Do Not Call lists and scams- what a joke (20 year old, husband, family)
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My elderly parents get 4-5 calls when I visit over a afternoon. Me, I get none. I wonder how they got on the call lists. They have placed themselves on the Fed, State, and whatever else do-not call list available out there.
I've placed myself on the list as well and it's still working five years later. I don't give out my number that easily to marketers or to political groups. I have a feeling my father's problems with getting called has to do with this staunch support of the RNC.
I am on the do not call list but still manage to get a couple of calls/month. When possible I interrupt the pitch to get right to the company's name. I make sure it repeat it and then let them know that I would never deal with a low life, scum bucket bunch of spammers. Usually that ends the call.
Wonder what damage an ill-minded caller could do to you for that? Wonder if they could escalate the calls more - for instance, but giving your number to more callers just to make sure you irritated even more. My father often gives the callers a piece of his mind - wonder if they retaliated some way.
I wouldn't go that far but I sure lost my temper when I was health care proxy for my cousin. I waited anxiously for those phone calls from the medical people who were supposed to call me back and my heart was in my throat every time the phone rang. I did not need a telemarketer invading and tying up the phone at a time like that.
I went through that when my mom was dying.... and when the telemarketers called I would say -- "I'm sorry, but I'm in the middle if a family crisis, and I need to keep this line free. "
And then I'd hang up. On the way down to the cradle, I could hear people apologizing. Except one...who got angry....and if I had listened to whoever it was, I would done my level best to have him fired. Would have given me something constructive to do while waiting for the bad news or worse news... or worse than that news...
I wouldn't go that far but I sure lost my temper when I was health care proxy for my cousin. I waited anxiously for those phone calls from the medical people who were supposed to call me back and my heart was in my throat every time the phone rang. I did not need a telemarketer invading and tying up the phone at a time like that.
I probably wouldn't go that far either, for Telemarketers, but its really is aggravating because these people like to wait till Dinner time to call, knowing you will likely be home. I don't get many of those calls from Marketers anymore. I used the old "turn around" talk on a couple a few years ago, and they hung up on me. I listened to what they had to say, then told them I was eating Dinner, but would be glad to discuss it further. I asked her what time she got off and ate dinner, and for her home phone number. She didn't say anything for a minute and then said they did not give out personal phone numbers. So I asked her if she did not want me calling her at home, at Dinner time, what made her think that I would want her to do it. She said nothing and hung up. Being on the "No Call" list does help also.
When the caller from "Microsoft" calls I advise him that I was calling the police. That ends the call.
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