General Chat

LOL JoyBoroAngel ,
that is brilliant :-D :-D
We have a no cold callers sign on our front door and backdoor ( which is really our side side lol) but do they take any notice ..noooo do they heck ,
if i answer the door and they are selling or preaching i just point to the sign and say can you not read, then shut the door .
Hazelx
minimousehunt ..
yours is good too :-D

LOL :-)
George's original answer is by far the best & I am sure the most successful.
Go on George you tell them - you've certainly made me laugh today. :-D

We have phone & mail preferences so don't get bothered but my son loves the cold callers. If he's not at work he'll happily keep them talking for as long as possible, like the conservatory salesman who slammed the phone down after one hours speil when my son asked if they'd put the conservatory on stilts as he lived on the fifth floor. Religion spouters soon disappear when asked if he can join but continue hes membership of black magic circle

Lol @ Joy :-D

Merlin, sounds like a good idea. You could have one that says 'You are in a queue, but your call is important blah, blah' and then play 'Greensleaves' ad nauseum. :-D

Does my head in too.

Just this morning the phone rang when I was up to my eyeballs doing something else......

One of the calls was that stupid recorded msg you sometimes get.......*don't hang up............we're from ..............*....so I hung up.

Then....an Indian man called *sam* wanted to sell me solar panels.

*sighs*

Had to re-read that Joy. thought it was Physic, Not Phsycic. enough to give them the trots. :-D

my answer phone message is

you have reached the home of the worlds greatest psychic
i already know who you are and what you want
so please replace the reciever now lol

A rather good idea is (If you have an answerphone) is to switch messages (There are usually two or three you can use) when you don,t want to be disturbed just switch to one saying you are a takeaway etc. and are busy at the moment.could be funny when you replay. :-D

i get loads of phone calls every day i get right sick
so i tell them i dont do survays
i dont need what ever they are selling
and when the computer scammers ring
i say thats good cause i dont have a computer

last week somebody from BT rang
and tried to get me to change phone companys
so i said sorry i dont have a phone
she said ops sorry
what did she think i was talking to her on
a tin of beans and a bit of string pmsl

lol @ Stray

Kevin I've read about Danny Wallace.

I just tell them to "Bog Off".it works for me.

we had JW yesterday, as soon as i opened the door he thrust a leaflet in my face asking, what does that word me to you "armagedon" i said look i havent got time for this im ont he xbox, they looked so shocked as i shut the door, so rude!


to retreat fromt he world, i get abunch of mags, and run a very hot bubble bath, n stay in till said mags are all read, :-D

Kevin - sounds like a good read, is he now bankrupt (and insane :-D)

Yes Man by Danny Wallace, read it.

Danny Wallace, a freelance radio producer for the BBC in London, takes three simple words uttered by a stranger on a bus—"Say yes more"—as a challenge and says "yes" to everything for a year. He says "yes" to pamphleteers on the street, the credit card offers stuffing his mailbox and solicitations on the Internet. He attends meetings with a group that believes aliens built the pyramids in Egypt, says "yes" to every invitation to go out on the town and furthers his career by saying "yes" in meetings with executives.

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Rose

Telephone preference can be done online but takes a month to kick in so not worth doing as you are getting a new number.
I would recommend putting the new number on the site as soon as you get it and mobiles too if you have them ..

We have our home nos and both mobiles on the Tel pref. and I did report one nos that constantly came through with texts for that scam "you can claim for your recent whiplash injury" The texts stopped!!.

Ten out of ten RR - good thinking Batman :-D

Now what I 'could' do is present the religious callers with the charity forms to fill in and not let them go till they've signed up , and the charity callers I could address with "Hi, glad you've called, do you know Jesus?" and whip out a bible....

tempting lol :-D

On my occasional forays to 'town', i.e. the city rather than the small local market towns, I get seriously fed up with the 'charity muggers' in the high street. I hate shopping anyway, and they just add to the aggro! I tend to nip down alleys and back streets to avoid them. I also hate the 'nail products' sales people in department stores who lurk about and leap out unexpectedly. Just leave me alone to shop in peace!!!!

I tried that ploy many many years ago RR - did not work for me - they started on the bible. Now I have a notice on front door for a number of years saying 'no JW's thank you' and they have to walk all the way down our long garden path before they see it as our door is at an angle from path!!!!

Worst ones are double glazing sales - heard OH ask recently - can you not use your eyes? Reply was well perhaps you would like to replace them!!!! He could not trust himself but said goodbye and closed door - then exploded!