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View jason7's Profile jason7 Flag croydon 09 Dec 15 12.56pm Send a Private Message to jason7 Add jason7 as a friend

Anyone like to string them along when you get a nuisance call.

 

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View palace777's Profile palace777 Flag belfast 09 Dec 15 1.16pm Send a Private Message to palace777 Add palace777 as a friend

yep!
just say i`ll get them for you and put the phone down.every 30 seconds say "they are just coming"
should be able to f*ck them for about 5 minutes!

 

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View Superfly's Profile Superfly Flag The sun always shines in Catford 09 Dec 15 1.38pm Send a Private Message to Superfly Add Superfly as a friend

I try and sell them PPI

 


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View barber o'reilly's Profile barber o'reilly Flag Teenage Wasteland 09 Dec 15 2.00pm Send a Private Message to barber o'reilly Add barber o'reilly as a friend

I ask them what they are wearing and then pretend to start masturbating , it usually gets rid of them quick.

 


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View Part Time James's Profile Part Time James Flag 09 Dec 15 3.28pm Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

I once had a guy ring me speaking ten to the dozen, could barely understand him so I put my phone on the sofa and watched Simpsons with the volume turned right up. I assumed the guy would've given up after a minute of hearing Homer throttling Bart, but he was still there after the whole episode going "hello? helllloooo?"

Recently I've been caught off guard twice by people saying that they have heard I had been in a car accident that wasn't my fault. The best I managed the second time was "I've never even had a driving lesson, so if I crashed a car then it would've entirely been my fault" but that was a bit crap. Got a few new ones to try (not funny, but things I want to say) if they call again.

Firstly, "oh, who told you this and who do you think you are speaking to?" because I am fairly sure all they have is my number, not much else.

Alternatively "Nope, not been in a car crash that I can remember, although I have no memory prior to June this year and I don't know why".

 




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View Part Time James's Profile Part Time James Flag 09 Dec 15 3.30pm Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Oh, the other one was "Oh god, have they found the bodies?"

 




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Quote barber o'reilly at 09 Dec 2015 2.00pm

I ask them what they are wearing and then pretend to start masturbating , it usually gets rid of them quick.


I do that when I am trying to browse in a shop and the shopkeeper asks if I need assistance.

 




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Hoof Hearted 10 Dec 15 10.10am

I quite regulary wind up the Indian guys from "Windows Error Message Centre".

They start off saying their name is Brian or Jack or Sandra then try to get remote control of your computer and a payment off you from your bank/credit card.

I've had one persevere for nearly an hour whilst I'm pretending to wait for my computer to load up and then convince him I'm following his instructions to right click/left click.

They keep asking what message is on screen and when I'm bored I announce "It says there is a lying, cheating cnut on the line!"

Some get very annoyed and try to ring you back for days to hurl abuse whereas some seem to think I'm the villain for wasting their time and get indignant!?!

The irony of it!

The other nuisance callers are the "survey" callers... I just tell them to fcuk off.

 

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View Apollofuzz's Profile Apollofuzz Flag On the edge of reason 10 Dec 15 3.57pm Send a Private Message to Apollofuzz Add Apollofuzz as a friend

I had a cold caller trying to sell Life Insurance.

Me - Thats lucky you have rung I am trying to arrange some right now.

Caller getting all excited - Good can I take some details.

We went through loads of questions with me making it all up, he then asked my profession to which I replied Bomb disposal expert in Iraq and could he hurry up as I was due to leave in 10 mins. There was a long pause then the bloke said he needed to check with his supervisor phone went quiet and then he said he was unable to help. He just put the phone down.

Also when asked about an Car accident I had had ?? "I started to sob down the phone and thanked them for reminding me that my whole family were killed in the car crash and they had undone 3 months of intense counselling.

But my Grandmother is the best, She once kept a survey company on the line for 40mins discussing what sports she does, she replied sky diving and windsurfing and was hoping to go pot holing latter in the year, in addition to indoor bowls on a Friday (that bit is true) she is 89. just as they were getting to the end of the call she said she had to go as Emmerdale was just starting and put the phone down.

 


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View anerley_eagle's Profile anerley_eagle Flag Mid Wales 10 Dec 15 4.24pm Send a Private Message to anerley_eagle Add anerley_eagle as a friend

If you are getting nuisance calls you can register for TPS. Basically it puts you on a list and it then becomes illegal to cold call you.

Not all companies stick by the rules but the majority do. It's free to register so you've got nothing to lose.

I did it and nuisance calls to me have pretty much stopped.

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View kent675's Profile kent675 Flag Bromley, Kent 10 Dec 15 4.39pm Send a Private Message to kent675 Add kent675 as a friend

Quote anerley_eagle at 10 Dec 2015 4.24pm

If you are getting nuisance calls you can register for TPS. Basically it puts you on a list and it then becomes illegal to cold call you.

Not all companies stick by the rules but the majority do. It's free to register so you've got nothing to lose.

I did it and nuisance calls to me have pretty much stopped.

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Anerley is correct, but as many are made from outside the UK, this is toothless. Suspicion is that the calls from India are actually on behalf of a UK company, so if you can string them along and find a UK company, then this TPS rule can be used.

When I'm bored, I play along and tell them that there were 6 injured people in my old MR2 which got hit by a drunk driver. Does get very tedious after a while.

 


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View doi209's Profile doi209 Flag Fighting for the weak and innocent... 10 Dec 15 4.52pm Send a Private Message to doi209 Add doi209 as a friend

Quote anerley_eagle at 10 Dec 2015 4.24pm

If you are getting nuisance calls you can register for TPS. Basically it puts you on a list and it then becomes illegal to cold call you.

Not all companies stick by the rules but the majority do. It's free to register so you've got nothing to lose.

I did it and nuisance calls to me have pretty much stopped.

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I get calls from a company who say they have a product to stop cold-calls. True.


 

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