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tahoe healey
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If you have call forwarding, you can forward to your cell phone and see the name and number.
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Us either - mostly - our land line has caller ID on only 2 of 4 phones - and even some cell phone calls we get have no name. OTOH usually there is silence when we pick up the phone - enough time to hang up.
We generally get two kinds of calls.
1. Phishing - your credit card/ bank account/ taxes/ etc has been compromised/ added to / removed from etc.
or
2. Cold calls - duct cleaning.
mikephillips
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Funny, just as I pulled this up, the phone rang with the robot "This is an urgent call for the vehicle owner". Talk about timing...
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Interesting, we don't get duct cleaning calls here.
Even if I'm standing next to the land line, I won't pick it up. All calls are for my wife and they are either business calls for her, her friends or family, or "We need to speak to you about ...." She has Caller ID and an answering machine that picks up after 2 rings. "Have your machine speak to my machine."
Even if I'm standing next to the land line, I won't pick it up. All calls are for my wife and they are either business calls for her, her friends or family, or "We need to speak to you about ...." She has Caller ID and an answering machine that picks up after 2 rings. "Have your machine speak to my machine."
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For our land-line we use "NoMoRoBo" which is a free-service. Any computer dialed call is intercepted; we get just one ring and then it is re-routed to a database that tags the number of a marketer. The only trouble with the service (which is otherwise fantastic) is that it will block a call-back where you're only hold and they say they'll call you back.
The service costs for cell phones, but I otherwise recommend it.
The service costs for cell phones, but I otherwise recommend it.
Living in Georgia our phone has not stopped ringing lately.
1) political calls.
2) Marketing calls for extended warranty calls.
3) Your credit card, SS number etc has been used in ........state.
and
4) is my fault. I advertised canning jars in the market bulletin last week and the phone has not stopped ringing. The first caller took all the jars I had.
The answering machine fields them all unless I recognize the number or someone I want to talk to starts a message. I did get a call last week and I recognized the number. It was our number calling us. They spoof the numbers now. Have had 10 calls from the same name with 10 different numbers.
David
1) political calls.
2) Marketing calls for extended warranty calls.
3) Your credit card, SS number etc has been used in ........state.
and
4) is my fault. I advertised canning jars in the market bulletin last week and the phone has not stopped ringing. The first caller took all the jars I had.
The answering machine fields them all unless I recognize the number or someone I want to talk to starts a message. I did get a call last week and I recognized the number. It was our number calling us. They spoof the numbers now. Have had 10 calls from the same name with 10 different numbers.
David
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Can't fathom how Georgie residents are dealing with the onslaught (related to your upcoming election). Here is Oregon we go very few TV ads during the presidential campaign (as we aren't a swing State).
Kinda sad that screening/ignoring calls has become a way of life.
Kinda sad that screening/ignoring calls has become a way of life.
Madflyer
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while reading these Threads My power Company call telling me my power will be shut of in 30 min unless I contact them push #1 so I did and told them I was off the GRID click As for you all in Georgia best of luck with what every way you choose. You will be compared to Florida for years after this. Madflyer And asking for PHONE SEX works also
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There are usually ten or more calls 'blinking' unanswered on our land-line answering machine, I go thru 'em about once a week, deleting most. Likely deleted some of import, inadvertently, as well. :eeek:
"Our records show that your business is not listed... blah blah blah... Press one to list your..."
"Our records show that your business is not listed... blah blah blah... Press one to list your..."
In the mail on Saturday we had 9 political flyers. Not sure who they were for as I just trash them all.
Better than bills I suppose.
David
Better than bills I suppose.
David
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