How to put a Telemarketer off his game.

Steve Touchstone wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:43:46 GMT, "Charleen Welton"
wrote:

Thank you MMJ for this link. David and I have been having a problem
with telemarketers calling on our cell phones. Most of the calls
are recordings but either way we don't want to pay for those calls.
Thanks a lot. I bet you've help a lot of people today!

So far I haven't received such calls on the cell. When I have time I
usually string them along for a while before saying "No thanks" when
they call on the land line. Course I won't be doing that as much if
they call the cell, but the first minute of incoming calls is not
charged - I'll have to limit them to about 59 seconds.

I cannot understand why americans find acceptable to pay for receiving a
call, in Britain, as with most countries, the caller pays whether it's a
cell phone or a landline.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

"Adrian" wrote in message
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Steve Touchstone wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:43:46 GMT, "Charleen Welton"
wrote:

Thank you MMJ for this link. David and I have been having a problem
with telemarketers calling on our cell phones. Most of the calls
are recordings but either way we don't want to pay for those calls.
Thanks a lot. I bet you've help a lot of people today!

So far I haven't received such calls on the cell. When I have time I
usually string them along for a while before saying "No thanks" when
they call on the land line. Course I won't be doing that as much if
they call the cell, but the first minute of incoming calls is not
charged - I'll have to limit them to about 59 seconds.

I cannot understand why americans find acceptable to pay for receiving a
call, in Britain, as with most countries, the caller pays whether it's a
cell phone or a landline.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Adrian,
It is so strange how the different cell phone companies offer their
products. When one company changes a program then the others follow like
dominos to change also. And these programs don't last long until they
change again. So you may get a company that charges you for incoming calls
or one that doesn't or one that does for a certain length of time. The
program we have charges us for a certain amount of air time wether it is for
incoming or outgoing and it is generous enough so that we don't pay overage.
But those calls are very annoying!

Charleen

"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Steve Touchstone wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:43:46 GMT, "Charleen Welton"
wrote:

Thank you MMJ for this link. David and I have been having a problem
with telemarketers calling on our cell phones. Most of the calls
are recordings but either way we don't want to pay for those calls.
Thanks a lot. I bet you've help a lot of people today!

So far I haven't received such calls on the cell. When I have time I
usually string them along for a while before saying "No thanks" when
they call on the land line. Course I won't be doing that as much if
they call the cell, but the first minute of incoming calls is not
charged - I'll have to limit them to about 59 seconds.

I cannot understand why americans find acceptable to pay for receiving a
call, in Britain, as with most countries, the caller pays whether it's a
cell phone or a landline.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Adrian,
It is so strange how the different cell phone companies offer their
products. When one company changes a program then the others follow like
dominos to change also. And these programs don't last long until they
change again. So you may get a company that charges you for incoming calls
or one that doesn't or one that does for a certain length of time. The
program we have charges us for a certain amount of air time wether it is for
incoming or outgoing and it is generous enough so that we don't pay overage.
But those calls are very annoying!

Charleen

"Adrian" wrote in message
...
Steve Touchstone wrote:
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:43:46 GMT, "Charleen Welton"
wrote:

Thank you MMJ for this link. David and I have been having a problem
with telemarketers calling on our cell phones. Most of the calls
are recordings but either way we don't want to pay for those calls.
Thanks a lot. I bet you've help a lot of people today!

So far I haven't received such calls on the cell. When I have time I
usually string them along for a while before saying "No thanks" when
they call on the land line. Course I won't be doing that as much if
they call the cell, but the first minute of incoming calls is not
charged - I'll have to limit them to about 59 seconds.

I cannot understand why americans find acceptable to pay for receiving a
call, in Britain, as with most countries, the caller pays whether it's a
cell phone or a landline.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.

Adrian,
It is so strange how the different cell phone companies offer their
products. When one company changes a program then the others follow like
dominos to change also. And these programs don't last long until they
change again. So you may get a company that charges you for incoming calls
or one that doesn't or one that does for a certain length of time. The
program we have charges us for a certain amount of air time wether it is for
incoming or outgoing and it is generous enough so that we don't pay overage.
But those calls are very annoying!

Charleen