Anyone else tormented with these calls? Over the past while we have been receiving calls up to 10 times a day, sometimes more. We have tried everything to stop them, with no avail. Our first one came this morning at 8.40 am.

ann I symphasise with you, but there is a way to stop this. phone your service provider and tell them you wish these cold calls to stop. it sometimes takes 2 or 3 days but they can and will stop them for you.eamon

Eamon, thanks for that. I'll ring this morning.

On a lighter note, one evening the phone rang while I was watching Emmerdale. I assumed it was one of these cold calls again I lifted the phone and swore. I told the caller to F off and put the phone down. A few minutes later it rang again. It was my brother on the line. O dear, could have been the bishop, mind you.!!!!!!!!!

Ann, By cold calls I assume you mean "Advertisers". Those type of calls are illegal in Ontario though that does not stop some of them especially the ones from India or Pakistan. They seem to have slowed down now, though I still get an occasional Indian voice offering one thing or another, like yourself I tell them where to go????. Mauri

Ann,

We get them too but I say now "Hello Hello, Hello as if I cannot hear them & put the phone down. Works.!

Pat

Pick up the phone, and lay it on the table. They can then waste company money talking to themselves.

Donald and everyone. I rang BT operator service, gave them the complaint about nuisance calls, and they are putting us on a monitoring service for a year. The first year is free and then it costs something like a couple of pounds a month after that. If it works, it'll be well worth it.

Once again, thanks Eamon.

Hi Ann

Evelyn and I are tortured with these phone calls also , we have on our phone , caller on screen , but they can get through , as some calls are withheld . Most of our calls are shown , from our address book , and we can recognise who are calling . I would have loved to have seen your face ,after your outburst , and then finding out it was your brother . The only consolation is , you are not alone , with this problem .
Regards to Dominic,Yourself &Family
Tommy & Evelyn