This Top Tips To Deal With Nuisance Calls is written on My ABDL Life
One of the most annoying things about having a landline is some of the calls that come in on it. We’re all beset with sales calls from telesales agents seeking to earn their next commission through you. We all have to make a living but it’s very hard not to get irritated by these frustrating, irritating, and sometimes upsetting calls that keep punctuating our days.
There are things you can do and there are phone providers that can help.
Telephone Preference Service
You can reduce the number of unsolicited calls by about a third by getting on the Telephone Preference Service. It’s free to register and all unsolicited telesales campaign coming in to UK consumers from overseas, or from the UK, should be run through the Telephone Preference Service. This can have a real impact on the number of times you reach the phone and think “Who calls me now?”
Phones from Providers
There are certain features on VoIP services that enable you to forward withheld numbers to the answerphone. Additionally, BT has a cordless phone—the BT 6500, which has the ability to forward 10 numbers that you specify to voicemail and also forward overseas and withheld numbers. This is great if you don’t want to miss the call but you don’t want to take the call either. People that really want to speak to you will leave a message.
Make a Note of the Number and Call the Company
It’s always to good idea to make a note of the number of the company that calls you and get in touch with the company and ask them to remove you from their list. Ensure that they tell you where they got your number so that you can trace back the roots and make sure that other companies aren’t able to get your number from there too. Often when we sign up for services and products on line, we accidentally opt-in to sales and marketing acceptance. Some of the tick box options can be really misleading.
Take a Good Attitude to the Calls
At the end of the day, the guys calling you are just trying to earn a living. You can have fun with them and you don’t need to get angry. If you’re short on time just explain so, explain that you don’t want to receive any more calls and ask to have your number removed from their list.
Be polite and courteous, because they’re going to have to make another call straight after calling you and this is their livelihood.
Go Ex-directory
If you choose to go ex-directory, then you’re less likely to get calls from local companies finding your details through online and paper telephone books. This may well cut down the number of calls you receive.
New Line, New Start
If you have a new line, or are getting a new phone line, then it’s an ideal opportunity to have a fresh start. Be very mindful of who gets your number. Go ex-directory and you’ll be able to keep the number of calls down to the barest minimum. You’ll probably still get calls from companies with which you transact business, but these are acceptable annoyances because you have agreed to work with them.
Look out for services of broadband and phone providers that can help you in your battle against unwanted calls. BT certainly offers some good services, and you can get a discount if you go for a bundle with them. This shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all in getting our phone deal, but it’s a nice additional benefit if you get good value for your phone and broadband and less annoying calls thrown into the mix.
Phil Turner is really fed up with calls from people trying to sell him stuff he does not want. “Who calls me at this time of night?” is usually the prelude to someone trying to get Phil to sign up for some deal he has no interest in.
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