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I'm sick to the back teeth of getting calls for someone who had my number a billion years ago, time to have some fun - I'm in a cheeky mood!

So far I've done the "just a minute" then leaving the phone next to the TV for 20 mins (yes, they held on all that time!)

A recreation (although poor) of the murder scene one.

And the pet sanctuary "hello, pet sanctuary, Jackie Russel speaking"

....in the past half hour....

Any interesting suggestion (or down right crazy) greatfully appriciated!
 
They like hanging on, because they get a bonus for keeping you on the line.

In the end i put a ban on calls for my line and if anybody trys I just ask for their name and number and they hang up.
 
Ah you did my favourite of putting the phone down on the table, amazed they hung on for 20 mins.

What about "hello, telephone preference service" and see how quickly they hang up. Or "oh, thank god you called. I've been so lonely all day and just dying for a good long chat"
 
I have an actor friend who once used this to get rid of a particularly pesky firm:

Them: "Hello...."
Him: "Won't you stay on the line and be my friend?" *pause* "It's just that nobody talks to me since the court case." *another pause and then a pleading voice* "I WAS acquitted!!".

The caller hung up.
 
Put on a cheesy American accent and say "Congratulations! You have been selected to enjoy a free, all expenses paid holiday in (insert nasty holiday destination of choice). To claim you prize, press 9 on your keypad. I'm sorry, we did not register your keypress, please try again. I'm sorry, there appears to be a fault. To claim, please dial (insert genuine TPS number) and leave your details. Thank you." Of course, you could try to get them to call an adult chat line rather than the TPS but I reckon the TPS one would be more effective!
 
Nattelie, play the 'yes yes' game. Answer yes to anything they say; my record for keeping them on the line was about one minute.

Then play the 'argon accumulator' game. Say to them that if they sell you something, they have to provide one of those.
 
trencheel303 said:
Nattelie, play the 'yes yes' game. Answer yes to anything they say; my record for keeping them on the line was about one minute.

Then play the 'argon accumulator' game. Say to them that if they sell you something, they have to provide one of those.
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I said yes constantly.... took her almost 3 mins before she hung up!
Aparently now I sponsor a puppy and have changed car insurance :cuckoo::nuts:
 
LOL! It tends to work really well until they ask your name... I've not had one accept me as named 'Yes' yet.,..
 
It's been posted before, worth another airing though.....


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:D
 
Pre record

Door bell rings

(you live, sorry can you hold a sec that's the door, you put phone down and go watch tv)

Sounds of you opening door and a scream! you?!! how did you? OH GOD NO!!...BANG, grunt...thud...

sounds of footsteps running away on gravel

silence
 
Trouble is, most of the ones we get are automated. You get the cheesy american voice going "congratulations!" they never really get any further than that. I tried waiting for a real person but the cheeky ****ers hung up on me!
Most of the time you don't even get the chance to give a genuine uming bean a hard time.
 
these are the only calls I get now :(
















Since the trial :shake:
 
:lol: now that would be worth hanging on for!
 
You could prerecord the doorbell, then get your husband or partner to answer and pretend it's the milkman and have a naughty conversation (so the people on the phone can hear) about how your husband still doesn't know and should this go on any longer - followed by the sound of kissing and then....... you can guess.
 
We have caller ID on our phone, so most calls we recognise, before we answer.

However, my husbands family all live abroad, and I am never 100% certain if a call that comes up as 'withheld' is from them or not (Skype always comes up as withheld), so I always answer and because there is always an echo on the line, I wait a second or two, only to hear "Congratulations, ....... "

I have hung up on my gran in the past as she didn't respond quick enough to my hello! She promptly rang back and gave me a shouting at!
 
My mother in law has been getting calls from a number that comes up as 000000000000 on the caller display, she hasn't spoken to anyone as the line is dead when she picks the phone up, any idea what that's about
 
We've registered with TPS, but still get a few calls. I start by asking them for their full names and address. When they ask why I tell them that as they know who I am
I want to know who they are so that I can report them to TPS. That usually ends the call very quickly.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
It's been posted before, worth another airing though.....


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:D
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Excellent
 
wack61 said:
My mother in law has been getting calls from a number that comes up as 000000000000 on the caller display, she hasn't spoken to anyone as the line is dead when she picks the phone up, any idea what that's about
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The the caller ID is normally added at the exchange the caller is connected to (even if the caller witholds) , but I think calls originating on ISDN30 connections can supply their own CLID - possibly the exchange they are connecting to is not sanity checking the input it is getting.

A BT engineer would know.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
It's been posted before, worth another airing though.....


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:D
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Brilliant. That is so funny.
 
onomatopoeia said:
The the caller ID is normally added at the exchange the caller is connected to (even if the caller witholds) , but I think calls originating on ISDN30 connections can supply their own CLID - possibly the exchange they are connecting to is not sanity checking the input it is getting.

A BT engineer would know.
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What, you mean BT engineers actually know stuff?!?! Makes you wonder then why they constantly bull&*^% customers! :razz:
 
She's 84, I bought her a caller display phone so she could see who was calling and not answer numbers she didn't know, I rang from my mobile a number she doesn't know , phone rings twice, hello :bonk:
 
Take the details of the company calling, then tell them you are registered NOT to recieve cold calling, they can get fined for calling listed numbers! they will soon leave you alone! :D :D :D
 
but if they call from outside the EU (could just be the UK) TPS has no power to fine them.
I'm registered and mostly don't get any calls, but every so often you get a few of them in a few days, it's always the same ones.

on my landline I've been getting them asking me who I have my phone line with...seems to have stopped again now.

on my mobile withheld number and no one there....I asked Virgin if they could find out who it was...they had no record of me being called, neither did my phone which is very odd, and the only thing I can do is to contact the police....grrrr
 
At home I ask as many questions about the product as I can. I kept a mobile phone company on the line for 47 minutes (my record)

At work we have a new game. We tell them that we do not do business over the phone, we prefer to deal face to face. We make appointments for them to come and see us when the office isn't going to be staffed. They tend to be very angry when the phone us to ask why there was no-one there. One company made re-appointments twice so they came to see us three times in total. They got very shouty with me when I told them I had done it on purpose.
 
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