Cold callers can go to hell

If you're listed on TPS, get the name of the company that is calling you and repoert them to the TPS. They will then be fined. Very simple.

Just say no and put the phone down - easy. My ten year old can do it!


They won't ring back - if they do just repeat and never wait for the response.

Companies only make these calls because the say we want them to!! This activity will cost the companies something. They have been doing this for years. We moved in about 12 years ago and it soon started. In the end we must have been getting upwards of 20 cold calls per week. Then TPS came along, thank God!
So they only do this because it pays! If we kept hanging up, ticked the no marketing box on applications, registered with the T.P.S, were wary of what you are being asked in surveys - "do you mind if we contact you about similar products and services that we think might interest you?" etc then it might stop. It's OK to say No thanks!!! Even your average High Street bank tries it on these days, you're being attacked on all fronts. It's regrettable but sometimes getting annoyed with these companies is quite understandable - they have no right to iinterfere with your life, you only get one go at life so why let these locusts waste yours?

You should ask them where they got your details from as they do have have to tell you this, you can also ask them to remove your information from their data and o not pass it on anymore. This should stop the call then. We have TPS and we have no problems at all.

Oh dear.... yes I've got an understanding with all my friends that they do 3 rings and then ring me again after a moment. It's like my secret knock so I know they aren't unwanted calls. I do regard it as an invasion of privacy, but more broadly (and I realise this is an extreme line) I think most of sales in any form is a joke - on the principle that if people want something they tend to go and look for it, not wait for someone to approach them, and it speaks volumes if people cannot sell their product without ringing people up individually.

I have a "three strikes" rule with cold callers. The first time I tell them No thankyou politely. The second time I say no thankyou more firmly. If they persist a third time, I hang up / walk away.

In my previous company I overheard some call-centre training going on. There was much talk of retaining "control" of the conversation, and "objection handling". Let's not forget that at all times we are in absolute control of the conversation, we can hang up. Handle that objection!

We seem to get a few cold callers on the phone who slip through the net. When I mention to them that I'm on the TPS they instantly hang up - result! My wife just hangs up when she hears the pause after she's said 'hello'.

We have just moved house and still get calls for the previous occupant. I said that she no longer lives here and the caller says "just a minute"... then turns her tactics on me!

As for cold callers to the house, I'll only entertain the ones doing surveys if it's convenient with myself. Charity beggers can get lost because in todays climate, charity starts at home. Sky TV are big on house callers, all with bizarre Eastern European accents, we had 3 in one week! You'd think the satellite dish on the side of the house was a giveaway.

Invite them around, for a survey and when they have finished, just say no thanks and show them the door, it works for me, or answer the phone and put it on the side next to it,

We are on it Id, and still get pestered constantly. If we make the mistake of trying to explain that we are on the list, we have then made the fatal mistake of engaging in conversation, and you waste more precious time.

If you are one of the cold callers I have been rude to, I apologise, I usually just say I am sorry I am very busy and am just not interested right now and put the phone down, but occasionally, when I have been expecting an important business call (I work from home) and have busted a gut trying to get to the phone before the answer machine cuts in, I have been known to let forth with an expletive or two.

I am a cold caller - and before you instantly hate me, let me say I hate my job! Most people in the office are similar to myself, young people who are doing the job until something better comes up. Althouh we are annoying, at least we are paying our taxes and are not claiming benefits!
Please remember that we are still people and are just doing our jobs - the reason that we are persistant when we call is because we have our supervisors/managers constantly breathing down our necks to make sure we reach sales targets.
Being shouted at over the phone is a horrible experience, and this form of abuse wouldn't be accepted in any other profession. So please just be polite and say you aren't interested in anything over the phone and then say goodbye so it is clear to us that the conversation is over. (If the cold caller in question is rude to you, then report them to their manager!)
If you don't want to be called, put your name on the TPS database - this will greatly reduce the amount of cold calls you will get, part from the illegal companies who may ignore this list. If your name is on the TPS, don't get angry with the caller - tell them that you are on the TPS and ask them to take your details off their own database. If you get another call from the company, don't get angry as it really doesn't help the situation - just ask to speak to the manager or supervisor and explain the situation. After this, if you get any more calls, report them!

Thankfully, in Canada we will soon be able to take our numbers off cold callers lists Yay!