Private investigators?!?!?

Turning_into_scrooge

Toots wrote:

Hi Turning_into_scrooge,

What exactly do you mean when you say they companies' systems automatically unblock your number? Do you really mean that they can find out your number even if you dial 141 first ?
I've arranged with Post Office telephones that anyone who dials my Dad and withholds their number is blocked from getting through. Their systems can't remove this block can they?

Does BT know about this?

Toots

yes and yes and yes. BT sell the system. They dial out using another system so if they dial 141 then the number will still come up as withheld on your fathers phone but the phone will ring.

EDIT: usles info but i bet you also are not aware tht most land line numbers from the UK will show up on caller display in the US

Greensprout

You could just ring from a phone box...

Gem_

Toots - can you give me the details of this service? my gran is getting loads of 'new kitchen' calls and we cant seem to train her to hang up!

Gem

anewman

Call the 0800 from a phone box maybe? It should be free and if they call the phone box that's their problem lol

Gem_ wrote:

Toots - can you give me the details of this service? my gran is getting loads of 'new kitchen' calls and we cant seem to train her to hang up!

One suggestion I read on how to handle these is to agree for them to come out. They make a special journey, knock on your door, tell you who they are. You tell them to get lost, they'll be very unhappy they made a special journey out to you and you won't get anymore phone calls.

You could also be there to answer the phone calls on her behalf and talk about silly things with them to waste their time. Insist you believe the caller is your long lost deceased husband who also used to sell kitchens and make a big discussion out of it. Or ask if they enjoyed the most recent big brother series. Ask how their mother is after leaving jail. All that sort of crazy stuff just to waste their time and make them regret ever dialling the number.

Liney_2

What is the point of 141 if they can block you withholding your number?

V_Chic_Chick

Liney wrote:

What is the point of 141 if they can block you withholding your number?

For domestic calls - you ringing your ex.