Unwanted Calls

jims-terrano · 22-12-2015, 11:40

So ok you know what this is about, I'm having a rant again!

OK I registered with TPS years ago and hardly give out my phone numbers and email addresses. Though I suspect my children are not so careful. Over the last year or so the phone calls and texts have started becoming more frequent and in fairness not very many as I know some people are pestered to death but just the same I want to get rid of them.
I'm pretty convinced the local Skoda didn't take a blind bit of notice when I told them direct that I do not want them to pass my details on to third parties and I do not want their marketing either. I also suspect that insurance companies are the same and incidentally I only called two for the project truck one of whom often pops up on car forums, nuf said. I also know that TPS have no powers over foreign call centres.

Has anyone got any ideas to cut these calls and texts out?

don simon · 22-12-2015, 11:50

I just cut them off mid sentence.

I had a guy offering me compensation for my accident of three years ago. he had no details of the accident ( I had my last accident in the early 90s), nor details of the insurer, nor of me apparently except my number. But if I gave him my personal details he would chase it up.... Bless him...

jims-terrano · 22-12-2015, 11:53

Sadly cutting them off doesn't remove your number or stop them from getting it. Although apparently some numbers are just randomly generated by more flippin technology

don simon · 22-12-2015, 11:57

I only use the mobile and don't pick up unrecognised numbers, unless I'm expecting a call from an unknown source, hence picking up for Mr Dippy Accident Claim Guy. If it's important, they'll leave a message.
I guess it's just something that we have to live with, unfortunately. The other side is that legit business callers are just some poor minimum wage sap who's just doing the job they're told to do.
Spam emails from interior design companies is an all together different matter!!!

panelbeater · 22-12-2015, 12:05

i must be lucky as i do not get any.
no home phone plugged in and just use my 2 mobile sims.

jonela · 22-12-2015, 12:13

I did read about a guy who got a premium number or something and every time someone rang him it cost them, and the longer he kept them on the more he got, now that's pay back

don simon · 22-12-2015, 12:26

Could try this http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/ch...ail/story.html a bit extreme though

quixote · 22-12-2015, 12:46

I just hang up. Screw being polite.

Or you could try this . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfsdkGeMc8

macabethiel · 22-12-2015, 12:54

B.T. call minder is the answer for a land line with them. When you ring someone with this installed the system asks the caller to state their name if it is not on your list of those you have authorised they do not get connected.

Plus a load of other features a mate of mine had it and I have to state my surname first for it to ring them. If you are not on the list I think it goes to a type of ansaphone.

emjaybee · 22-12-2015, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by quixote

I just hang up. Screw being polite.

Or you could try this . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfsdkGeMc8

I tend to just give them a string of foul mouthed abuse until they hang up. I find it immensely cathartic!

AlexD333 · 22-12-2015, 13:28

I get many aggravating calls, most recently yesterday in fact I got this number, they called 3 times in a row 0002038072090

many witheld numbers too...

there was a mobile phone app called phone ninja that sorted all this out for you.

took a bit of setting up tho. if connected to the net it would tell you who was calling too (eg shops)

example - opticians calling me, I did not have number saved in phone but It came up on screen with location and company during the ringing, quite clever

jims-terrano · 22-12-2015, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by quixote

I just hang up. Screw being polite.

Or you could try this . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfsdkGeMc8

That was funny!

jims-terrano · 22-12-2015, 13:34

I guess it's come to my attention more today because im off work now until the new year. Think landline is more frustrating because I can't tell who's number is calling. Don't think virgin on the ridiculous has any call monitoring stuff like bt.

Sweety · 22-12-2015, 13:41

We get loads

but the biggest problem is so many companies are selling off our details or companies are using auto dialers

i've threatened legal action against a few companies that have called & after a while they have stopped calling but not all so they end up getting some abuse down the phone or depending on how we feel we waste their time & wind them up, the Son had one company on the phone for 20 mins & told them he lived in a caravan (they phoned the house number) in the end they hung up after he shouted "you can't put the baby in the blender & put the f**king hammer down

kitchenman · 22-12-2015, 13:53

I bought a gadget from Maplin CPR Callblocker for my landline
Also on my mobile I have an app called Truecaller, this is the canine gonads or dogs bollocks if you like, anyway it gives you the name of the caller and the option to put them on a black list, they also do something similar for texts. They seem to have a huge database of numbers

22-12-2015, 11:40	#1
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	Unwanted Calls So ok you know what this is about, I'm having a rant again! OK I registered with TPS years ago and hardly give out my phone numbers and email addresses. Though I suspect my children are not so careful. Over the last year or so the phone calls and texts have started becoming more frequent and in fairness not very many as I know some people are pestered to death but just the same I want to get rid of them. I'm pretty convinced the local Skoda didn't take a blind bit of notice when I told them direct that I do not want them to pass my details on to third parties and I do not want their marketing either. I also suspect that insurance companies are the same and incidentally I only called two for the project truck one of whom often pops up on car forums, nuf said. I also know that TPS have no powers over foreign call centres. Has anyone got any ideas to cut these calls and texts out?

