Afternoon nap

jonnyd281

I hung up on one of these calls a couple of weeks ago - cheeky bleeder rang back and said we seem to have been disconnected, the phone was particularly bad that day because it very quickly disconnected again :-)

Squire_Fulwood

There is another thread running on this board

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1002087

Which is on a similar topic and was started in 2008. It has an idea in it which I have adopted to see how it goes.

Get another (free) number from Sipgate and set it to voicemail. When a message is in the voicemail box it sends you an email to your computer.

Obviously this is the sort of number to give out to the nuisances.

System

Squire_Fulwood wrote: »

There is another thread running on this board

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1002087

Which is on a similar topic and was started in 2008. It has an idea in it which I have adopted to see how it goes.

Get another (free) number from Sipgate and set it to voicemail. When a message is in the voicemail box it sends you an email to your computer.

Obviously this is the sort of number to give out to the nuisances.

You do realise its the afternoon? Shouldn't you be napping

Squire_Fulwood

Insomnia waiting for the phone to ring.

Squire_Fulwood

qetu1357 wrote: »

This will get rid of most of them but some companies have machines that dial random (well not totally random) numbers until they get an answer.

This one asked for me by name so I don't think it was random. I am leaning towards the possibility that one of the firms that asked for my number "In case the delivery man needs it" is selling off personal details.

On an old sore point of mine I got an email saying that a large DIY store was having a sale and I could get some if I joined something or other. To join you had to give your mobile number and it was asterisked. So you could only go to the sale if you owned a mobile phone.

I suppose that if I joined that my nap would be disturbed by my mobile ringing as well.

Money_maker

Funny how one manages to mix up ones digits of ones mobile number.

Squire_Fulwood

Money_maker wrote: »

Funny how one manages to mix up ones digits of ones mobile number.

Even funnier if you don't actually own one.

I have written on here before about trying to explain to my bank that I didn't own one (at that time) and I asked them if they were going to supply one. They said they would not and as a result I would get a "reduced" banking service.

I liked the Google one though. They insisted I gave them my (non existent) mobile number and I also asked them if they were going to provide it. Another poster called Happy Cabbie came on and extolled the virtues of giving them my number. Then I discovered that other people had asked them the same questions and sure enough Happy Cabbie joined in again. I think he was biased.

Squire_Fulwood

fluffnutter wrote: »

Sign up with TPS and don't give your number out unless you're confident that it won't be passed on. When buying things on the interweb, don't list your number. Why would they need it? They've got your email address and can use that to contact you. If the number is a mandatory field, use something like 0111 1111111 or some other number that doesn't exist.

The less your number is 'out there' the fewer calls you get. I don't get any and I'm thankful for it. Get a few texts on my mobile though, but this is because I've been less cautious with the number.

I agree with everything you say and I signed up with TPS in 2002 and have always been ex directory. Buying stuff usually means them asking for a contact "In case the delivery man needs it". Annoyingly two delivery men have had a need to phone in the past so that is not such a rubbish idea.

The problem is that one of those firms is suffering from Function Creep and selling information so I have two options.

Find out who it is (unlikely)

Give them another number (The Sipgate one is a front runner for this purpose).

Martyn_H

Just had a call from an Indian-sounding woman. She asked for a member of my family by name. I said that we had no issues with any banks and to please delete our number from their records.

Skintmama

002078700199 also called me and asked for me by name. Same old tosh about bank refund. I assumed it was a scam, explained I didn't require their services, thanked her and hung up. At least the lady was polite, unlike some of these callers who are so stroppy when one doesn't take the bait.