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How to Stop Annoying Telemarketing Calls

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Real Estate Agent with HomeStarr Realty RS143922A

 

It is Monday morning at 9AM and here they come these annoying telemarketing calls .  I receive so many of these calls and they are really annoying . Most of them do come in from an out of area code not a local area code . I will say lately some have started to come in on local phone lines .

 

Because I am a Real Estate agent I felt compelled to answer these calls Now I let these annoying calls  go into voice mail 

 

Last week I received one and I was in a very unusual mood and listened for a few minutes . They congratulated me I was now eligible for a collage scholarship would I please tell them what year I received my GED or graduated High School  . I said I am 85 years old . I did not want to go back to collage ..CLICK  is what I heard on the other end . How rude these callers are .  Then I blocked this caller on my Phone . By the way I am not eighty five   Today I received the same call . I told them not interest take me off your list .It was a different local number  and I blocked this number too

 

It is sad that we feel we cannot answer our phones in fear it is someone trying to solicite their services to us or con us .There should be a law or is there ?

 

How many senior citizens have been scammed by these phone calls ?

 

I am on a DO NOT CALL LIST but the calls come  anyway - Congratulations your business has been awarded a high  priorty loan - Do you receive these annoying calls too !

When checking on Google to see who these people were I found this video 

Before you get to ask  all the questions I am sure they will hang up

 

How to Stop Annoying Telemarketing Calls  : posted June 13 ,2013

 

 

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Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Robert (Bob) Gilbert ~ hi Bob... I love that approach of answering and saying nothing... will have to try it one day.

Jun 13, 2016 07:15 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Dick Greenberg  You are not rude I think they are ..wasting your valuable time

Bob "RealMan" Timm   It is really annoying when you are on the phone with a client and the telemaketer  is calling on call waiting line

Jane Peters  I had not heard of this service

Thank you for your input

Hannah

 

Jun 13, 2016 07:41 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Robert (Bob) Gilbert  It such a waste of our time . Don't you think so?

Nina Hollander  That is a telemarketer . I also get them .So very annoying  .I also get the ones where they tell you they will put you on the first page of Google

Thank you both for taking the time to comment

Hannah

Jun 13, 2016 07:47 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

I'm to the point where I don't even bother with my home phone because of all the nonsense.  So much for the Do Not Call List.

Jun 13, 2016 08:26 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Chris Ann Cleland  These are coming through on my cell phone  - My son in Law says the same thing about his home phone  . He says he only has to save money on his cable bill

Thanks for the comment

Hannah

Jun 13, 2016 08:32 AM
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

I've always wanted to go for my doctorate...since Dr. Von Domek sounds really cool...I wonder if they will call me with the college offer?!!

Jun 13, 2016 11:49 AM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I start trying to sell them a house.  They generally try to get me off the phone.

Jun 13, 2016 02:14 PM
Sharon Tara
Sharon Tara Transformations - Portsmouth, NH
Retired New Hampshire Home Stager

What a great video. I would love to try and actually collect the money. I find it hard to believe it's as easy as suggested though.

Jun 14, 2016 02:54 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Lisa Von Domek  what ever they offer it is rude and time consuming - don't you think so ?

Tammy Lankford,  Just today as I was getting ready to go into the office my phone was ringing .I had to drop everything I was doing to answer my phone only to see an out of area -Yes a telemarketing phone number - what a waste of time -In my humble opinion

Sharon Tara  Fun video and I tend to agree with you . It would be your word against theirs  and very difficult to prove in court .  I just find them so annoying

Thank you for taking the time to comment

Hannah

 

Jun 14, 2016 05:17 AM
Robert Bob Gilbert
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties - Katy, TX
Your Katy TX ( West of Houston) Real Estate Expert

Nina Hollander - By using te speaker phone you do not waste your time but you might be causing the caller some issues.. Computer genertaed calls recently hang up quickly if no one speaks. 

Jun 14, 2016 06:05 AM
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

Hannah

Don't even get me started on how aggravating these calls all. The DNC list is a joke. Blocking caller numbers only serves to block that #, they will likely just call back on another #. 

Jeff

Jun 14, 2016 07:35 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Jeff Dowler CRS  it is the most annoying part of my day .  IYou are right but blocking them makes me feel better and it has cut down an the calls

Jun 14, 2016 07:42 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Hannah

The telemarketers are no longer paying attention to the Do Not Call List . . . .  

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Jun 15, 2016 11:33 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Lou Ludwig  just today while getting ready for appointments my phone rang three times  with these nuisance call .

Thanks for taking the time to comment

Hannah

Jun 16, 2016 02:14 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Hello Hannah 

Great post, they are annoying, I like Tammy's comment (above) and your post has been featured to the group:

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Jun 16, 2016 12:01 PM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz  I just keep blocking them - They they are so annoying

Thank you for  Featuring this post in your group

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Jun 17, 2016 05:58 AM
Robert Vegas Bob Swetz

Your very welcome Hannah 

Jun 18, 2016 01:33 AM
Dianne Goode
Raleigh Cary Realty - Raleigh, NC
Realtor/Broker

Hi Hannah.  If the call is from an area code I don't have family in, I don't answer.  A legitimate caller will leave a message. 

Jun 19, 2016 09:00 AM
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Agree Hannah Williams annoying for sure.  I used to hang up but think I will try to sell them a house as Tammy Lankford, does.  

Jun 19, 2016 09:46 AM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Diane wants to buy a whistle and blow in the ear of the caller... my take just let the answering machine pick up stops 70% of them the rest you can delete, Endre

Jun 25, 2016 07:05 AM
Hannah Williams
HomeStarr Realty - Philadelphia, PA
Expertise NE Philadelphia & Bucks 215-820-3376

Dianne Goode  I agree with you but they are so annoying aren't they

Mary Yonkers Let me know if that works for you .. as soon as I asked what their full name was and that they were told not to call ..the calls from that company stopped

Endre Barath, Jr.  I like Diane's idea it would be interesting to see how that would work

Thank you for your input

Hannah

Jun 26, 2016 12:30 AM