Post by accykeef on Aug 6, 2012 11:14:56 GMT
I have recieved 3 calls this morning from a market research company and despite asking them to stop calling, they kept ringing. I am registered with TPS but as far as I am concerned, that organisation is totally useless.
Caller display shows the number and I ignore international numbers but the companies have got wise to this and use UK numbers.
Many years ago, nuisance call such as this were dealt with swiftly. Once you had the number, you rang them, asked them to wait while you teted the line, connected a Megger to the line, unplugged your phone and hit the button. The resulting high test current down the copper wire fried whatever equipment the company had connected to the line.
They were good days!
Can't do that now with fibre optics but a referee's whistle can be a useful thing but has to be used with skill. You must speak really quietly so they turn the volume up at their end and then 'give em a blast'.
The thing I don't understand about this marketting malarky is why they do it in the first place using people who only just speak my language.
Caller display shows the number and I ignore international numbers but the companies have got wise to this and use UK numbers.
Many years ago, nuisance call such as this were dealt with swiftly. Once you had the number, you rang them, asked them to wait while you teted the line, connected a Megger to the line, unplugged your phone and hit the button. The resulting high test current down the copper wire fried whatever equipment the company had connected to the line.
They were good days!
Can't do that now with fibre optics but a referee's whistle can be a useful thing but has to be used with skill. You must speak really quietly so they turn the volume up at their end and then 'give em a blast'.
The thing I don't understand about this marketting malarky is why they do it in the first place using people who only just speak my language.
