Unknown/blocked numbers...
Poll: Unknown/blocked numbers...
Total Members Polled: 287
Discussion
Origin Unknown said:
Why are people so frightened of saying "No thank you" and hanging up when a call centre rings?
This!I love how an unsolicited call can make somebody fear their own phone.
Remember those text competitions? The one on Fifth gear where you can win a car? They call from a blocked/unknown number, I know because I won one! If I was scared of my own phone I think they'd have moved on to the next number.
Origin Unknown said:
Why are people so frightened of saying "No thank you" and hanging up when a call centre rings?
Not frightened I just CBA to waste 2-3 mins of my day telling them I dont want to claim for PPI or I dont want to go back to T Mobile, also a lot of the time with these they seem to be auto diallers as on the odd occasion I have answered them there is a long pause while the system realises it has a bite and connects an agentIf it is important they can leave me a VM, annoyingly my old dear has her number blocked by default but she now knows to leave me a quick VM and I call her back
Silverbullet767 said:
You have to listen to them before you get a chance to speak. Not answering saves this time.
You can generally tell within 5 seconds, surely? Personally, I find it more inconvenient to listen to a voicemail as people seem to suffer verbal diarrhoea when leaving a voice messages. It takes an age to get to the point and I still need to ring them back to discuss what I’ve just heard.Seems strange to me. Just answer it and hang up if not applicable.
otolith said:
I think Ofcom should force telcos to give a free option to decline all number withheld / number unavailable calls. That would immediately remove the assortment of cold calling scum and scammers I get pestered by.
This is actually an option. I occationally have to call clients on their mobile from work, we can't display a number when calling out because it's a 'shared line' or something. You just get a message saying "this telephone cannot accept calls from this number" or the like. Have to call them on my work mobile.
Personally I never answer my private mobile to withheld numbers. I certainly don't fear them, but I can't recall when a call from a unknown source was anything but someone trying to sell me something I didn't want.
To be frank, I rarely answer the phone to people I actually know after about 7pm.. Grumpy old git that I am.
Edited by P-Jay on Wednesday 18th April 13:01
It's not a case of being too frightened of your own phone to answer a withheld number, it's the fact that once you do the call centre on the other end know that they have a 'live' number that's worth keeping on their records and calling again. And again. And again.
Now registered with the TPS and thankfully only had one or two nuisance calls since.
Now registered with the TPS and thankfully only had one or two nuisance calls since.
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