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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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04-29-2005, 04:33 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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only answer when
you have to fart.... 
change your phone number for thirty bucks............
take the phone apart and put a silent mode switch in there...
record the modem sound (squelching) and play that back to them
so they think they have a fax number
disconnect your phone except when you really need it
download the use over the net phone dialer app.
it can screen your calls and auto hang up for specific numbers |
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04-29-2005, 05:12 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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I did the do not call and it worked
plus when they start talking I just say I am not interested and please remove me from your list
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04-29-2005, 06:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,945
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Buddy of mine tells them great!, Sign me up. The car just got repoed, and I'm 3 months behind on the Mortgage, I could use a new card.... funny... THEY hang up... and don't call back!
I did the do not call, and it worked fa me.
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04-29-2005, 07:20 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,214
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I did the do not call and its been working for me too.
Another thing you could try is to get rid of your standard phones and go to just cell phones, right now they're pretty clean as far as telemarketing calls, but no telling how long that will last.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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04-29-2005, 07:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,310
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Since most of the calls are from automatic dialers, you can hear the phone call switching over to a person from the dialer - the tone changes. Hang up b/f the person speaks.
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04-29-2005, 10:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
Posts: 434
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Do not call works great for me, hardly anything gets through. If it does, I tell them I already have one and love it, thank-you...click!
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04-29-2005, 11:10 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 129
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Do not call list works. Sign up!
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04-29-2005, 05:31 PM
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Permanently Disconnected
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 12,647
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We have only had this number since last August when we moved, and it's probably on the lists as someone else still.....but I still get 15-20 calls a week, some days it's more.
I've invested some serious time in one particular place, Mass Exteriors in Lowell...I've reported them numerous times, and the atty general says no-one else complains...but I look on the internet and see lotsa people complaining about them...they don't seem to care. I can get 1-2 calls a day from these guys.
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