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Perils of being retired

Submitted by jgl on Thu, 2006-06-29 05:41
Being at home in the day time I get endless rings with nothing at the other end or more or less unintelligible Indian accents. I have developed a strategy so that when they ask for me by name, I now say: "With regard to what?" which tends to throw them. When they tell me I say "No thank you". The trouble is that they might represent a company I am currently dealing with so you can't dismiss them out of hand and sometimes the calls are from the UK in places with large Asian populations. npower has given up Call Centres in India because of customer complaints.
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Junk Calls

Submitted by Rattle on Thu, 2006-06-29 21:54.
I agree - it is astonishing how many junk callers there are. This week's favourite topic has been endowment shortfalls (how do they all know i am not well endowed?). I think it is important to ask the caller for their name and the company they represent, to explain that you charge a consultation fee and enquire whether they still wish to continue the call. I had assumed most of these callers were retired people trying to supplement their income, but the previous post suggests otherwise. How strange.
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Telephone Preference Service

Submitted by webmail on Sat, 2006-07-01 07:29.
One way to reduce Junk calls is to register with the Telephone Preference Service. This should stop UK companies from calling you. I did this years ago, and it reduced the number of calls I get. They are at tpsonline.org.uk.
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I have always thought it

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2007-11-10 14:25.
I have always thought it would be a good idea to pretend to be interested, but very stupid and/or slightly deaf, when you get a junk call. Keep them on the line as long as possible - this will cost them money for the call, and all the time they are talking to you, they won't be bothering any one else.
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