janjj

I put myself on the 'do not call list' It has helped some but political calls come anyway. My husband was a good customer of 'Mid-American Tool". After his death they would continue to call. I informed them of his death and that I would not be ordering. Calls continued for 2-3 years. Finally quit - for about a yiear or more. Then another call!
I finally said "Dead people can't order" and hung up on them. Usually I am not dude but I had had it! No calls since.

Fran Juern

Hanging up would have done the trick!

char7439

I had some one call to renew a subcription, I said "NO". then he asked why,I told him the magizine was 80% ads and 20% imformation. He hung up.

quilt3311

I have caller ID and let the machine take any calls that I do not recognize the caller. Usually, if it is a telemarketer they never talk, so I know its not a personal call. If its someone I know, just pick up and say HI, I'm here just couldn't get to the phone before the machine picked up the call.

grann of 6

One year before my husband passed away he donated $5 to the Republican National Committee. I told him this was a big mistake but he did it anyway. After he passed away, I got several postcards from them wondering where the donations were. I sent the postcards back marked Deceased. Then, and this was before caller ID, one day they called me. I told them if they didn't stop "Harrassing" me on the phone and through the mail I was going to report them to the phone company for harrassment. The guy hung up in a hurry and I never got another phone call or postcard. So I found the word "Harrassment" works.

katykwilt

When they call, just ask them to take you off the list and not call again. I believe it's part of the no-call package that they can't call you again or you can report them.

I know it's a nuisance to me, but keep reminding myself that it's someone's job and they have a quota. At least I try to remember that until I hang up so I don't really say what I'm thinking.

Julie in NM

www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx
did a search and found the number to call to be on the national Do Not Call List.

virgwid

That is why nobody but my close friends and my work have my true phone number. Any number I give out to any business is an old one I had years ago. If they want to contact me they are free to do so thru my email. I am a night worker also, and got tired of when nice didn't work I started yelling obsenities at them. Not who I am, but who I was becoming. I only get an occasional wrong number now. Peace reigns. Virg

ritaquilts

I also got a call from them but mine was a young woman. Very nice but acted like we were friends chatting and didn't want to take no for an answer. I told her twice that something had to to be cut out of the budget and this was it.
According to law, if you say no 3 times, i believe, they are required to hang up. If they don't, just threaten to call the FTC and report them.

joyce888

That is bad. But they also get you with renewal mailings. About 4 or 5 years ago I started keeping tabs on when a subscription would expire and the date I would renew. The mag companys are notorious for sending notices "Your subscription is about to expire" when in reality it isn't going to expire for months. At one time I had 4 years of F&P paid for. Now I track them on line and ditch those notices until it's about 2 months from expiration.