Cold telephone call

Totally agree redface

I'm absolutely sick of cold callers.  It doesn't matter how many times we join blocking sites and not allow our number to be shared by companies, they still manage to get through.  These days I just stop them mid sentence and tell them we don't take calls from companies,then hang up.

David 

We noticed a big increase in cold calls when we swapped over to Sky a few years ago and we have always wondered whether they shared our contact details with various companies.  We swapped back to Virgin about 18 months ago and the calls have gradually reduced and luckily we don't get too many now. I was told by the Telephone Preference Service that they can only block calls that originate in the UK and many of them don't.

We had several calls a night for a long time until we bought  a call blocker phone and now the silence is bliss....... It wasn't very expensive and definitely worth every penny.  You can opt for no international calls and no number withheld ones. Friends and family can still call as usual.

I speak welsh to them, stops them in their tracks and they are the first to hang up.

We let the phone go to answer machine. Surprising how no message is left!

Thanks for all the responses.  I know how to deal with the run of the mill cold calls, PPI etc,. A lot of cold calls we get are trying to get us to buy solar panels, when we explain that we already have panels they tell us they will remove our details from their listings, but never do.

This particular call has not the norm and the amount of information held by the caller was more than I would have expected from a cold caller.  Anyone else who has panels just beware of these company's

You wouldn't beleive the number of calls I get to my mobile asking for Neil Fay, whoever he is. Yet I've had the same mobile number for thirteen years. Half the time these companies have rubbish contact databases.

I do get a few unwanted texts on my mobile, British Gas wants a meter reading but I'm not with them, a Dentist keeps reminding me of missed appointments but they are 180 miles away, weekly I get asked if I'm going to the 'Dockside nightclub' at the weekend Am I missing out here! I think I'd look a little out of place

We let the phone go to answer machine. Surprising how no message is left!

We do the same.