Thanks for hearing my rant...
They have to use that equipment for something between election cycles.
I am also a receiver of Rachel’s concern, even when I stay on the line long enough to press the button to stop farther calls. There must be enough business generated to justify predatory, dissembling calls, but why that should be the case passes me by.
There’s a really good app called ‘Call Blocker’, at least for Android. It will answer, then hang up on the robocalls immediately. We got rid of our home phone so can’t help you there.
When they call me, it’s “Bridgett”....just got one. I send complaints to my “do not call” people but so far it has not worked.
All in and place your number on a “do not disturb” list.
It won’t stop everything, but it cuts way down on these sorts of calls.
Classic.
it’s daily and sometimes hourly, now.
Just tell 'em, "I Don't Want To Be Recorded!"
It really throws them for a loop, usually have to tell 'em a couple of times.
After stammering around, they end the call with a thank you.
At work the worst solicitors are stock brokers & bad debt collectors.
Oh, there is another from work, someone will call wanting to set an appointment for their boss to stop by and tell you how to make more money.
There my first question is why is the boss keeping all this information to himself and not sharing with you so you can be a boss too.
Y`all are going about this all wrong. Have fun with them. I use a foreign accent and jack around with them. It’s hilarious when they get mad. My kids love it when I get those calls.
I must have turned Rachel in 50 times for calling. It got so bad that I said that the Colorado no call people were just as bad as she was and were probably working with her. I finally got a reply and they said they were just contractors working for the state of Colorado and had no authority. When she calls just lay down the phone and waste her time or hit #1 and waste a live person’s time. I think she works for ICE.
I get their stupid messages on my voicemail, since I don’t answer those calls.
Rachel is an acronym for Really Annoying Chick from HELl...I get her too!
When we Time Warner TV/internet and telephone the caller ID would show the telemarketing number. I then could put that number in a log to have it forwarded to a different number. I set it up so the telemarketers were forwarded to DC weather or local movie theater for showings. The forwarding number I liked the most was forwarding to another telemarketer.
“””They always seem to start with a pre-recorded message saying to press 1 which then routes you...””
You actually pressed 1?
If you get the recording when you press”1”, then give them the name/number of the local FBI.
I called the Attorney General’s office in Raleigh. Basically there is nothing you can do.
I get those calls all the time. They change the phone number often so you can’t report calls coming from the same number.
The part that really frosts me is if a live person was calling that often you would have legal recourse.
What is needed is Call Block by area code. Or allow calls only from selected area codes.
I’m sure it’s doable.
From what I’ve read , most calls emanate through Pacific Bell. They sell these spammers a block of numbers to play with.
Nothing seems to work, except for Call Control on my cell phone. What I usually end up doing is pressing “1” as quickly as possible. Then when I get a live person, I will start by telling them to get a real job. Sometimes that starts a conversation that I can keep wasting their time. A burp in their ear sometimes accidentally happens as well. If they called my cell phone, I report the call as credit card fraud and enter it on the black list. Once I have done this, I never have to deal with a repeat call, until they switch numbers, but I figure that in wasted time, time they can’t be using on other people, and having to pay for new numbers, I am making it less profitable for them.
BTW...Do not call lists are a waste of time.
These stinking dogs will not allow you to say please do not call when you connect to a live person. When these stinking dogs hear the words "please", "stop", or "don't", they quickly hang up before you can complete your sentence. Then they call back an hour later I kid you not. I've gotten as many as three calls per day from Card Services alone. Add to that the Home Security Telemarketing Scammers is going to be in my area etc calls and it gets old fast.
I pay AT&T extra money a month not to have my numbers published or made public. I pay AT&T extra for a Ring Master Line. I pay AT& T extra for call block, anonymous call reject, and caller ID services. Is AT&T supplying their phone lines thus the reason they won't crack down on this?
These are indeed ROBO calls. About an hour after my regular number is called my ringmaster number is called as well.
Oh but it gets worse. A Ringmaster number is a non listed number used strictly as an incoming line with a distinct ring. No one but the phone company and possibly 911 operations center should have that info. I have never released my Ringmaster number on any forms public or private which should be released to anyone. I get telemarketing calls on it and they know my name.
Telemarketing companies making unsolicited calls should be required to use an identifiable and blockable national used pre-fix number like 999-***-****. Violations should carry substantial penalties payable to the consumer they are harassing.
I have noticed one thing. I have an extra line for my internet service which is dial up. It has caller ID on it also but no phone connected is connected to it usually. They never call it.