General Chat

As my wife is away visiting children and relations in the London area I need to answer the phone when it rings.yesterday I had four calls about phones,two from India I think and I have lost count of the number of prizes and free holidays that I have won.am I alone. or do others have this problem, how can it be stopped

Hi Register with TPS and that should put a stop to them. You can do it online it does take about 28 days though! Diane:))

use to get them but got a phone no. off friend phoned this no. and dont get them now will hunt it out for you if you like ann xx

unwanted calls TEL.0845 0700707 it might take a couple of weeks to work ann xx

Thank you Diane & Lee,Annie. & EM C for your quick replies I shall start to sort this out A.S.A.P.It was so bad yesterday that in the end I didnt want to answer the phone.I did'nt even want one any more,and i still have three unanswered messages on the answer phone

a few months ago we were getting unwanted phone calls from someone selling something it went on for ages and they phoned all times of the day and night and couldnt get btr to help they just said put the phone down we begged then to help but the would so in the end we told them to stick the servicew and now we r with another phone operater

Think you can register online, I did and all I get, only recently, are these recorded message calls with an American voice telling you to press 9 I think I usually hang up before they get to the end of the message. But I have had no other junk calls since. Brilliant. I've also done the same with the post.

How do you stop rubbish post please Diane?

Hi Christine Unfortunately the American nuisance calls are a recorded message so the whistle etc wouldn't work :(( Chrissie

I have a ploy when they call trying to sell me something and can have fun when i am not busy. I let them do their spiell, make an appointment and then suddenly remember i ''have a court appearance that day with regard to my CCJ's mounting up'' Suddenly they dont want to come anymore.... Funny isn't it? Jess xx who never has had a CCJ....!!

You are not alone , and I think they are an intrusion too far. You can't NOT answer, as you said, it could be family in need. It also takes a little while before you realize what is going on. Deanna

Thanks for the Information re Preference Mailing Service. Do I just contact the Post Office?

Thanks Christine - off to look now :))

Hi William TPS is very good: http://www.tpsonline.org(.)uk/tps/ Bt Privacy is new and free too. You just need to have your line renatal with them and a caller display telephone for the caller ID: http://www.bt(.)com/btprivacy/ Mailing Preference Service: http://www.mpsonline.org(.)uk/mpsr/ Remove () Vikki xx

Hi I also send the little amount of unwanted post that I do get now, back to the company, in their return envelopes. Just putting return to sender doesnt stop them but if you use their envelopes they soon realise its costing them more money! I havent had any more post from the ones ive returned. Just make sure you put the part with your address on in the envelope. Vikki xx

Christine - agree with everything you say. I did read somewhere that you have to ask them to take you off their mailing list. I did this for my Dad when he was getting conned by postal 'lotteries'. I sent it back in their envelope, & told them to take his name off their register. We don't get very many ever now. Apparently these conmen 'sell' what they call 'sucker' lists to other crooks, once you have replied. William - try getting a digital phone & get 'caller id' from BT, then you don't need to pick up calls that have no number showing. Joan

Tell me about it!! We get loads of those credit card applications, with names, addresses even dates of birth!! We shred them too, but ring them first if you can then they have to take your name off!! It does stop a lot of them. I think there should be a law against them doing it, invasion of privacy, etc!! Joan

Please subscribe to the Telephone Preference Service. It really does work. Only occasionally do we have a ''you have won a prize'' call. :-) Joy

I had a really good one, somebody called the other day and asked me if they could ask me one question, I said 'you just have' and put the phone down! I usually stop them before they start their pre-rehearsed speech and tell them I am ex-directory because I don't want unsolicited calls, if this fails to halt them I put the phone down on them. I don't feel guilty about it, I didn't ask them to call me! Jak

The only way to remove yourself from unwanted calls lists outside uk at the moment ( according to Bt) is to stay on the line and phone the freephone number given. Ask to be taken off their list when you are connected. Beware though, as an earlier post suggested that these 'freephone' numbers lead to a premium service. I kept getting 'you have won a Bahamas Holiday' call and eventually phoned their freephone number. I told them very rudely I would sue their a*ses if they ever phoned me again. They havent as yet and that was 4 months ago now. Vikki xx