stopping cold calling...
Discussion
Telephone Preference Service
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Been signed up to it for ages. The odd one or two get through but, not very often and, if you tell them you're registered with TPS, they don't call back.
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Been signed up to it for ages. The odd one or two get through but, not very often and, if you tell them you're registered with TPS, they don't call back.
Edited by ChrisJG on Friday 3rd October 09:46
uriel said:
TPS. I signed up and it didn't make the slightest difference. I signed up for the mail service too and that did make a difference, but I still get a fair bit of crap through the door.
You should double check... Takes a while for the lists to filter through, but it pretty much stopped all my calls, bar those pesky American autodiallers.Also it gets anyone daft enough to ring off the line sharpish as soon as you mention it
welshbikerduck said:
They only have limited success, because a lot of these cold callers just use the phone directory as their "data base"
The best way to stop cold calls is to be ex directory. I have been for years and i can't remember ever receiving a cold call.
I get them on my mobile.The best way to stop cold calls is to be ex directory. I have been for years and i can't remember ever receiving a cold call.
Also registered with the tps. The occasional a
hole gets through. If they are selling windows I make out I need ten oak framed 6ft x 10 ft windows for a renovation on a building and start asking about special features like uv protection and self cleaning glass. Its quite shady tbh, but not as shady as getting me out of bed and force feeding me some marketing bs.
hole gets through. If they are selling windows I make out I need ten oak framed 6ft x 10 ft windows for a renovation on a building and start asking about special features like uv protection and self cleaning glass. Its quite shady tbh, but not as shady as getting me out of bed and force feeding me some marketing bs. 
welshbikerduck said:
The best way to stop cold calls is to be ex directory. I have been for years and i can't remember ever receiving a cold call.
I'm ex directory but have had over a dozen cold calls in the last twodays, all 'number withheld'. My answerphone is always on to screen calls but they always hang up at roughly the same point in my outgoing message.You need to sign up to the Telephone Preference Service. This will effectivley stop cold calling from UK companies however it will take some time to go through.
Your telephone provider can stop all calls that withold their number. This should stop calls from foriegn companies, however, this will stop all witheld numbers...even those of your friends.
If a company calls you, and you answer, request to be put on their DNC (Do not re-contact) database..this is the only way to stop market research calls btw. They are obliged to do this by law, make sure you give them ALL your numbers and that will stop each individual company one by one.
How do I know all of this...I was a Market researcher and part of the work involved cold calling also I now work in Telesales.
Your telephone provider can stop all calls that withold their number. This should stop calls from foriegn companies, however, this will stop all witheld numbers...even those of your friends.
If a company calls you, and you answer, request to be put on their DNC (Do not re-contact) database..this is the only way to stop market research calls btw. They are obliged to do this by law, make sure you give them ALL your numbers and that will stop each individual company one by one.
How do I know all of this...I was a Market researcher and part of the work involved cold calling also I now work in Telesales.
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