Topic: Help! cold calling phone calls

[artichoke]

I'm with Antipodes - our calls are mostly people trying to scratch a living in difficult times. I listen briefly to make sure it is no-one I need to deal with, thank them and put the phone down. No-one gets time to swear at me.

[lincsyokel2]

I'm with Antipodes - our calls are mostly people trying to scratch a living in difficult times. I listen briefly to make sure it is no-one I need to deal with, thank them and put the phone down. No-one gets time to swear at me.

I differentiate between annoying cold callers (eg double glazing) and scammers (usually nigerians ringing from europe).  The latter i hate.

[Shirley]

If it is "withheld" "unavailable" "international" then the phone here doesn't  get answered.  You can identify others, usually an 0845 number,  by checking, either by  dialling 1471 or caller display.

http://whocallsme.com/

[pumkinlover]

We have friends who have number withheld, or if they phone me up from work it comes up the same, so we cannot ignore them. I think we are lucky compared to the number of calls some of you get, since on TPS it is very rare.
Occasionally get chance to bring out my crazy alter ego and ramble on for a while, but usually I'm so irritated at having to run up the garden to answer the phone that I am a bit snappy.
They should never subject someone to swearing like LuckyCharlie has had to put up with :(