tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post6738977359175618906..comments2023-10-17T12:05:26.540+01:00Comments on Razor-blade of Life: Z thinks about springing into actionZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-50038041941513877202013-02-19T19:04:55.434+00:002013-02-19T19:04:55.434+00:00Well, if the Sage forgets to check and automatical...Well, if the Sage forgets to check and automatically picks up the phone, he'll get the cold call, won't matter to me. Thanks for the tip about checking numbers, AQ. Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-88168662602915754652013-02-19T08:37:39.314+00:002013-02-19T08:37:39.314+00:00We've had caller ID for years, ever since we u...We've had caller ID for years, ever since we used to get nuisance calls from someone we knew. We have a list (by now 2 A4 pages!) by the phone of numbers not to answer - the PPI mis-sellers, Launa Windows, Zenith Kitchens, etc, etc. We also use Caller Barring to get rid of this week's nuisance callers - that goes in cycles, they give up after a couple of weeks and start using different numbers. <br />We can't NOT answer withheld numbers as several customers withhold all the numbers from their switchboards, but if we don't recognise a number we don't answer it and let them leave a message if they're genuine. I can see that you could easily have the opposite problem in that you won't recognise the number of new customers. Whocallsme is a good website to find out if they're telepests - just Google the number that called you and it'll probably be the first site to come up.<br />I agree, it's very spring-like, although we have had an overnight frost, which I find so refreshing after months of rain, etc.allotmentqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09436822823840965550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-6456598977678802712013-02-18T19:43:23.969+00:002013-02-18T19:43:23.969+00:00We got a caller ID phone a few months ago, and it ...We got a caller ID phone a few months ago, and it has saved my sanity. As I refuse to reply to any calls at all unless I know the number, the calls have become far less frequent. The sage is going to be a pest though! It's best to let them think the number is no longer in use, so that they don't just keep ringing for three weeks and then sell your number on. I look every number up that I don't recognise to see if it has been reported as a telepest. From three a day nine months ago, I'm down to maybe two a week.janerowenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295097968168916092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-12560911952590162652013-02-18T19:31:32.087+00:002013-02-18T19:31:32.087+00:00Both internet and electricity are known to fail, c...Both internet and electricity are known to fail, can't do that here!Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00822383355869390919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21602861.post-65567563911556358432013-02-18T17:16:07.544+00:002013-02-18T17:16:07.544+00:00I agree that the TPS is next to useless, and compl...I agree that the TPS is next to useless, and completely useless with overseas calls! My solution will be to get my desk-top Wi-Fi enabled, so I can ditch BT's landline. Then only people I know can call me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346682505354790114noreply@blogger.com