How to Stop Cold Callers
Many companies make a living these days by obtaining your phone number and calling you, perhaps more than once, to see if they can convince you to buy their products or services. These can range from new double glazing to claiming against your PPI insurance or selling you a new loan. Whatever their motives, the phone call can often catch you unaware and the callers are often well trained to initiate conversations with you.
How to Stop These Nuisance Phone Calls
Nuisance calls might be a pre-recorded call or a live sales call. Whatever may be the type of call, one thing is common in all these calls – the calls are made for promoting ideal, aim, service or a product. In other words, these are all marketing calls in general.
Companies are starting to develop methods of stopping these cold calls so you don’t have to answer them in the first place. This means that when your telephone rings you can be sure it is not someone trying to sell you something.
Finding out how to stop nuisance phone calls is relatively straightforward according to the ICO. Methods work for all phones except VoIP (voice over internet protocol) phones and all networks allow the method as well. As long as you have caller ID activated on your line, a block list of numbers can be activated on your line.
Ways of Avoiding Nuisance Telesales Calls
- Register with TPS for free
- Verify the privacy statements before providing your phone number
- Confirm with the organization that it doesn’t disturb with marketing calls
Who Offers the Service?
Companies such as www.grouputilities.com have started a “community blocker”, which means that as more and more people activate the service and numbers are reported to the provider, the block list keeps growing and you receive fewer nuisance calls. The block list of numbers is constantly being reviewed to include international nuisance calls as well. If the number calling you isn’t displayed on your caller ID, then you can block access to those types of calls coming through. All of these types of service provider guarantee your family and friends’ numbers will be marked on a safe list, so the phone calls will always get through to you. In fact, your loved ones are much more likely to get through to you on the telephone as you will no longer be tied up answering unsolicited calls.
For the elderly and people with young children who are experimenting with answering the phone, you can rest assured no one will be answering a call in your home from someone trying to sell them something. This type of service is ideal for everyone who is tired of answering nuisance calls and then missing an important call, especially when you ignore the phone ringing one day and then realise you should have answered it.
The price of this type of service does vary, so it is worth speaking directly to the service providers to find the cost for your home. You can often pay monthly and by direct debit so you don’t have to worry about making the payment each month. The box that is installed for the service is very discreet and doesn’t take up much space. It receives regular software updates so your block list is always up to date. If you have issues with calls still getting through or are unable to receive calls from a certain number that you need to, then a dedicated support line can assist you in getting the most out of the service. Most service providers offer email and online support via their website as well.
Category: Consumer Complaints
