to not want to give my name/details over the phone??

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cold call for somebody who does not/has not recently been owner of my telephone number afaik, i said 'no such and such does not live here, please remove me from your records I don't want to be bothered again'

Man on phone 'we need to do a survey to get the number removed, it will take a few mintues'

me 'fine get on with it i'm busy'

man 'can i take your name please'

me 'no'

man 'but i need to'

me 'i do not want you having my details therefore i will not give them to you'

man ' all you have to do is give me your details and then we won't call again'

me i do not wish to give you those details

blah blah blah

eventually i hang up.

I'm really quite angry, and wonder if i ABU??

no, they piss me off too. I will not give any details over the phone, could be scammers or nutters.

Me too - I am getting really fed up of it tbh. I now just sit the phone on the side and eventually they realise they're talking to freshair.

He was lying to you.don't give your details.

Tip:

Keep a metal referee's whistle by the phone. And use it. :o

dogsbestfriend thats a great idea!

Don't give any details of any kind over the phone. My DH died last year but I keep our answering machine saying "Sam and Jill not available".

If BG rings, I will not hold a conversation. They have my number for one reason only - so that the gas boiler man can ring to say he's on his way - for no other reason whatsoever. If they want to say something to me, they can write a letter.

I just keep repeating that I do not take cold calls, I do not take cold calls, I do not take cold calls, I do not take cold calls ...................... until they give up. It's their phone money; not mine.

I wouldn't have either. I never give my details. If they insist, I give false details. I hardly get any calls these days though.

"Keep a metal referee's whistle by the phone"

I've never met a metal referee. Did you mean a referee's metal whistle?

PMSL at metal referee

'I'm sorry, I don't take cold callers, I must now refer your call to my metal referee for judgement.'

'creak creak'

'What's that, metal referee? Offside you say? For unsolicited cold calls? Automatic red card, you say?'

'creak creak'

'Judgement has been passed! Good day.'

PHONE DOWN!

I did consider the whistle, but figured it's actually a nasty thing to do to someone who is, after all, just doing their job. It's probably not their dream job either and it's not like it's a prank caller.

I keep (every few weeks) getting a phone call asking me if I'm x (a woman who may have lived here more than 5 years ago) and then asking about my TV. What brand it is etc. No matter how many times I tell them I'm not her and I'm not discussing my TV. They keep on & on saying things like 'I just need to know what brand your TV is' 'You need to tell me what brand your TC is' - I keep saying 'No, I do not need to tell you anything' grrrr

I ask them if that is the best job they could get. I ask them how they sleep at night and tell them to go to night school and they might get a better job that way.

This is cruel, but I've lived here years and I STILL get calls for the previous number, despite begging them to leave me alone politely.

I like the whistle idea. Even crueller.

Following a thread on here a week or so back (OP was phoning homes from website leads) I have changed tack and am actually enjoying the cold calls I now receive. Yesterday I broke into song (wheels on the bus) and last week I narrated what was happening on TV. All while obviously ignoring and talking over the coldcaller's questions. I do state upfront I am not interested in any sales calls/am registered with TPS but if they persist with the conversation/future phone calls my aim is to get them to hang up. Next coldcaller is getting the Grayson Perry catalogue read aloud to them. Hopefully will soon be struck off all lists!

I did get phone calls from a catalogue company I sometimes purchase goods from. They say before we go on can you please confirm your name and address I say NO and then i get why not. Well you have my telephone number and you also have my address as I receive parcels from you. I also point out that the ladies club I go to we had some local PC's come to talk to us about safety answering the door and telephone etc. and they advised never to give your address out over the phone.

I have emailed the company and asked to be taken off their telephone list and if they really need to get in touch with me they can either email me or write to me since then hopefully no more phone calls.

Chipping, perhaps you could start telling them that your tv is one of the new type you can get that's made of hay. That's right, hay! Isn't it clever. The screen is just a plastic bag tied on the front of the hay bale and if you want to watch a program you just draw what you want the picture to be with the marker pen they give you. So last night you wanted to watch Question Time so you just drew a picture of Dimblebug smiling. On the bag. Not sure what the make is but surely she can look it up from that description. Oh and it's blue. The hay is blue.

PHONE DOWN!

I just tell them that my name is Poopants McPlop.

You buggers! :o

Yes, a referee's metal whistle.

I am a referee.

I am NOT made out of metal. :o

Telling them that your name is Jemima Puddleduck works well too. A friend always does when confronted by unsolicited callers/vendors. Often she's told, in totally seriousness, "What a lovely name"!

I find that if I ask them where they got my number from they just hang up on me.

Register for TPS (also MPS to stop the crap mail).

Just google TPS (I think it's telephone preference service), put in your phone number and it's removed from any lists that you haven't signed up to (in fact, even those you have I think!).

The ones that annoy me are the ones that say

Caller: 'Hi, are you Mrs (insert name of woman that used to have our number),
Me: No, the number has been reassigned to us
Caller: Ah, Ok are you the home owner?
Me: Yes
Caller: Can I take your name then please?
Me: No, you wanted Mrs (insert previous number owner again), so why do you now want me?

Then I hang up.

I had one at 4:30am today. I mean, honestly, am I likely to be in the mood to buy double glazing/solar panels/dodgy shares at 4:30am?

I just pass the phone to my 2yo DD! :o It's great fun as she tells them all sorts of rubbish. You can hear them trying to get my name (Mummy! Duh!)

YANBU

Cold callers who ask "security questions" could be trying to get enough information to enable them to hack your credit card or suchlike.

I did demand that one cold caller who claimed to represent my bank give me his telephone number so I could check and call back.

He hung up very quickly indeed!

The callers also tend to hang up very quickly if you just politely ask "where did you get my number from ? Are you aware we are registered with the TPS ?"

It doesn't work for all, but it always makes me smile.

Or, if it's a number you don't recognise, just don't answer !

haha handing to a toddler is a brilliant idea.

thing is i'm sure i did register for TDS maybe that was the last house, i shall do it again

i may well sing at him next time, maybe if these people think i'm a raving loon they'll kindly bugger off

thanks for confirming my suspisions that i shouldn't give them my details

unfortunately i don't have caller id on the phone we have, im sure we're supposed to but dp programmed it and he is a man and therefore can't read instructions, and now for some reason i can't get a caller id on it now