Cold calling and surveys

We went on a cruise five years ago and since that time I think we have recieved the weight of a cruise liner in leaflets, we get them almost on a daily basis!!!

One thing that amuses me is when you go to a new website a little box pops up asking for you to provide feedback when you have hardly had a second to see what the website is like!

At least on my new mobile I can block callers.

David

You have my sympathy - It is a growing annoyance. Save yourself some hastle and cut those people off without an explanation, as soon as you know it's that kind of call. They only get away with those  nuisance calls  because we in the UK, by nature, are too polite.

K 

You have my sympathy - It is a growing annoyance. Save yourself some hastle and cut those people off without an explanation, as soon as you know it's that kind of call. They only get away with those  nuisance calls  because we in the UK, by nature, are too polite.

K 

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That is exactly what we do now. We get these nuisance calls on a daily basis asking us to do surveys, offer investment opportunities etc I  used to be very polite with them but these people refuse to take no for an answer and just talk over the top of you so now I  just hang up on them its the best way.

In my day it was The Readers' Digest you cuold not shake off. It seems their staff may have moved on.

In my day it was The Readers' Digest you cuold not shake off. It seems their staff may have moved on.

More than likely they have all passed on

Thing that really annoys us is the the ammount of money that charities waste on junk sorry "pleading"mail and if you do give then the deluge gets bigger,and we always gave to our local air ambulance in their collection boxes,now they do not use them they only want DD so thats one thread of income they have lost,we have had nine different "Xmas presents" from charities in the post so far,and plenty of holiday brochures from some companies we have not and would not use,at least we are ex directory at home and have a bar on our mobiles some still get through  

If you register with the Telephone Preference Service this will reduce the number of calls but not all. We normally let the telephone ring until the answer machine cuts in. They then ring off 

Received an e-mail from Tesco asking about my shopping experience !!!!!!!!!!

Another annoying shopping experience is where companies now ask for your email address, so that they can email you the receipt!   Oh Yes, and so that they can besiege you ever after with 'Cheap at half the price' offers, marketing tricks, and other rubbish!

Always look for the tick boxes hidden away on web site orders etc, worth checking carefully to prevent unwanted calls and your details being passed on to third parties.