Stop nuisance telephone sales

[karaokemark]

After spending half of my free time after work trying to be polite to people on the phone selling things I don't want, I found this web site to put a stop to most of the calls. It is a goverment site and does not cost anything, a few calls get through but if you tell them you are registered and ask how they got your number they hang up.
http://www.chestercc.gov.uk/main.asp?page=473

[valentine]

Another good way is to register online with www.mpsonline.org.uk to stop junk mail and www.tpsonline.org.uk to stop cold calling. Thats all you do and within 28 days it stops - and it actually works!

[braveheart]

I went to www.mpsonline.rg.uk and registered - definately works - as valantine says 'give it a month'

[Cavfan]

Thanks for this, nuisance calls are driving us mad. We get at least 2 per evening and on weekends and staying polite is increasingly hard! I'm going to give it a try right now.

[Cavfan]

Registered for both - piece of cake!

[braveheart]

keep us updated on results - interested to see if you get same as ourselves

[lindacarl]

Carl has a good ploy with telephone sales people. We now hardly ever get them calling.
What you have to remember is they get paid on results & often if you express any interest then your details are passed on to other direct sell companies.
Keep them talking & you get the satisfaction of wasting their time & making them lose their quotas. They are on an efficiency rating - the longer you can keep them talking the worse their rating is.

HOW? Express an interest in what they have to offer, then when they think they have you, tell them that the only way you can afford to buy their product is for them to buy something off you.
Ask for their credit card details as you'd really like to do business with them. He's tried to sell them everything from Coffins & Cemetary plots ( never tell them what you have for sale until the last possible moment) to discount catalogue goods 'we have everything you could possibly need so don't be afraid that you can't use up your £2-3000 which you want us to spend with you'.

It really works plus you get your own back & end the phone conversation on a high instead of getting annoyed.
Try it you might be pleasantly surprised.
Linda

[Anne]

Registered for both.  What a great piece of info!
Well done Mark
Anne

[Keith]

Registered for both, what a great idea, you don`t have an address to stop spam from clogging up my mailbox do you?

[braveheart]

Keith,I use mailwasher - and again, using the filter that is provided within the application - it works pretty well

I used to get HUNDREDS of unwanted p0rn and spam daily - now maybe half-a-dozen or so - to keep on top though, you have to keep updating your 'blacklist'

http://www.mailwasher.net/