RayC

Hi all,
can someone please point me towards the site where you can block telephone callers trying to sell you things, i think its something like prefered telesales services but i cant find it.

I'm getting 6 calls a night with the usual Indian sounding voice trying to make me move telephone provider its doing my swede in!

many thanks

Ray

Iwan

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

Though if they're calling from outside the UK they don't have to abide by the rules or TPS lists at all.

HomerJunior

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My workmate and his missus did it and telephone calls have virtually stopped!

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

Kieran_Burns

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yeah- tps works a charm... we moved and had to get a new number - the calls started almost immediately

Got in touch with tps - soon petered out and if they DO phone... I start getting details sharpish and for some reason they hang up really quick!

Tiggs

TPS is perfect...but so is not giving out the number.

We have been in our house for 3 years, x directory and hardly ever use the phone as we use the home office phone line for most stuff......NEVER get cold calls cause the number isnt "out" there.

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RayC

i've registered with TPS and the MPS to stop the mail for the prevoius owner who obvoiusly liked getting credit cards and debts!!

many thanks for your help

Ray

Jap2Scrap

I read that thread title as:

Help! Blocking cold *********

4X4BOB

Phew, thought it was just me that misread thread titles

OllyK

shuffles out of the corner and raises hand - got me too

***scoobybabe***

well, at least its not just down to being blonde that makes u dumb!!! i misread it too. thanks for the link tho guys, ive been having the same probs, sometimes gone 11 pm! ive registered myself now. fingers crossed it works...

Jayneee

I've registered and if anyone does dare to call me I tell them I'm registered and they can't put the phone down quick enough!

Allan

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X directory, no unwanted calls, not even one

oh and the title got me as well.

paul-s

title got me too...im the 6th

...amazing !!

Apparition

Yep ex dir works for us.

scoobynutta555

Thank God for the search option, feckin unwanted calls!

oobster

We used the telephone + mail blocking service, and it has certainly worked. Still get the occasional sales call but not like the 3 or 4 a week we used to get.

pauly

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if your with b.t they do a caller display as long as you got a compatible handset it costs nothing and they sign you up to tps at the same time

it takes about 28days once registered and it's worked for me used to get them every night about 5 or 6 from 8pm onwards get the odd 1 now but you can see the number of the person calling so just let them ring off

kingofturds

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just had a nice indian lady trying to sell me life insurance waiting on the phone for nearly half an hour,whilst I got my details should have not put the phone down on her and seen how long she would have waited.

davegtt

lol I had one ring me a few months ago saying I could have a free mobile phone that I only have to pay £15 a month for... I was ont he phone for about half an hour talking to him telling him its not exactly free and I dont need it as I have a mobile but he insisted I could give it too a family friend or I can have 2 mobiles, got a whole life story off him about where he lives, how many mobiles he owns and even got to how many kids he has... in the end I got bored and just hung up

TopBanana

If you're registered with the TPS (like wot we is), and someone calls you, can you report them somewhere? We still get the odd call, even though we screen most with anonymous all rejection.

r32

I usually sit on something warm, never sit on cold concrete or youre bound to get cold telesales, or even worse asteroids.

r32

Oh sorry, I misread the title, I bet I'm not the only one.

kingofturds

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Only get the odd few so not too bothered,and quite enjoy telling most of them to f.uck off anyway, helps me unwind at the end of the day

WR1Nikki

the tps does work really well but with telesales centres they buy the data from credit reference companies like experian or equifax, so every time you fill in a credit card application form or somethin along those lines they'll have your details again. you need to make sure you read the small print on the forms and tick the relevant boxes that way they cant get theire hands on your info!

r32

We are registered with the TPS, we dont get many calls, only where our caller display (useful) says International.

Most annoying is the number of door callers asking us to switch gas or electricity supply. Really pixxes me off.

STi wanna Subaru

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I thought the thread title was 'blocking Cold *********' at first

davegtt

They always call at tea time too

kingofturds

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Every time british gas have announced a price rise, we get gangs of gas salesman roaming the street .

paul-s

open the window upstairs with one of these



I have one incidently, and its uber-powerful!

Jay m A

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Did somebody say *********?