something i wasn't aware of untill today, 10 min after registering i recieved a telemarketing call does anyone know if it works,www.donotcall.gov.au/

I did it with my mobile and home number now nobody rings me

It does work but i think they say it takes a few weeks after you register (dont ask me why).

I used to get at least 4-5 calls per day, after i registered i got about 1 per month.

Now i have VOIP and no-one rings me.

And you have to re-register every three years otherwise you fall off the register.
Not sure why that is but i spose they have a reason.

having an unlisted number is the best! have never recieved any telemarketer calls......in a way it would be fun stuffing them around though[}:)].

I registered when this came out 3 odd Years ago....it took less than 2 weeks for me to get no tele marketing calls at all.

I reapplied again this year as you had to do to be covered again..but this should be for life..or they will send you and email..

All Business and home and mobile are covered.

I will still get some surveys or Red cross...but I give to them so that's ok..

Oh but if I hear a foreign voice on the phone, then I will ask them the name of the company, which I can never understand...
and ask the name of the person I am speaking too...

and then tell them they are in breach of the do not call register and they humbly apologize and back off at million miles and hour...

a mate gave a telemarketer some grief wasted her time. for three days he coped abusive phone calls from india. by the time he made complaint calls stopped anyway nothing anyone Would do as he didnt know which company they where from...just hang up. or if being smarta##e get company & callers details & remember they know your number!!!

old4dy said...

there is no need to do so.

I have not had calls since i employed this tactic.

If I get calls I tell them that I will go and get my dad, and then leave phone off the hook until they hang up.

They dont ring back

I went and got an answering machine just to answer these calls, and any one of the 2 people that really want to call me know to talk to the answering machine in case I am really there.

It's sad but I enjoy the fact it has cost them something to have the call answered or at least the computer directs the call to a live operator to take over at which point they realise it is an answering machine.

Sometimes when I make the mistake of actually answering the phone and it is a telemarketer I hang up if no one answers within a few seconds, which is just enough time for the computer at the other end to direct the call to an operator.

I think I need to get another sport...

keef said...

something i wasn't aware of untill today, 10 min after registering i recieved a telemarketing call does anyone know if it works,www.donotcall.gov.au/

Yes it does

I used to play with telemarketers too - its good fun. Had a competition with myself to see how long I could keep them on the line for. Its amazing how long it takes some of them before they realize what is going on and that you have no intention of buying anything.