stop cold calling

kolaval

kolaval

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Hi all

I make a point of selecting not to be contacted with specials by anyone or for my info not to be given out to 3rd parties
Yet I am getting quite a few calls these days, from those flippen people selling vacations etc.
Any idea of what I am allowed to know if they call me?
Do they have to tell me who gave them my info?
Cause i'm gonna ring their necks
 
Yeah, it drives me mad too. There is no need for them to disclose exactly where they get it from, the usual excuse when I pressure them is they bought it from a company that sells the mailing lists, no they cannot give it to you.... Blah blah. Basically you will run around in circles. You can register on the Direct Marketing associations website to opt-out of them, but they are the guys that are gonna do the calling so for them to maintain the list is ironic :-)
Its kinda like giving the criminals the keys to your house, but telling them they cannot go in :-)

I have absolute proof that even big companies like Vodacom sell your info (maybe not officially, it might have been an inside job, but the info definitely came from vodacom)
They phoned my wife's cell phone looking for me... and they referenced her by her maiden name, the ONLY place that information (her cell, my name and surname, her maiden name) exists and can be tied together is Vodacom's database. I bought the contract for her before we were married...
 
Agree. And Cellc is busy phoning people again. Because they are desperate for connections. They phoned a client of mine today. The sales person from Cellc said to my client that they have only today because the special ends today forcing people to make a quick decision and not giving them time to think about the offer. lol. Cellc doesn’t give a damn about CPA.
 
Sandman3000 said:
Agree. And Cellc is busy phoning people again. Because they are desperate for connections. They phoned a client of mine today. The sales person from Cellc said to my client that they have only today because the special ends today forcing people to make a quick decision and not giving them time to think about the offer. lol. Cellc doesn’t give a damn about CPA.
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All the service providers do it dude - no need to pick on just CellC
 
Please hold....

Put phone on hold, forget about call, laugh in amusement at time of call once idiot gets the hint.

As an added bonus it prevents that person calling other people for the next few minutes.
 
AstroTurf said:
Please hold....
Put phone on hold, forget about call, laugh in amusement at time of call once idiot gets the hint.
As an added bonus it prevents that person calling other people for the next few minutes.
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I do a similar thing - answer call by only pressing green phone symbol & saying absolutely nothing.
Usually takes from a few seconds to up to 30 before they disconnect call.
 
As long as they call from a mobile number to my 8ta sim I don't mind.
 
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