Tips to get rid of telemarketers from former phone marketer

What most people don't realize is that if you deal with a company say a major credit card, they can have a telemarketer call and offer you services such as a travel plan the credit card company offers and it is legal. Surveys and services are exempt from the do not call list.

Halo
What you trying to sell?
Your mother didn't name you Kirby.
Where's Rachel?
I want to talk to Rachel.
Last time she called we had great phone sex.

All I know is, that I put my cell number on that do not call list when it came out, and I've not gotten a call (or maybe just a couple) since.

No call lists are useless. Most calls are coming from off shore, or another country that can not be identified. This information is from verizon. I callleld them with the question, How To Stop Them?

To all telemarketers. NO NO NO.

Most calls are from overseas, they don't care about the do not call list.

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I told one to stop calling. He said he has to contact his manager... Can I hold...sure I will jack with you all day if you want . So the manager gets on. I tell him I will jack with him the same way I jacked with the other guy. How long do you want me to jack with you. He starts his sales pitch. I ask him if the siding is biodegradable, When can he measure my house. My basement is leaking can he fix that. This is to a credit card guy...so he is a little confused. I ask him if he is tired of me jacking with him...he throws another sales pitch...Sometimes the telemarketer gods smile at me and I get lucky and keep them on the line for 30 minutes.
Since I started this continuous barrage of messing with there heads my call have dropped to almost zero. I really think there is a do not call list and a don't call the crazy guy because you will be sucked into a black hole and never get off the phone list. Once you get on the second list the maintenance is minimal.

# 1 says don't just hang up, but I have to say that's exactly what I do, and I'm fine with it. When I'm home, I have my compact phone near me at all times and I screen all of my calls. The info shows up on my pnone. If it's a call that is out of area, or if it says unavailable, I will press the button as if I was going to answer the phone, and then immediately press the button for hanging up the phone. Personally, I don't think the "Do Not Call Registery" works because I used to call them many times to make sure I'm on the Do Not Call list. But I STILL gets the calls.
The way I do it is kind of fun because if there IS someone on the other end, they don't even get to talk at all. I would not recommend doing this if you don't have a device on the phone where it shows the number. You could miss important phone calls if you really don't know who is calling.

You answer and tell them if you call me again I will hunt you down and rip your head off, crap in your neck, and feed you to the alligators!!!

National Do Not Call registry does NOT work. I have a call blocking system that I add them to.Sometimes I speak a made up language and most of the telemarketers are from India.

What can be done about "unknown #" and "unavailable number" Any tips?

Bull. I have told some of the caller MANY times I am on the DNC list and not to call again. They continue. Most of the time the call starts with a recording, you press 1 to speak to an operator.
As soon as you tell them not to call they hang up. Many calls are not even answered because there is no idiot agent to pick up the call The DNC list does absolutely nothing.

I ask them how they got my number sreing its unlisted they give a line of crap and i tell them to get rid of it now and im not nice about it to

Yo dude, I saw your number on the caller ID, when are you going to pay the balance on that Kiddy Porn you ordered? We can't hold large orders over 30 days. After that, all you'll hear is "click".

How about a national please call me list? That way the people that want the calls can have them and the people making the calls know who they are?

Most, if not all, calls lstely are Robo Calls. I don't answer my phone and there is usually no message on the machine. Fromwhat I understand, they use mass dialers, and as soon as one picks up, all the others are automatically disconnected. Since you have no idea who is calling, you cannot use the 'Do Not Call" law against them. If I ever do actually end up speaking to one, I have no problem or guilt with being rude, as they have no right to intrude on your personal life, and are breaking the law. They have forfieted their right to courtesy.

Invest in a good air horn or whistle.

How can we get tele-presidents(Obama) to stop lying to us?

If you hang up every time they call they'll pass you over for other fish who might bite. So you'll get less calls to hang up on anyway. They used to be a couple times a day, then a couple times a week now it's once every couple of weeks to a month. I'm not interested in talking to these people.

One reason the Do Not Call list does not prevent you from receiving telemarketing calls is because charities and political callers are exempt. So we keep getting calls, just from different people!