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Stop anoying telephone people

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Hi all,

Is there way to stop anoying telephone calls we seem at the min to be geting like 20 calls a day.

Any help be good thanks
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  • Bongedone
    Bongedone Posts: 2,457 Forumite
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    Telephone preference service: -

    http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

    Won't stop them all. Especially the annoying repair your Sky box ones. They just don't take any notice.
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    If you are a BT customer you can also sign up for BT Privacy free of charge, which includes free caller display (used to cost per quarter) and also includes registration on the TPS as above.
  • buyitall
    buyitall Posts: 3,597 Forumite
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    Since joining the TPS, I'd say about 95% of those annoying calls have stopped for us.
  • Stubert
    Stubert Posts: 733 Forumite
    We still get quite a few of these calls despite being on TPS and the companies that do it just don't care when you mention it to them that they shouldn't be ringing.
  • timestar
    timestar Posts: 210 Forumite
    Being TPS registered can help but - as some have said - won't stop all. Try just saying "Sorry, give me a second" and then walk away as the call costs them.
  • isofa
    isofa Posts: 6,091 Forumite
    We don't get any at all. We are ex-directory and been on the TPS and BT privacy since we moved here.

    If they constantly bother you, you can report them, as if they aren't checking against the TPS I'm sure they will be breaching some law or other...
  • C_Ronaldo
    C_Ronaldo Posts: 4,732 Forumite
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    millwalll wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Is there way to stop anoying telephone calls we seem at the min to be geting like 20 calls a day.

    Any help be good thanks

    did you watch dom jolys complainers, tell the telephone operator bad jokes,
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  • spud17
    spud17 Posts: 4,433 Forumite
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    Stubert wrote: »
    We still get quite a few of these calls despite being on TPS and the companies that do it just don't care when you mention it to them that they shouldn't be ringing.

    I used to get that, then I started getting "TPS is for people selling goods/services, but we are conducting a survey, therefore we are exempt".

    Now I say "hang on I'll get X" and leave them hanging on.
    Move along, nothing to see.
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,016 Forumite
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    isofa wrote: »
    If you are a BT customer you can also sign up for BT Privacy free of charge, which includes free caller display (used to cost per quarter) and also includes registration on the TPS as above.

    Those nice people at BT have been charging me 2 quid a month for something I can get for free. Another BT "We Care" moment. Where's my Christmas card list...
    XLN all the way, business folks.. put some manners on those clowns at BT.

    Cheers isofa.
  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    I loved that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry gets a marketing call and he says "I'm a bit busy at the minute, why don't you give me your home number and then I'll call you back later". The person on the other end of the phone says he can't do that, and Jerry says "I guess you don't want people calling you at home" and then puts the phone down.
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