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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: lincle]
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28th Jan 2019 9:41am
28th Jan 2019 9:41am
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Greenwood
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3 is a bit excessive! Telephone Preference Service can only block live calls, not pre-recorded, from within the UK I think, so has limited effect but is worth doing if you haven't already. I had a call at 8am the other day and when the person said 'how are you today?' I said, 'half asleep, you've woken me up!' and they put the phone down. I don't have as many nuisance calls as I used to, but still a few and they are indeed a nuisance, especially if you're on edge expecting a phone call to be bad news or something. Good luck with that.
Last edited by Greenwood; 28th Jan 2019 9:42am.
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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: lincle]
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28th Jan 2019 2:33pm
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JDMc ,That sounds a bit confusing .So you dont get any nuisance calls but you get calls from TalkTalk to see if you want to accept the call or block it? Not a lot of difference then.Even blocking calls is a waste of time really as they only use a different number to call you from.We cant win. There is a bit more to it. Callsafe maintains its own block list of known scam numbers so these never ring you at all. You also can build up your personal block list so once you rejected a call you can make it permanent until you choose otherwise.
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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: lincle]
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28th Jan 2019 3:22pm
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JDMc777
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JDMc ,That sounds a bit confusing .So you dont get any nuisance calls but you get calls from TalkTalk to see if you want to accept the call or block it? Not a lot of difference then.Even blocking calls is a waste of time really as they only use a different number to call you from.We cant win. Hi lincle, as i said most nuisance callers give up when they are asked to make a recording introducing themselves and if they do that the call doesn't come through to you at all. Presumably they have to do something to complete the process at their end. I have only had one nuisance caller since going on CallSafe who bothered to leave a recorded message and i just pressed the block button to not accept the live call that would have followed if i had accepted it. Haven't heard from him since. I'm not sure entirely how it works at the Talk Talk end, but I know in 5 weeks since I started using it I have had no nuisance calls. Anyway, hope this helps and I hope you find a solution. Nothing worse than having these idiots intruding on your time like this.
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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: diggingdeeper]
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28th Jan 2019 5:08pm
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JDMc ,That sounds a bit confusing .So you dont get any nuisance calls but you get calls from TalkTalk to see if you want to accept the call or block it? Not a lot of difference then.Even blocking calls is a waste of time really as they only use a different number to call you from.We cant win. There is a bit more to it. Callsafe maintains its own block list of known scam numbers so these never ring you at all. You also can build up your personal block list so once you rejected a call you can make it permanent until you choose otherwise. Hi diggingdeeper, thanks for the extra info. I haven't looked into exactly how it works, but this helps explain why my phone has been a lot quieter lately.
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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: JDMc777]
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28th Jan 2019 5:57pm
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eggandchips
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i stopped answering my landline a couple of years ago. ran out of swear words. i don't answer mobile unless i know the person but then again i'm a miserable old git
cos i'm that kinda guy...
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Re: unwanted calls
[Re: lincle]
#1064791
28th Jan 2019 7:15pm
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i stopped answering my landline a couple of years ago. ran out of swear words. i don't answer mobile unless i know the person but then again i'm a miserable old git Come off it Egg, even a nuisance wouldn't ring you 
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