Cold calls on a brand new land line

monkey_boy said:

I have considered getting a truecall system, but i'm not sure how good they are, especially as my other half's parents have their number blocked, so it would ask them to say their name each time they phoned I think.

Anyone tried one?

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Yes, it's perfect. I was one of their first customers at the start of the year and I've gone from getting multiple sales calls daily (despite being registered with TPS) to having had not a single one get through to me since the day I set it up.

Here's a copy of the log from the first couple of days.

I've since added that Walsall number to the 'zap' list which means that if they call again they get a message saying "Your calls are not welcome, sod off" or something like that.

Just checked the log again and here you go..

When someone calls me they get my voice saying "Thanks for calling, please say just your name after the tone and your call will be connected"

Any number withheld caller gets that message, sales people know that they're not wanted and they hang up. The third one in that list with a call duration of over a minute was my mum who left a message.