I hate the telemarketers

[danmo783]

Yes it is the downside to companies that "promise" to not sell your information, but most likely do with some terms loophole... I thought it was funny today because I got a phone call from "-1" and I thought.... They've go so many robot calls now that they ran out of numbers and started using negative numbers...   

[makeblessed]

Yes, they are terrible and it does not matter that you register your number on the National Do Not Call List, they; telemarketers have obviously found their way around that!! so the only thing we do is do not answer calls from unknown callers or numbers we do not recognize, but it is annyoing  !!!

[vickysue]

It is  getting so i don't want to answer my phone, but i have too  what with  calls from my docter which they don't always use the same phone, And sometimes someone  is trying to call me  and have gotten the number from another friend. Some though i have tried to block and darned if they  don't just get around it. I
try to be polite, but the re comes a time i have to be rude and it does not bother them.

[Jayce2013]

LOL:) that is funny, the negative number.... terrible how we get brainwashed with everything... too many adds, too much spam, lots of waste of papers in the mailbox each week... and then also telemarketers, as if we didn't have enough already...

[ljrjess69]

yep i just let my ansering machine pick up.........

[darkxtsuna]

Just tell them to back off and remove you from their network that's what I did and most of them stopped calling about dumb things.

[natashaspy]

what's really annoying is the fact that they call cell phones now.  I didn't even think that was legal?

[Liquidfire_43]

I install Truecaller app on my phone (and also my parent's phone) to know who it is calling. Through the app I'm able to see who is calling me and if I should pick up. Most people in the truecaller community flag some numbers as spam/scam.

Other then that you could sign up on the national Do Not Call list from the FCC website: https://www.fcc.gov/stop-unwanted-calls . Although some telemarketers call, it will be A LOT less then they would normally call (well at least it helped my father)

[ancmetro]

   Some companies "sell your personal information"...so these companies get back to you trying to sell you something you do not want or need.

[schoolvan]

I hate them also if I do not know the number I don't answer it.

[judylucas]

They are very annoying  I get several a day  maybe they will slow down after the election

[nannycoe1]

They drive me crazy everyday! I don't answer the phone if it is a number I don't know

[sak4kat]

You know... come to think of it, since we ditched the land line I don't have telemarketers calling me as much.  In fact I can't remember the last time I answered a call and it was a marketer?

[linderlizzie]

No sense hating them. They're workin' for a livin'. That being said, I pick the phone up and hang up immediately when I don't recognize the number because I don't want to mess with them.   

The worse thing about election season is all the people who call you regarding who to vote for or whatever. I've been getting about 20 calls a day from them. I treat them just the same. If I don't recognize the number, I pick up the phone and hang up immediately.

I understand why people give up their landlines. 

[jkhanson]

I agree with linderlizzie.....there is no sense in hating the telemarketers.

If I don't recognize the number calling me, I usually ignore it.  If the caller really needs to talk to me, they leave a message.