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Its not gone! I have a home phone delivered along with our cable tv that we've never used for anything. It rings three or for times per day with some random sal
by noonespecial 12y ago
Its not gone! I have a home phone delivered along with our cable tv that we've never used for anything. It rings three or for times per day with some random sales spam.
I answer in German sometimes. Sometimes I demand in a hushed tone to know how they got this number, secret agent style. Other times I pretend to be the most excited person in the world about whatever scammy schlock they're slinging. Once or twice, I've claimed to be the family dog, keeping my communication skills a secret from "the masters" and looking for a way out of the house. My kids laugh. My wife loves it. Every ring a fresh new opportunity.
Do not call list? Hardly. A tiny sliver of my adolescence lives on.
- arethuza 12y agoThanks, I think I shall start answering the phone as "Reactor Control Room, Torness Nuclear Power Station". I even got a spam sales phone call from a company offering devices to prevent spam sales phone calls...
- snarfy 12y agoDue to various (business) reasons it was easier/cheaper to get the stupid bundled land line with cable tv. I had so much spam on that line that I changed my recorded message to the three tones with the "We're sorry. The call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and try your call again." message. After about a month all the spam stopped.
- coldpie 12y agoCouldn't you just not attach anything to the line?
- chiph 12y agoThe "Windows Technical Support" people have found my number and they'll call me a couple of times a month. "Please sir, run the program regedit.exe" "Where do I find that on my Mac, again?"
- noonespecial 12y agoWhen they call me, I always seem to have a Commodore 64.
- sethammons 12y agoSearch for Tom Mabe's pranks. He, like you, has tremendous fun with telemarketers.