Bloody Telemarketers! it should be banned...  

In my area we have a do not call list and I am registered with it.It has dramatically reduced those calls. But when we register anywhere and add our phone number, they do have the right to call.

Actually, if your number is on the no-call list they can pay a huge fine for calling you. I would just tell them that you no longer wish to recieve calls from their company.

I totally agree with you about telemarketers, they should not be able to make unsolicited calls to anyone. I usually do not answer the phone unless i recognize the number, or the name that comes up on the caller Id. I would never be able to work as one because i know how i feel when they keep calling and i could not do that to anyone.

Yes I used to get calls like that all the time. I found them so annoying because no matter how many times I told them I wasn't interested they would just ignore me & continue as if I never eben interuppted them. They just didn't know how to take no for an answer. Finally I went out & bought myself an answering machine & I started screening all my calls. I never picked up before my machine did & I never answered the phone unless I knew who the caller was.

I live in Australia so after a lot of complaints from people we have a "don't call register" which has made a big difference, my argument for the whole thing is we pay our phone bills to have a service for our own use not for other people to sell their wares, so personally I think it should be illegal solely on that point....

hello jellymonty,

i hate telemarketers, they call at inappropriate times and refuse to take no for an answer. i don't like being rude so i rarely hang up but sometimes that's the only way to end the call, their persistence is unbelievable.
there is a website where you can register to block spam calls, you just have to enter your number(s) and the amount of these calls will drop dramatically. just type "stop spam calls" or something like that in to google and you'll find at least one relevant site.

In the UK there is the Telephone Preference Service that you can ring, to get your name taken off the telemarketers' lists.

My daughter used to run the telemarketing department of a company and it was very hard work for her, motivating the others to get their target calls, so I know what it's like from both sides...

I suppose they must get some sales from telemarketing, or they would'nt do it...They rely on the fact that people won't put the phone down because they don't want to be rude...but if you're polite and say No Thank You, Goodbye, very firmly, then put the phone down,they must accept it..

Yeppers telemarketers can be a pain in the but sometimes. I had one call one day and I was busy and he asked what I was busy doing. So I up and said Oh hubby and I was in the middle of something so now isnt a good time. His reply was I can wait. I dont mind listening in while you finish. LMAO, of all the freaken nerve. I so hung up on his butt and took the phone off the hook for the rest of the day.

The worst ones are those auto-dial messages that call you at all hours, day or night... If you don't want to listen to what they have to say, just tell them that you're not interested... say goodbye... and hangup before they can utter a word... If you're not in a hurry, play along with them... pretend to be interested... ask questions... make them scratch their heads... when it comes to crunch time, they usually ask something silly like "do you think it's a good deal?" to which you can answer that you're not interested... say goodbye... and hangup... alternatively, check the caller ID before answering the phone... the majority of telemarketing calls here are either 0870/0845 etc or are withheld... could also hook up a line to a voice-modem and have your computer zap the calls... ^_^ TPS cuts down some calls... but the non-members continue to call...

I usually stop them in their tracks and just let them know I am not interested, once time I was telling this man I was not interested and he kept on talking so I told him again and I said I dont have to have a reason I am just not interested and then informed him that I was hanging up. I hung up and can you believe he called me back and said why did you hang up on me. So I said some not so nice things and hung up again