Unsolicited calls pleading to firm up your finances
07 April 2009, 10:02 PM
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Unsolicited calls pleading to firm up your finances
How the **** do you stop these buggers leaving automated messages on your answer phone , i dont remember ever being in debt - so how did they get my number to start with ??
07 April 2009, 10:06 PM
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I one looked at a car on a dealer website and got a quote for finance and insurance - purely out of curiousity.
I then got called twice a day for a week by Yes Car Finance asking me to complete my loan application. I told them I had never applied for a loan, but they were insistent. Apparently they buy all these 'leads' and call the weak willed to complete the application.
When I mentioned Banking Ombudsman they buggered off!
I then got called twice a day for a week by Yes Car Finance asking me to complete my loan application. I told them I had never applied for a loan, but they were insistent. Apparently they buy all these 'leads' and call the weak willed to complete the application.
When I mentioned Banking Ombudsman they buggered off!
07 April 2009, 10:12 PM
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Sign up to the telephone preference service. It will stop all unsolicited and silent calls from the UK. Failure to comply can result in the caller getting a £5k fine for non-compliance iirc. Check for TPS on google
07 April 2009, 10:29 PM
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TPS is a bit of a pain to complete, but I've had my phone line tied up in the past with an automated call, now I don't get any
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08 April 2009, 08:27 AM
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Not so i,m afraid
the calls originate outside the UK, so not covered by the TPS,
the ones who do, dont!
talk talk keep calling me despite referring them to the fact i,m registered with TPS,
Theyve even reported themselves to the TPS, for calling me when
requested not to!!!..........................and they still do it!
If its an automeated call, its hang up time...
if its a human, its the on hold kitchen routine
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