22-12-2015, 11:50	#2
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	I just cut them off mid sentence. I had a guy offering me compensation for my accident of three years ago. he had no details of the accident ( I had my last accident in the early 90s), nor details of the insurer, nor of me apparently except my number. But if I gave him my personal details he would chase it up.... Bless him...

22-12-2015, 11:53	#3
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	Sadly cutting them off doesn't remove your number or stop them from getting it. Although apparently some numbers are just randomly generated by more flippin technology

22-12-2015, 11:57	#4
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	I only use the mobile and don't pick up unrecognised numbers, unless I'm expecting a call from an unknown source, hence picking up for Mr Dippy Accident Claim Guy. If it's important, they'll leave a message. I guess it's just something that we have to live with, unfortunately. The other side is that legit business callers are just some poor minimum wage sap who's just doing the job they're told to do. Spam emails from interior design companies is an all together different matter!!!

22-12-2015, 12:05	#5
panelbeater Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: clacton on sea essex Vehicle: nissan terrano 2 2.7 tdi Posts: 1,638	i must be lucky as i do not get any. no home phone plugged in and just use my 2 mobile sims.

22-12-2015, 12:13	#6
jonela Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Chateaunef du Faou, France Vehicle: 2000 LWB SE+ Posts: 906	I did read about a guy who got a premium number or something and every time someone rang him it cost them, and the longer he kept them on the more he got, now that's pay back

22-12-2015, 12:26	#7
don simon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Gone. Vehicle: Terrano ii Posts: 2,215	Could try this http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/ch...ail/story.html a bit extreme though

22-12-2015, 12:46	#8
quixote Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Near Dundee, Scotland Vehicle: Nissan Terrano 3.0 Posts: 482	I just hang up. Screw being polite. Or you could try this . . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfsdkGeMc8

22-12-2015, 12:54	#9
macabethiel Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Derby Vehicle: Freelander & Jeep GC 3.0 Posts: 4,416	B.T. call minder is the answer for a land line with them. When you ring someone with this installed the system asks the caller to state their name if it is not on your list of those you have authorised they do not get connected. Plus a load of other features a mate of mine had it and I have to state my surname first for it to ring them. If you are not on the list I think it goes to a type of ansaphone.

22-12-2015, 13:28	#11
AlexD333 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Uk Vehicle: 2004 Terrano 2.7 TDI Posts: 7,847	I get many aggravating calls, most recently yesterday in fact I got this number, they called 3 times in a row 0002038072090 many witheld numbers too... there was a mobile phone app called phone ninja that sorted all this out for you. took a bit of setting up tho. if connected to the net it would tell you who was calling too (eg shops) example - opticians calling me, I did not have number saved in phone but It came up on screen with location and company during the ringing, quite clever

22-12-2015, 13:34	#13
jims-terrano Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: UK Posts: 12,965	I guess it's come to my attention more today because im off work now until the new year. Think landline is more frustrating because I can't tell who's number is calling. Don't think virgin on the ridiculous has any call monitoring stuff like bt.

22-12-2015, 13:41	#14
Sweety Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northumberland Vehicle: Terrano 2.7TDI SE LWB Posts: 3,604	We get loads but the biggest problem is so many companies are selling off our details or companies are using auto dialers i've threatened legal action against a few companies that have called & after a while they have stopped calling but not all so they end up getting some abuse down the phone or depending on how we feel we waste their time & wind them up, the Son had one company on the phone for 20 mins & told them he lived in a caravan (they phoned the house number) in the end they hung up after he shouted "you can't put the baby in the blender & put the f**king hammer down

22-12-2015, 13:53	#15
kitchenman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Essex Wescliff Vehicle: maverick 1994 2.7 TD Posts: 1,278	I bought a gadget from Maplin CPR Callblocker for my landline Also on my mobile I have an app called Truecaller, this is the canine gonads or dogs bollocks if you like, anyway it gives you the name of the caller and the option to put them on a black list, they also do something similar for texts. They seem to have a huge database of numbers