nuisance telephone calls

[laura_lou7]

does anyone know the website I sign up to to stop recieving nuisance calls?

[Postdog]

by nuisance, if you mean sales companies, try this.

http://www.dmaconsumers.org/offtelephonelist.h tml

If you mean heavy breathers, try your phone company.

[laura_lou7]

I mean sales type companies - does anyone know the free service you can use? I know it exists because I used it at my previous address, I just can't recall the name

[Postdog]

what. like the one I gave you already....! TPS

[Postdog]

Whoops, just looked at it, and it looks like the American one. This is the UK one.

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

[laura_lou7]

thank you!

[Lonnie]

The best thing for company type calls, is your phone company, get them to put a 'stop' on your phone, it costs a little, but its worth it.

What happens is, the company's use a computor to dial, and even when there's no-one in attendance, it still dials, so when you pick the phone up, there's no answer.

Costs about a pound a week, depending on your phone company, but you only need to keep it for about three months, thats what I did, and had no calls since,

[markja]

do as post dog says,join the tps stopped 95% ofcalls. the ones that get through ,if youv'e got time, have a bit of fun with. i got one saying i had been 'specially chosen' i kept them on the line for ten minutes whilst running backwards and forwards making a cup of coffee, transfering them to my office? (just closing the door loudly waitting a minute then opening it and saying i'm now in my office) telling my wife i've been specially chosen in a loud excited voice and asking her how wonderfull that is 'coz i've never been special before! in the end i said got to go, my dinner's ready. bye! never did find out what they were selling. ah well, my loss.

[Windinmyhair]

I love it Markja!
Thanks for the info guys. I've gone and registered too. I've also sent the link to a bunch of friends and family!
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