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Energy company rings me despite me asking for no more calls

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  • Reggie_Rebel
    Reggie_Rebel Posts: 5,036 Forumite
    Ask if they want to talk about God
    It's taken me years of experience to get this cynical
  • crazyguy
    crazyguy Posts: 5,495 Forumite
    Ask if they want to talk about God


    Either that or say :- Jesus loves you but I think your a [EMAIL="C@#t"]C@#t[/EMAIL]

    This also works quite well !
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The agents on the phone will often close a call without bothering to remove your number as requested. So ask to speak to a supervisor. Ask them for their name, the name and address of their company and tell them you want your number removed. If they still call then make a written complaint.

    If you have their telephone number then go onto moneysupermarket and sign them up for fake quotes using their number. They'll get other companies calling them non-stop. Hopefullt their phone lines will implode. :D
    The man without a signature.
  • jess1974
    jess1974 Posts: 1,019 Forumite
    I would also not be without caller display, i don't know why or how but ours is free aswell.......
  • savemoney
    savemoney Posts: 18,125 Forumite
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    edited 5 July 2011 at 4:59PM
    Get a truecall device it may cost over £80 but it cuts over 99% cold callers, in my case ins never once let a cold caller in in over 15 months and I block known numbers and or you can create whitelist to allow friends to call you

    Its best bit of equipment I have had since I got my first pvr 10 years ago, you can monitor calls in/out and record conversations when you buy £20 sd card it also extras TrueCall Extra. It includes a range of new features to control unrecognised mobile phone callers, international callers and calls at night. You can find a full list of features here.

    You can also monitor calls via web interface so you could do this anywhere in the world

    It worked for me past 2 months blocking Scottish power using two numbers, companies dont listen to you when you tell them to stop
  • bigpound
    bigpound Posts: 259 Forumite
    My phone lets me block callers, so when they ring it simply rings silently and I don't even know about it. :)
  • jhe
    jhe Posts: 1,826 Forumite
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    register with the telephone preference agency. tell them when they phone again you are registered and should not be receiving unsolicited phone calls, as long as its not some indian call centre they apologise quickly and dont bother me again.
  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,414 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ask them for their home phone number so you can call them back later - leaves them speechless!!
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • KierNet
    KierNet Posts: 2,775 Forumite
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    Ask them for their home phone number so you can call them back later - leaves them speechless!!

    Brilliant idea!
    What is pi? Where did it come from?
  • tallyhoh
    tallyhoh Posts: 2,307 Forumite
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    Its probably British gas, I had to ask them time & time again not to ring me
    Tallyhoh! Stopped Smoking October 2000. Saved £29382.50 so far!
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