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TWR | 17:35 Wed 19th Nov 2014 | ChatterBank
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Tea time again and the phone goes, no-one there, just about to starting enjoying you tea, & again the phone goes, *** Hell, you pick it up, good evening Sir / Madam "Can We" You put the phone down, we are on the TPS Apart from that, would you go as far as suing them for harassment? I am thinking of doing so, we should not have to put up with these calls.
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If I get any calls that come up as international or withheld, I don't answer them. If it is someone I know they will start to leave a message, then I can pick up and speak to them.

People we want to talk to ring our Mobiles, anything else can wait!
Sue an overseas company, at my expense, no chance!

If it is inconvenient I don't answer the phone, using the answer phone to screen calls is a convenient way of bypassing these calls too.



get an ansafone. I only deal with calls when it suits me.
You need to put this into the Law forum.

But my thoughts are that the TPS is a voluntary code of practice isn't it ? You can complain, but only a legal eagle could tell you if you have a case for harassment. Surely each of these calls is from a different caller ? Is a single call harassment ?

As for foreign countries, I'd hate to think how far an individual would get. Identifying the caller is difficult enough, but then you have to deal with a foreign legal system.

Do as folk suggest. Don't answer international or withheld number calls. Can one get the phone company to block these automatically ?

As for domestic country callers, get yourself one of those blockers that come with a list of known spam callers, and to which you can add numbers as you receive and identify them, so they can't disturb you from that calling number a second time.
Or do as I do, look across, if the number is unavailable just take the phone off the hook. A couple of days ago my phone was telling me someone was still connected 40 minutes later. No sound when I checked, so I decided that was a big enough charge for them to cope with.
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I appreciate your comments, but these calls never used to happen, it's only within the last 4 > 5 years ago since these calls started, why should we have to purchase Blockers and the likes? we do have a rights regards Privacy & I think these callers are invading our Privacy by unwanted calls, correct me if I'm wrong.
I couldn't/wouldn't attempt to sue, far too costly a risk to take for me.


I get briefly annoyed then move on.


I agree they are a pest.
>>>the TPS is a voluntary code of practice isn't it ?

No it isn't. The Privacy and Electronic (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 place a legal obligation upon businesses to comply with the provisions of the register.

This link is about still receiving unsolicited calls after registering with TPS:
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/stillgetcalls.html

The complaints procedure is here:
https://complaints.tpsonline.org.uk/consumer

As a criminal offence (as defined by the Protection from Harassment Act 1997) a successful prosecution can only be brought when it can be shown that the actions undertaken by the defendant were both
(a) repeated ; and
(b) targeted against a specific individual.
It's likely that a civil court would use similar guidelines, so the chances of successful civil action against a caller for harassment would appear to be extremely slim.
I feel sorry for them quite honestly

There you are eating your weeties and curled up in front of a fire watching coro

and there THEY are in front of a monitor getting sworn at...
and being paid peanuts

I know which one I would be
You have a point, TWR, but life isn't fair. They must get enough success (profit) from folk buying as a result. They might suggest their trade is to sell and it wouldn't be fair to stop it. Sometimes you just have to growl at the world.

Just unplug your phone for a while. Like others here if I don't recognise the number or if it's international or withheld I don't answer.
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Corylus, why should you have to do that for a phone you own & a landline you pay for.
I am not OBLIGED to answer any calls if I don't wish to do so.
Caller display - don't answer withheld/international calls

It's not rocket science
I engage 'Simon' (pronounced sighmawn) or whoever in conversation from time to time, answering questions until I get bored then just hang up.
Hopefully they're as annoyed as me then.
I've been known to have a right good swear at them too.
I find that most of them are recorded automatic calls so I don't even have the pleasure of telling them where to go
I used to ask if they would hang on for a second as I was just answering a knock at my door. I would then just leave the phone off the hook and carry on watching tv. My kids used to take a guess as to how long they would hang on before holding up.
Other times when they asked "good evening sir, how are you today?" I would go into a long discussion about my health problems and see how long I could keep THEM on the phone for.
Don't have a land line now.
Not voluntary eh ? Well one learns something new every day. I just wish my mind didn't need telling a number of times before it accepts the correction, I wonder if I'll still be thinking it is next time I'm asked :-(

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