In the last few years I've received increasing numbers of machine
generated calls from people trying to sell me bridges and self-licking
ice cream cones or inquire about my consumption of Wheaties.
So. If, in the first 300 milliseconds I don't hear a voice
that I can (later?) identify as human I hang up. And I don't
give a shit what you gotta say and if you waste my time I'm
gonna waste your business, whatever it is.
Dhu
If you *really* want to cut down on the number of telemarketers that
call your number, I've found this automated service to be quite
effective, because it traps the caller in an automated system where
robots keep the caller engaged for several minutes at a time before they finally figure out they are talking to a robot, very often resulting in
them removing your number from their systems out of pure, delicious frustration:
<https://jollyrogertelephone.com>
You can set up personalized prompts where the service checks to see if
the caller is an actual human y monitoring their response, and you can
white- and black-list callers as you wish as well. There are a bunch of different robots from which to choose, each with their own responses and behaviors. And you get to listen to the recordings of telemarketers
talking to the robot, resulting in some hilarious utterly recordings.
It's a lot of fun! 🙂
Before using this service, I had changed my number a few times trying to
get away from telemarketers. However, the last time I changed my number,
the unfortunate number I chose as a replacement got even more calls than
the previous one. So I looked for more effective methods and resolutions
and found this service. And I'm really glad I did. It works beautifully.
When I first started using this service, I was regularly receiving up to
5 telemarketing calls a day. Now I get one maybe every few *months*, if
that. Even though it's relatively cheap, I'm considering cancelling the service now that I get so few unsolicited calls. Recommended!
On 16 Apr 2023, "Duncan Patton a Campbell on atlas.indx.ca"
<campbell@neotext.ca> posted some news:u1i70q$2io36$1@dont-email.me:
In the last few years I've received increasing numbers of machine
generated calls from people trying to sell me bridges and
self-licking ice cream cones or inquire about my consumption of
Wheaties.
So. If, in the first 300 milliseconds I don't hear a voice that I
can (later?) identify as human I hang up. And I don't give a shit
what you gotta say and if you waste my time I'm gonna waste your
business, whatever it is.
Dhu
Impossible to block now since they all randomize numbers.
I used to post on 800 Notes but some asshole "BigA" started accusing
me of lying and marking my posts for moderation so nobody could see
them. I quit contributing to them and post to the do not call site.
Suspect they are getting paid off by desperate robocallers.
https://www.donotcall.gov/report.html
On 2023-04-17, fod <fod@hulu.com> wrote:
On 16 Apr 2023, "Duncan Patton a Campbell on atlas.indx.ca"
<campbell@neotext.ca> posted some news:u1i70q$2io36$1@dont-email.me:
In the last few years I've received increasing numbers of machine
generated calls from people trying to sell me bridges and
self-licking ice cream cones or inquire about my consumption of
Wheaties.
So. If, in the first 300 milliseconds I don't hear a voice that I
can (later?) identify as human I hang up. And I don't give a shit
what you gotta say and if you waste my time I'm gonna waste your
business, whatever it is.
Dhu
Impossible to block now since they all randomize numbers.
I used to post on 800 Notes but some asshole "BigA" started accusing
me of lying and marking my posts for moderation so nobody could see
them. I quit contributing to them and post to the do not call site.
Suspect they are getting paid off by desperate robocallers.
https://www.donotcall.gov/report.html
And you decided to cross post this misc.phone.mobile.iphone in your
reply why? Anyway...
If you *really* want to cut down on the number of telemarketers that
call your number, I've found this automated service to be quite
effective, because it traps the caller in an automated system where
robots keep the caller engaged for several minutes at a time before they finally figure out they are talking to a robot, very often resulting in
them removing your number from their systems out of pure, delicious frustration:
<https://jollyrogertelephone.com>
You can set up personalized prompts where the service checks to see if
the caller is an actual human y monitoring their response, and you can
white- and black-list callers as you wish as well. There are a bunch of different robots from which to choose, each with their own responses and behaviors. And you get to listen to the recordings of telemarketers
talking to the robot, resulting in some hilarious utterly recordings.
It's a lot of fun! 🙂
Before using this service, I had changed my number a few times trying to
get away from telemarketers. However, the last time I changed my number,
the unfortunate number I chose as a replacement got even more calls than
the previous one. So I looked for more effective methods and resolutions
and found this service. And I'm really glad I did. It works beautifully.
When I first started using this service, I was regularly receiving up to
5 telemarketing calls a day. Now I get one maybe every few *months*, if
that. Even though it's relatively cheap, I'm considering cancelling the service now that I get so few unsolicited calls. Recommended!
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