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02-19-2013, 11:53 AM | #1 |
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Are you getting annoying robo-calls?
You can report them to the do not call list here:
https://www.donotcall.gov/ Then click on the File a Complaint button.
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02-21-2013, 07:47 AM | #2 |
Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
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*crickets chirping*
No one else gets those annoying recorded sales calls? We've been getting them a lot - which is why I finally started reporting them.
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02-21-2013, 07:50 AM | #3 |
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only political ones during campaign season. And they are exempt.
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02-21-2013, 08:05 AM | #4 |
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They come in waves for us. Nothing for months and then 5 or 6 in a week. It seems like usually whatever outfit cropped up and started making the illegal calls gets shut down relatively quickly though. I'll only get online and file a complaint if they persist long enough to motivate me.
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02-21-2013, 11:21 AM | #5 |
Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB.
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We've been getting a bunch for the last six months or so. I just finally got around looking up the site to report them.
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02-21-2013, 03:22 PM | #6 |
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I Google any number I don't recognize. It seems there are a bunch of telephone exchanges which are proxies for these robo-callers, and impossible for the do-not-call enforcers to stop.
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02-21-2013, 03:38 PM | #7 |
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Ditto.
We used one of those Tele-Zappers for a while. It makes the first tone of the 'this-number-is-disconnected' tune (beep-bupp-boop, the number you have dialed...), the autodialer autohangs up when it hears that first tone. The things really work. Or they did. I don't know if they make 'em anymore.
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02-21-2013, 06:00 PM | #8 |
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Borrow someone's 2 year just to answer those calls. They love to sort of talk on the phone
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02-21-2013, 08:09 PM | #9 |
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I might actually try that, but all the spam calls we're getting lately are recordings.
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02-21-2013, 08:20 PM | #10 |
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Thanks Pete I just started getting them on my cell.
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02-22-2013, 10:53 AM | #12 |
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I had that problem. Turned out my phone can be set to ring only if the caller is on my contacts list. The call still shows up as a missed call, so I'll know if I've received a call (also works with texts, but you can't tell that it has blocked a text, you just don't receive it). I then look at the number, if it's local, I'll call back.
Sometimes.
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02-22-2013, 11:52 AM | #13 |
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Is your number 867-5309? Or something beginning with 555-xxxx? Maaaaybe it's you, I'm just sayin.
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02-22-2013, 11:54 AM | #14 |
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BR549?
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But I did have a work number once that was one digit away from the local hospital. That was an interesting time. I was reeeely tempted to start giving bad medical advice, but I restrained myself. It took forever to get it cleared up.
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