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We purchased a Panasonic phone system that allows call blocking. It didn't take long to fill up the 250 slots. I finally was able to dump the 250 numbers and now we will be loading them back up as we get them.
It got so bad that we never even answer the phone anymore unless we know the number or caller. Even then if we are not near the phone and it's someone we know, we just let them leave a message.
When a number that we have blocked calls, it only rings one time, or you have the option of no ring at all.
The worst ones use a local number, or they have even figured out how to call with a number that is not assigned. :twisted: :evil: :x
I get up to 10 a day. I used to pick up and hang up, which likely caused the deluge. My home phone has a blocked numbers function, but is now completely full. No more storage space. Now I simply don't answer any unknown calls at all. Am hoping that I now get put on a "Not a valid number" list and they'll start to taper off. It's not just a pain in the *, it's a ROYAL pain in the *.
With my Panasonic, hit CALL BLOCK, then select "Block a single number" or "Block range of numbers" then hit SELECT. Then MENU, "ERASE ALL, SELECT, then YES, SELECT, YES again, then OFF.
These directions are for model #'s KX-TGF340 - 342 - 343 - 344 - 345.
They are making huge bucks selling phone time!
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We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
"uhhh- this is the microsquishy technical support department...."
"Yeah- and this is Dominos. Did you want to order a pizza?"
"Uhhh- no- I am sorry for calling you."
Block all you want, and quit worrying about someone having sold your number- The callers are using spoofing tech to make it appear you are getting a local call, and it robocalls EVERY number in a sequence.
Of course, when you get a call from "Rachel" with card services. you could always do the "So, tell me Rachel.... what are you wearing?"
One SERIOUS bit of advice- NEVER utter the word "Yes". "Can you hear me?" "I can hear you." "Is this Mr. Eleven Bravo?" "it is" The word Yes can be recorded, and used to show you DID in fact order the Ronco plastic turnip twaddler.
It is also handy to learn some Urdu profanity or insults.
"FBI, Agent Roberts. This call is being recorded."
CLICK!
If I could give every politicians personal cell number to the spoofers our legislators would resolve this issue in between the daily attack Trump moves.
I even had one that sounded so real, and didn't sound like a sales call that I talked with the "girl" a while until she didn't answer a question and kept talking. She sounded so real, voice and context that it fooled me for about a minute.
I hate those calls.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/the-fcc-has-fined-robocallers-208-million-its-collected-6790
Kinda like the gun confiscation down under... a handful turned in whilst millions have been "lost in a terrible boating accident." You can make laws and requirements - but enforcement is a whole different animal.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
The trouble is, nowadays spam calls are so prevalent, you can quickly fill up a Blocked Caller List because the calling number constantly changes and only occasionally will you get a repeat. My solution for this scenario was to create an Excel Workbook (one for the landline and one for our cellphones) with multiple worksheets (Recent, Local Area Code Numbers, Last 100-200 Days, Archive 200+ Days, and Unblocked). I keep a printout of the Recent Calls Sheet by the phone and when we get a spam call we check to see if it is already on the Recent list. If it is, one of the 3 Strikes you?re out boxes is checked and when 3 boxes are checked, that number is blocked. When I enter new spam numbers in the Recent Worksheet, it will check all other Worksheets to look for duplicates and flag them.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!