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patevans
22-02-2010, 02:05 PM
I keep getting calls on my landline from international unavailable numbers for Mr Johnson (they vary from Mr and Mrs to Mrs or just Mr) I am getting these every single day up to 3 times and its driving me nuts :angry:
How can I stop them? I am registered with TPS and am ex-directory!!
Minstrel
22-02-2010, 02:07 PM
Don't answer them in the first place. Once they get a 'hook' they will harress you even more!
Chatterbox Childcare
22-02-2010, 02:10 PM
Contact the police and they should be able to take care of nuisance calls and trace them back, even if they are international.
patevans
22-02-2010, 02:12 PM
Don't answer them in the first place. Once they get a 'hook' they will harress you even more!
I have put the phone on silent as I only have it because of Ofsetd and my internet but this has been going on for months and months and they wont stop :angry:
Minstrel
22-02-2010, 02:14 PM
I sympathise because my phone rings and 75% of the time it's junk and it drives me mad!
patevans
22-02-2010, 02:16 PM
I sympathise because my phone rings and 75% of the time it's junk and it drives me mad!
Might answer and say taxi's :laughing:
littlestar
22-02-2010, 02:42 PM
:laughing: answer and say "the shops shut we are tracing this call stay on the line" they might get scared :laughing:
ORKSIE
22-02-2010, 02:47 PM
Answer it, but dont hang up!! leave the phone on the side:D
Ripeberry
22-02-2010, 02:55 PM
Get an answering machine, that usually deters them :D
patevans
22-02-2010, 03:21 PM
haha might try them all :laughing:
LOOPYLISA
22-02-2010, 03:50 PM
I sympathise because my phone rings and 75% of the time it's junk and it drives me mad!
Snap :panic:
Pipsqueak
22-02-2010, 04:11 PM
have a whistle and blow it very hard down the phone:D
hand the phone to my 3 yr old mindee she could talk the hind legs off a donkey
what do they say when you say he is not there
sandy64
22-02-2010, 04:20 PM
have a whistle and blow it very hard down the phone:D
i like that lol :laughing: i get tons of calls selling insurance mortgages,but my luck id blow a whistle and it would be ofsted or a parent looking for childcare:laughing:
charleyfarley
22-02-2010, 04:24 PM
Answer it, but dont hang up!! leave the phone on the side:D
:laughing: :laughing: That's what I do :thumbsup: Did it to sky the other day as I was fed up of telling them Daz works during the day :angry:
Carol xx
littlestar
22-02-2010, 05:11 PM
hi thought some or maybe all by reading the posts maybe interested in this site
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/
hope it helps
devoncm
22-02-2010, 05:22 PM
hand the phone to my 3 yr old mindee she could talk the hind legs off a donkey
what do they say when you say he is not there
I done that when my dd2 was small, she still doesnt stop talking but gets embarrassed now
Amaranth
22-02-2010, 05:24 PM
I used to get these too :rolleyes:
What I did was answered the phone and pretend I couldn't hear them "hello...helloo is anyone there!!"
Then I pretended I was talking to someone in the room with me and said "do you know, I am getting really fed up of not being able to hear people when they phone me. It has been like this ever since we got the police to put the call trace on the phone line!"
The person who had called went on to say lots of swear words down the phone to me (obviously expecting to get a reaction :eek: ) but I did not react, just kept on saying "hello, is anyone there"
He put the phone down and they have never called since!! :clapping:
patevans
22-02-2010, 05:31 PM
have a whistle and blow it very hard down the phone:D
ha ha ha love it :thumbsup:
patevans
22-02-2010, 05:32 PM
i like that lol :laughing: i get tons of calls selling insurance mortgages,but my luck id blow a whistle and it would be ofsted or a parent looking for childcare:laughing:
No one has my landline number only Ofsted but they have my mobile listed as main, so i might get away with it :laughing:
Graham
22-02-2010, 05:40 PM
We've got caller display and if it says 'International' we don't answer or just pick it up and put in on the side and let them rabbit away.
Since doing this they have definitely got less.
manjay
22-02-2010, 06:01 PM
We've got caller display and if it says 'International' we don't answer or just pick it up and put in on the side and let them rabbit away.
Since doing this they have definitely got less.
Me too. I am very selective about who I answer the phone to:rolleyes:
Joannechildmind
22-02-2010, 10:46 PM
at the moment i hate the phone ringing keep thinking its Ofsted wanting to do my inspection :eek:
patevans
23-02-2010, 05:49 AM
We've got caller display and if it says 'International' we don't answer or just pick it up and put in on the side and let them rabbit away.
Since doing this they have definitely got less.
I have caller display so definately going to do this!!