You know those car warranty robocallers calling your cellphone? Of course you do, you hate them. This how reader Eyebrow McGee deals with them, and gets to have a little laugh at the same time:
Save the number (I save it as “Z Douche” so it sorts to the bottom of my contacts list and makes me laugh) and assign it a silent ringtone. Similar calls from other numbers can be assigned as Z Douche’s second cell phone or landline or whatever. Typically they call from a handful of numbers repeatedly.
It doesn’t solve the problem, but it makes it much less annoying and doesn’t burn your minutes.
PREVIOUSLY: Who The Hell Are These People Calling My Cellphone About A Car Warranty?
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I shouted “I DON’T HAVE A CAR” into the phone and hung up the fourth time I got one. I’d tried to get out of the thing before, but they kept calling. I knew it was a robot, but it made me feel better.
Calls stopped mysteriously.
Maybe they’re not robots. *suspicious glance*
I rarely give my real number to anyone. I have a standard fake number I give to companies (like Elaine in Seinfeld). Why do they need to call me? I can give them my email with no problem, plus they have my home addy, so why the phone number. Write a letter or email me instead.
No cell phone, but I get them on my regular phone. I just don’t answer anymore. Since I answer the phone at work, half the time I don’t bother to pick up at home because I don’t feel like it.
My answering machine is set to pick up after four rings, so I’ll wait and if it cuts off after two or three, I figure it was just a robot anyway.
I assign numbers I do not want to answer (like my phone-stalker ex) to the entry “No” in my contact list. It’s shorter than anyone’s actual name so I can tell from a short glance that it’s someone I don’t want to talk to.
It’s not my cellphone I’m worried about. I work at a hotel and we get 20 plus robocalls a day. If you ask for the name of the company, they simply hang up on you! There’s no way to report these creeps, and they take way too much time out of my day. Suggestions?
I only really have a cell, and if it’s a number I don’t recognize or know, it can go to my voicemail. If it’s that important they’ll leave a message.
How about forwarding the calls to some 800 number? Like Comcastic’s? Does that cost u minutes?
If I don’t have anything better to do, I will *always* waste these jerks’ time. I can’t get enough info for the FCC and Verizon doesn’t care, so it’s the only way to harm the scammers. The only reason scams and spams work is that the costs are close to zero, and with some gumption and old-fashioned spite, we can fix it. We can make their costs … nonzero. Yes!
doesn’t burn your minutes – until you check your voicemail.
Most of the unsolicited calls I get are from “Unknown” or “Blocked”. Boourns.
Well, I got a call today on my skype phone.
Man did I have a good time, I had them on the phone for 12 minutes, making them buy I was generally concerned. I even got transferred to a manager to make sure my “2005 Acura TL, w/ about 52,000 miles” on it could be specially approved. Then I said a friend was coming in, and hung up on them. Only to be called back and I said I am busy, and the lady nearly went on a rant when I responded to the wrong fake name I gave her, and how I was just jerking her chain. All this while reading the rip off report about their company and laughing at her.
God I WISH my current phone had the silent ringtone option! I used to do this with my Sanyo phone, but the Samsung doesn’t have this option. That is a serious argument against me ever buying a Samsun in the future.
@ltlbbynthn: Can’t you download ringtones? Just find a silence.wav or whatever format you need, and you’re good to go!