Election Day Phone Calls

[Nyboy]

All morning nothing but recorded massages from people running for office today. I am getting tired of stopping what I am doing to answer the phone. I did enjoy free coffee from the Mayor at deli today. Sign at coffee machine said all day all coffee on our Mayor

 

[baymule]

I love caller ID. If I get an 800 number I don't answer it.

 

[jackb]

I installed a Sentry 2 call monitoring system two years ago. It intercepts all unwanted calls including political calls.

 

[Nyboy]

Business line i have to answer all calls. You never know, one very famous client's phone ID comes up as a carpet cleaning company

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yeah, business is different than private life. Did you notice that when the regulations came out about the "Do not call" registry politicians exempted themselves from that?

 

[digitS']

"Do not call" registry

I have no idea what good that thing does. It seems like there is virtually no enforcement for our home phone.

I updated our phone #'s twice since initially signing on. It might be that cellphone #'s have more enforcement but the house phone receives several call each and every day.

Recently, there was a credit card outfit. The ID looked like it might be a Houston bank. Checked a little online, the actual bank had a kind of disavow of the card company. A public: Not Them!

By the time I had finished with that little exercise, a Houston security outfit called on my cellphone #! So, it might be that defense triggers another effort to sell security service! How legit are the "who called" sites?

Being a consumer cynic isn't much fun but being prey ... less so.

Steve

 

[Ridgerunner]

Steve, that do not call list stops most legitimate businesses from calling. It does nothing to help against crooks. It's something like putting a lock on your door, that keeps honest people honest.

On occasion, when I get a human calling and I feel polite (not often for either or those), I may ask why the "Do not call" list doesn't apply to them. They normally hang up pretty quickly. The ones that mumble a quick apology tend to not call back. The others, well crooks are crooks.

My opinion only, of course, but if anyone is offended by this they probably should be.

 

[Nyboy]

A lot of times I just hang up the phone without saying a word

 

[so lucky]

I have deduced (Maybe wrongly) that those telemarketers keep on calling till they can talk to someone. The same number has called me at least 5 times.
I *think* that if you tell them to stop calling you, they do. But that means you have to answer the call. Often it appears to be a call from my own area code and prefix.
Lately I have been answering those calls. When they say "Can you hear me OK?" I say "Do not call me again" and hang up.

Even if it doesn't work, it makes me feel assertive, lol.

 

[ninnymary]

I let my machine run. If it's someone I know I quickly pick up. Otherwise I just let the phone ring. Occasionally I like to pick up and say Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, can't hear you and hang up. I enjoy pulling their chain, haha.

Mary