Grrrrr how to stop them ringing???
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Topic: Grrrrr how to stop them ringing???
Posted By: _H_
Subject: Grrrrr how to stop them ringing???
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 5:16pm
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We keep getting phone calls from people asking if they are speaking to the owner of the phoneline then they say they are ringing about our windows operating systems and thats as far as I have let them get before hanging up on them
My question is how do i stop them ringing? its driving me crazy and they seem to be calling more and more at really annoying times  ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 5:26pm
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Write down the dates / times of the calls and give Telecom a call - they can log them as nuisance calls (if it is happening often enough). Have a look at this for more info - http://www.telecom.co.nz/unwantedcalls - http://www.telecom.co.nz/unwantedcalls
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Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:04pm
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tell them you are recording the call and have just written down their phone number from the caller ID and will be contacting the police straight after the call. that should get rid of them -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:10pm
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Laugh hysterically and tell them what a crock they just spouted.
Worked for me, we were getting heaps of calls too. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:14pm
Buy a whistle? I usually wouldn't recommend it, but these scammers deserve a busted eardrum  -------------   
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:15pm
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Tell them you don't have a computer lol. ------------- 
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:31pm
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lol I like this one!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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kellie wrote:Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:21pm
Love it! We get them every few weeks, I'm totally using this next time! ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:21pm
| "No english - is ze nanny" |
Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 7:35pm
| Start talking to them, hows the weather, how are you, oh i'm terrible my artheritis is playing up etc just cut over whatever they try and tell you and waffle on... |
Posted By: JadeC
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 9:45pm
I went along with them "Oh wow! You're kidding! How scary" and then ended with "but we don't have the internet . . . " and the woman hung up and never rang back ------------- http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 10:08pm
My nanas neighbour in their retirement village got called she is like 89 and mainly deaf.....she thought they were window cleaners calling....and told them that her son came and cleaned her windows once a month....hahahahahah ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: bebebaby
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 10:10pm
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Haha they did that to my parents then a few weeks later we got a call. I said what a load of BS and hung up. They rang back a few days later and DH told them we had a mac pc (we don't) so he said I'll put you on to my supervisor. He quickly said sorry can't help and that was the end of that!
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Posted By: mrsturtle
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 10:34pm
| There was a piece in the otago daily times a few weeks ago from the police saying to keep details and foward them to the police, sounds like there is alot of this going on atm. |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 1:06am
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Our phone number isnt listed in the phone book so we dont get any of those calls. Next time a new lot of phone books are about to come out ask to be removed from the list.
But for now, definitely keep a track of the date and time they are ringing! Id be complaining! ------------- |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 7:36am
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lol my fil who worked in the IT industry, got one of those phonecalls....and he strung them along for about 30mins asking all sorts of questions about the pc and the threat etc...then told them what a load of sh*te it was and they got mad at him for wasting their time..hahahaha ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 8:11am
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They called us twice last night - DD answered first and was talking to him about kindy for about 5mins...then when I got on, I said "oh, so this is a scam" - the answer was "no madam, it's a serious problem that you need to address". DP ended up ranting at them when they rang back and they didn't call back. Persistant though!
haha I like your nana's neighbor MF!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 9:11am
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We got 4 of these calls within a 24 hour period. 2 of them DH answered and he strung them along for an hour (each time grr) using a virtual computer that he gave them access to, and then rickrolling them. Silly IT geeks. The other 2 I got and hung up on them straight away ------------- 
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 11:02am
LOL -------------
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Posted By: fairy1
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 11:34am
LOL.This is what DH would do. I just asked them what company they work for and they hang up. Havnt rang back since. There is a computer scam currently doing the rounds where people ring and want remote access to your computer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Red
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 11:55am
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I have caller ID so generally don't answer any calls I don't recognise or private numbers. It is very worthwhile! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: RedHeadDuck
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 12:19pm
This reminds me of the heat pump scam.... People ringing up charging to clean your heat pump 
I think they were charging like $200 or something ridiculous. Our family in Chch were getting it done for their Mum and did NOT believe us it was a scam! They kept going on about "what a good job they do" DH is an electrician and even he couldn't convince them it was a scam!!!!!! 
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 12:48pm
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Eep I didn't know the heat pump one was a scam Thankfully we get ours serviced through the store we bought it from for about $80.00. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 3:45pm
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Argh those people are so annoying. We had someone guys ringing in December they rang every night for a weeks or so at the same time. Sometimes there was no one on the phone, you'd say hello and it would be dead. But they kept asking for the main internet user casue they were gettign reporrts abouts viruses on our computer. and they wanted to talk me through fixing it, but i had to go online....... We have dial up so taht wasn't going to work so they asked for a cell number, like hell I was going to give that out to some random. And they would not take no for an answer. I told them I'd get my brother who knew about computers to fix it. *nod nod* Didn't hear back from them ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel  07/08/2014
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Posted By: queenbean
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 3:59pm
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They have only rung once here, about a month ago. I got so angry and told them not to f@#$ing ring again, and they haven't!!! So far.
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 12:41am
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Ugh, they kept ringing my house, even though I kept telling them I didn't have windows and didn't care if they wanted to do things to my computer, they couldn't.
In the end, I said "wait here a minute"... and left the phone on the coffee table. The guy held on for about ten minutes before hanging up. He never called back. At least I stopped him bugging someone else for ten mins  ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 7:00am
| I've had those too but when they say "can I speak to the owner of the phone" I say "No!" That really confuses them. They then ask if I am the owner of the phone "No" "Oh, is the owner of the phone there" "No" "Oh, when will they be there?" "No!" etc etc etc. I say nothing other than No....if they are lucky otherwise as soon as they ask I hang up. Piss me right off!! We had a run of them 2 a night for a few weeks. |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 10:33am
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Ugh its not just these people it's the blimmin telly marketers. Specially for sky. ringing all the time wanting us to buy stuff. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: astral_monkey
Date Posted: 16 February 2011 at 12:23pm
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I get the odd telemarketer call, but they all seem pretty good, I politely say we're not interested and they thank me for my time.
I only get the scam ones at work (none at home, so far). It's funny getting them all tangled up. I got in an argument with one woman who couldn't answer any of my questions and kept insisting I put her through to the managing director. She ended up hanging up on me. It was fun. Haha. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: minxynzl
Date Posted: 18 February 2011 at 1:56pm
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Its very simple - every company who telemarkets in nz MUST abide by law with the marketing association rules.
Oner of those rules is that a company CANNOT legally call anyone`who has registered their name on the Marketing Associations DO NOT CALL REGISTER. Any phone list they buy/rent must be washe against this list. So simply go to: http://www.marketing.org.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=256 EASY! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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