<p>Sometimes I tell them to hang on and let them listen to the radio for a while.</p>
<p>DH got a call from a number in Jamaica on his cell phone this morning. He told me that number had been calling him repeatedly, so this morning he decided to answer it. “Hello? Yes, who is this? Oh, you are from the US Postal service? Uh huh. So what can I do for you today? Well, I assume you want something, right? How much of my personal information would you like me to give you? Really? Well, I thought perhaps I could give you my social security number and banking information. No? Well, what do you want? How about I give you my credit card number? Hello? Hello?”</p>
<p>“He hung up on me.” </p>
<p>:rolleyes: :D</p>
<p>We had a guy at work who dealt with telemarketers like many of us - either didn’t pick up calls from random numbers, hung up when there was a pause after saying “Hello”, or soon after the guy started his pitch. Then he married this woman who had a daughter who was a telemarketer, and the wife insisted that he mend his ways. The last time we talked about it, when she was around, he would go through the whole spiel, occasionally even buying things, just to keep peace in the family since the daughter would complain to her mom how hard her job was on her because of the way her callers treated her.</p>
<p>I never answer my landline any longer if an 800 or 888 number is calling. Before DE retired from federal gov’t as a senior level executive we had a secure phone line in our house in which you could also transmit and receive sensitive documents. The only people who ever called that number were telemarketers using randomly generated computer phone dialing programs. The first time the phone rang I was scared that it was a high level sensitive gov’t official calling… I then always tried to scare the telemarketers by asking them if they knew where they had called- could have been Camp David or The White House…and they always plunged forward with their pitch regardless</p>
<p>Two words: Caller ID. I don’t know anyone who is named “unavailable” or “private caller” so I never pick up those calls.</p>
<p>Has anyone else gotten that ridiculous call that starts off with the cruise line fog horn? Think it is some kind of vacation marketing call - so incredibly irritating. I don’t have a land line any longer, and have resorted to not picking up my cell unless I recognize the area code as having some connection to my life.</p>
<p>Fallgirl, I have caller id but my husband has very expensive medicine that won’t be sent unless they confirm delivery. When I complained about the lack of id for the caller id, my contact said that they cannot identify themselves due to privacy regs. The same is true with my H’s cardiologist. His primary care dr. can identify himself, but not the specialist.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don’t have caller ID on my land line. And I also do realize that the solicitors are just trying to earn a living - it’s not their fault that the calls are annoying. If there’s too great a delay in a response, I hang up. If it’s a solicitor, I say, “Sorry, not interested.” If it’s a charity, I say, “Sorry, I don’t donate over the phone. If you send me literature in the mail, I’ll read it.” </p>
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Which iPhone? And how did you do it? </p>
<p>Since I couldn’t figure out how, I just downloaded a silent ring tone. Every time I get a spam phone call, I add it to a Contact named Spam with that ring tone. I’m never bothered again (at least not from those numbers!).</p>
<p>These calls are what made me do away with my landline. I realized after a while that it was only my dad and telemarketers who used the number, and I stopped ever checking the voice mail because I just couldn’t keep up. I live in a state that has had a lot of unusual political activity and the campaign calls were pretty much nonstop for a while.</p>
<p>The only reason why I keep the landline is because of the risk of cellphones and brain cancer. I am too lazy to use bluetooth headsets. Also, my cell phone doesn’t always get the best reception in my house.</p>
<p>We have a landline because we get horrible cell reception - our area is notorious for that.</p>
<p>Chedva - it’s the iPhone 4S (yea, I’m due for an upgrade!). </p>
<p>When you go into your ‘Phone’ button, tap the ‘Recents’ button. It will bring up a list of all the calls you’ve made, received or missed. On the right side of the screen, there’s a little ‘i’ inside of a circle (I assume meaning information). Tap on the ‘i’, and when you get its screen, scroll down all the way to the bottom, and there will be an option to ‘Block this Caller’.</p>
<p>I have NEVER purchased anything from a phone call. I never plan to because I really don’t want telemarketers to continue. When I make ANY donation, I let them know I will not donate again if I ever receive any phone or mail solicitation from them. It has worked pretty well to cut back on the solicitations, which we toss after saving any address labels (I figure we can use them and they are free). I feel NO obligation to donate to the many companies who opt to send H & me free address labels, tho I know some people DO send money, which is perhaps why the companies continue to send the labels.</p>
<p>On the right hand side all I see is the date of the call. Where’s the info option?</p>
<p>Ask them personal questions. How much they make, their sexuality, who they voted for, etc. Try to make the whole conversation as awkward as possible.</p>
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<p>My little ‘i’ with the circle around it, is right next to the date (or day of the week) of the call.</p>
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<p>Hey no fair! I have an iPhone 5 and don’t have that option! :mad:</p>
<p>I don’t have it either, despite having what the poster has.</p>
<p>I also have the 4s. Don’t have that feature. Maybe it’s a service of the carrier whoa kea it available on the phone. Or is it part of the new iOS operating system which I have thus far refused to download? This could get me to change my mind.</p>
<p>^^^I was wondering the same thing, and I agree.</p>