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how to stop those call-center tele-sales calls - very useful
Posted: 04 Oct 2004, 14:06
by Quiff Boy
a few guys at work have tried this and it works!
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
go to the bottom of the page and register: ta da! no more random telesales calls
the mps section also allows you to block junk post - even give previous occupant's forwarding addresses etc etc
very handy.
Posted: 04 Oct 2004, 14:31
by markfiend
I can vouch for the TPS too. Very handy.
With the added bonus that if a telesales person
still calls you then you can raise all sorts of merry hel
l with them.
Posted: 04 Oct 2004, 16:02
by rian
We have the same system over here. I signed in last week. Lets see if it works now.
Posted: 04 Oct 2004, 19:38
by smiscandlon
markfiend wrote:I can vouch for the TPS too. Very handy.
With the added bonus that if a telesales person
still calls you then you can raise all sorts of merry hel
l with them.
Likewise. I signed up for this a few years ago and haven't been bothered since (except for folks looking for Richard's Bar round the corner
)
Posted: 05 Oct 2004, 14:20
by Purple Light
Looks very handy but it'd ruin my favourite pastime of answering the phone, then asking them if they'd mind holding... at which point the phone gets left off the hook & I go do something else. A bloke stayed on for about 20 mins once, couldn't believe it when I went to hang up & he was still there. I did the noble thing though.
Posted: 05 Oct 2004, 14:53
by markfiend
Purple Light wrote:Looks very handy but it'd ruin my favourite pastime of answering the phone, then asking them if they'd mind holding... at which point the phone gets left off the hook & I go do something else. A bloke stayed on for about 20 mins once, couldn't believe it when I went to hang up & he was still there. I did the noble thing though.
That is priceless!
Posted: 05 Oct 2004, 19:57
by Gripper
There's a 'mail preference service' accessible from the same site too- stops loads of dead trees being shoved through your door on a daily basis. And it really works- we hardly ever get junk mail these days.
And there's a fax preference service too if you have a fax machine and keep getting offers to buy a Renault or something.
Posted: 05 Oct 2004, 19:59
by Gripper
Err, sorry QB. Just read your post properly and noticed you'd mentioned the mps already. Hope noone suggests a HLps otherwise I may be in trouble.
Posted: 06 Oct 2004, 00:42
by boudicca
I don't want to do that because then, if we ever get a call where no-one speaks, I'll assume I'm being stalked and take to wearing tinfoil over my head.
Also, they're the only people that ever phone these days...
