all bull$hit, just another way to get your number... :beat  :finger
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 11 2012,6:12 am Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
7pm...right on schedule... :rolleyes
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One of the reasons we don't have a land line anymore.. :finger  :beat
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They musta taken Wed off... :good  :laugh
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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 12 2012,7:32 am Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Our home phone never rings.....Cause we turn of the ringer!  Leave a message, I'll get back to ya........:rolleyes

If anyone needs me, they have the cell #... :good



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Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,7:32 am)
Our home phone never rings.....Cause we turn of the ringer!  Leave a message, I'll get back to ya........:rolleyes

If anyone needs me, they have the cell #... :good

Sounds like a good plan... :good   7p, right on schedule, a Gallup Poll on behalf of Wells Fargo... :rolleyes  :stupid
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Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,7:32 am)
Our home phone never rings.....Cause we turn of the ringer!  Leave a message, I'll get back to ya........:rolleyes

If anyone needs me, they have the cell #... :good

Sounds like a good plan... :good   7p, right on schedule, a Gallup Poll on behalf of Wells Fargo... :rolleyes  :stupid

yeah, we used to get that crap...

Now at family dinner, home phone is off and everyone turns ringers to silent or vibrate but cant take calls or texts unless its an emergency....


You would be amazed at what teens think constitutes an emergency!  :rolleyes  :laugh



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Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,11:35 pm)
You would be amazed at what teens think constitutes an emergency!  :rolleyes  :laugh

I pretty much heard them all.. :eek  :rolleyes  :laugh  :rotflmao
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Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,8:32 am)
Our home phone never rings.....Cause we turn of the ringer!  Leave a message, I'll get back to ya........:rolleyes

If anyone needs me, they have the cell #... :good

EXACTLY!!!!... :good
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Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,10:35 pm)
Quote (shueman @ Jan. 12 2012,9:22 pm)
Quote (Fragile Magic @ Jan. 12 2012,7:32 am)
Our home phone never rings.....Cause we turn of the ringer!  Leave a message, I'll get back to ya........:rolleyes

If anyone needs me, they have the cell #... :good

Sounds like a good plan... :good   7p, right on schedule, a Gallup Poll on behalf of Wells Fargo... :rolleyes  :stupid

yeah, we used to get that crap...

Now at family dinner, home phone is off and everyone turns ringers to silent or vibrate but cant take calls or texts unless its an emergency....


You would be amazed at what teens think constitutes an emergency!  :rolleyes  :laugh

Took an employee to Havi with us last year. Told her not to even bring that focking thing on the boat. She said she needed it for Emergencies. After 20 or more emergencies in less than an hour, it "fell" out of the boat.  :eek

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2012,1:05 pm Post # 15 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Start by saying how glad you are that they called! ( that alone gives them pause)......but then continue on with " I am a professional phone consultant. I earn $300.00 dollars an hour, with a 1 hour minimum charge. Before we go any further with your consultation, can I please have the billing address where I can send my statement for services rendered"??

Then just say nothing, and wait for their response. It's lots of fun!!  :good

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Post Icon Posted: Jan. 13 2012,3:13 pm Post # 16 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I switched my landline over to a telephone service called Ooma, its a VOIP service and has features to block calls or send them directly to VM. Those kind of calls have nearly ceased for me now..

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I switched my landline over to a telephone service called Ooma, its a VOIP service and has features to block calls or send them directly to VM. Those kind of calls have nearly ceased for me now..

I let my 12 year old boy answer any calls that get through on the home phone now......

Very entertaining!!!!  :laugh



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Quote (DirtySquirty @ Jan. 13 2012,2:05 pm)
Start by saying how glad you are that they called! ( that alone gives them pause)......but then continue on with " I am a professional phone consultant. I earn $300.00 dollars an hour, with a 1 hour minimum charge. Before we go any further with your consultation, can I please have the billing address where I can send my statement for services rendered"??

Then just say nothing, and wait for their response. It's lots of fun!!  :good

Gonna have to try that.. :good  :laugh
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Lots of good ideas...nutin' last night... :good  

Since we have "unlimited", I'm just gonna leave the line open and set the receiver outside... :laugh
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Quote (DirtySquirty @ Jan. 13 2012,2:05 pm)
Start by saying how glad you are that they called! ( that alone gives them pause)......but then continue on with " I am a professional phone consultant. I earn $300.00 dollars an hour, with a 1 hour minimum charge. Before we go any further with your consultation, can I please have the billing address where I can send my statement for services rendered"??

Then just say nothing, and wait for their response. It's lots of fun!!  :good

:laugh :rotflmao  :laugh  :good  :good

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Right on que 7pm... :guns  :pissed   There outside enjoying the view... :laugh
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Fock... :eek   Just got one on my cell... :pissed  :guns  :fight

I thought THAT was a no-no... :beat
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Fock... :eek   Just got one on my cell... :pissed  :guns  :fight

I thought THAT was a no-no... :beat

It is, but nobody enforces that either.

Went to Home & Garden Show last year. Gave my cell number to a Solar Panel company. Cell now rings all the time with spammers.  :banghead

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I get those now from time to time too now...... :angry  :banghead



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Don't get any on my cell, yet anyhow :rolleyes But I'm very careful about giving the number out too.. :beat
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