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Solar Reclaim LTD - NON STOP COLD CALLING - HELP

SteveVy
SteveVy Posts: 118 Forumite
Fourth Anniversary 10 Posts
edited 15 September 2020 at 1:05PM in Consumer rights
Hi Folks,

Hope you can help, I keep getting these calls, I told them today (nicely) to please stop ringing me! I am at work and don't want to talk to them.
When I told them to stop calling, they kept telling me they have every right, I told them to stop Cold Calling, he then proceed to tell me that I was wrong and that the NHS can cold call me to tell me about COVID-19 so why can't solar reclaim cold call me?
He then told me if national lottery was going to ring me would I want them to remove my number!
The guy was a 100% idiot and wouldn't listen to reason. .
I've tried blocking their number but they are using different numbers every time they ring as there using VOIP. None of the numbers are valid numbers they are all missing 1 digit.
They have been ringing me non-stop ever since I told them to remove my number and it's the same guy who is trying to get smart with me!
I am getting to the point where I am going to go the directors house and ask them to tell their employees to stop ringing me!!
Lilly Mae LIDDICOTT
Correspondence address
4 Grenadier Close, Shinfield, Reading, England, RG2 9EZ
Any ideas what I can do? I've blocked 12 of their numbers so far....

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  • That company was dissolved in 2019.

    Check you have the right company details before submitting a complaint to the ICO.
  • SteveVy
    SteveVy Posts: 118 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 10 Posts
    That company was dissolved in 2019.
    That company was dissolved in 2019.

    Check you have the right company details before submitting a complaint to the ICO.


    Check you have the right company details before submitting a complaint to the ICO.
    Yes I did notice this but it appears the company calling is using the same name "Solar Reclaim LTD" the calls are from UK agents...accent sounded like (manchester).

    Apart from installing a "better" call blocker on my phone , is there anyway I can find find out who this company is?
    Numbers used (For others to block)

    0748456638
    0752674828
    0752523452
    0722624738

    Notice how the numbers are not "valid" numbers...
  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 23,598 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Sixth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Get a phone with a answerphone and only answer when it's someone you know. Or with a built in call blocker and block their number.
    Life in the slow lane
  • Get a phone with a answerphone and only answer when it's someone you know. Or with a built in call blocker and block their number.
    Have you read what the op said?

    I've tried blocking their number but they are using different numbers every time they ring as there using VOIP. None of the numbers are valid numbers they are all missing 1 digit.

    I can't see how any blocker will work if they use a different number each time!

  • born_again
    born_again Posts: 23,598 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Sixth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Get a phone with a answerphone and only answer when it's someone you know. Or with a built in call blocker and block their number.
    Have you read what the op said?

    I've tried blocking their number but they are using different numbers every time they ring as there using VOIP. None of the numbers are valid numbers they are all missing 1 digit.

    I can't see how any blocker will work if they use a different number each time!

    Yes I did notice they used a blocker.
    But made no mention to answerphone. Which is a very effective blocker as you only answer what you want.
    OP's 2nd post was not there when I posted.
    Life in the slow lane
  • dinglebert
    dinglebert Posts: 1,231 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    I can't see how any blocker will work if they use a different number each time!

    The blocker I have will only allow numbers I agree to to get through.  Others have to announce who they are.  In those cases I can just reject them.  The company will soon get fed upl

  • I'd be answering them differently each time, with a mix of personal and business names.  They'll get bored eventually.

    "Hello, action Fraud, John speaking."
    "Taylor Swift & Partners, Mohammed speaking."

    etc.
  • I'd be answering them differently each time, with a mix of personal and business names.  They'll get bored eventually.

    "Hello, action Fraud, John speaking."
    "Taylor Swift & Partners, Mohammed speaking."

    etc.
    I used to know somebody who answered......
    Bedford Crematorium - You kill them, we grill them!
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    SteveVy said:
    Notice how the numbers are not "valid" numbers...
    So just reject calls from invalid numbers? Sorted.
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    edited 15 September 2020 at 3:58PM
    Truecall technology (implemented as BT Call Guardian in some BT phones) ... you set a VIP list and those numbers can call you. You set a Blocked list and those numbers don't even ring your phone. Everyone else gets a voice prompt to identify themselves and you can decide whether or not to answer the call. (This is for calls to a landline ... calls to a mobile can similarly be handled via various apps - I use Should I Answer).
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