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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 547
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I get 3-9 calls a day on my land line from these people. No technique seems to slow them down. I think they want me to do some market research for them - and I have no desire to.
Nothing seems to slow them down. Abuse, telling them I will never participate, heavy breathing, no breathing or talking, they just keep calling. I am on the Do Not Call register, but it seems to make no difference. Any ideas of what to do? |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,252
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Change your number maybe?
i recently got a 'private' call from an 'overseas' salesperson going on about how i been paying my electricity bills on time so i'm entitled to a discount of some sort, somehow??? Problem was i could'nt even understand what company they were actually from and i asked a few times. Just hung up! |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Victoria, The no fun state
Posts: 1,668
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put your number on the no call register had the same issue then put my number on this and they all stopped problem solved.
https://www.donotcall.gov.au/ |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 547
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Boza, we are already on the do not call register, so I have logged a complaint today.
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born to be mild
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: adelaide
Posts: 124
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Just end call without answering, or let the number ring out, then block caller. I get hounded from time to time from some tnucs trying to sell me rubbish, always the same number except for the last digit. eventually they give up.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,198
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The do not call register doesn't apply to overseas callers, only Australian companies.
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RS The Faster Fords
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Location: Westralia
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I normally try to sell them something back 'sorry not interested in your product but I've got this old tele, can I do you a deal on it'
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Location: sydney
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All Bran = Regular Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: BrizVegas
Posts: 1,970
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Do you have to answer the phone?
Our phone (Panasonic) always had an answering machine but we finally set it up 12 months ago. Anyone I want to ring me has my mobile number - everyone else can wait for me to check messages (but telemarketers never leave a message). The "beep, beep, beep" at the end of the recorded message is deeply satisfying.
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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
Posts: 49,086
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I don't even answer the home phone anymore
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Sth Coast NSW
Posts: 1,512
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Otherwise you should look into why you need a landline phone, particularly with Naked ADSL, etc, VOIP for phonecalls, etc. |
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: SA
Posts: 1,556
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Forward to me and I will lecture the caller on the Franco-Prussian war (or something) for a few hours.
They won't call back. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 889
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We are on the Do Not Call register, but it does not stop 'junkcalls' from heavily accented people who call from overseas, and direct them through local untraceable numbers.
We used to get a lot of 'overseas' calls, so we had Telstra make our land line unable to accept these calls. Win there. We also get unsolicited calls on our mobiles, and these numbers are known only to family and friends, (and to who-ever else ..... hotels, motels, service providers, retailers, car mechanics ...... when you have to provide a contact number), so you can't win on privacy. Whatever it is, I just say "Not interested" and hang up before they complete their spiel. Annoying, but the way of the world at this time. |
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Experienced Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Australasia
Posts: 7,564
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I put their numbers in my phone call block feature, never hear from them any more since the phone terminates these calls without disturbing me , peaceful bliss.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 7,698
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ever since we went with NBN and got a VOIP phone number (nearly 12 months ago) not one call has been received except from people we know - so no Indians selling or surveying - zip, zero, naught, none - it is blissful
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 1,547
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I feel sorry for the Indian that rings his local pizza shop to order a feed, and gets hung up on as soon as they hear his accent.
I still have a land line as my house alarm uses it to ring my mobile if it is triggered - what are my options moving forward with all this NBN and VOIP stuff? Do I need to retain the landline for the house alarm, or is there another way I can do it? |
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: SA
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 8
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I heard a funny story on the radio where they set up a fake murder audio scenario the call was answered in the middle of a domestic argument and left off the hook while the actors continued with victim and perpetrator scuffling arguing threatening screaming & then silence , cops immediately turn up due to a report and pick up the phone & proceed to ask caller for details as they are a witness to a murder ! Needless to say they hung up , very funny skit
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Barossa Valley, South Australia
Posts: 3,381
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If they are calling on behalf of an Australian company, find out which company and then promptly inform them you are on the do not call register and you will be lodging a complaint.
If it's an overseas scam call, then there is nothing you can do. Best bet is to get yourself an unlisted number (this is different to a silent number which you have to pay for that privilege! ) That should get rid of the majority. Apart from that, have your home phone go straight to answering machine without ringing. Legitimate calls will leave a message, others won't. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk
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