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Cold calling question
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I heard that it is illegal for someone to cold call you after 7pm at night in your home, is this true?
My actual question is this though, if that was true, would the same apply to cold callers who telephone you, or the automated systems they use to do it?
My actual question is this though, if that was true, would the same apply to cold callers who telephone you, or the automated systems they use to do it?
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Dunno. But it should be illegal all the time.
And the 7 o'clock rule is probably an industry guideline rather than law, but I don't know for sure.
YOUR FRICKING RINING ME ON MY MOBILE WHAT DO YOU THINK?!
friend of mine at college use to work for kitchens direct cold calling and he worked till 9.30 so i guess there is no law.
If you scroll down on the link given it mentions that you can add your mobile to the tps register thingy.
They never learned, though. How many people do they actually find sitting at home on a working day, though?
And of course if they are phoning from abroad there are no rules at all. Which is why the TPS is only a slight improvement because lots of companies are just out sourcing it to companies over seas.
I hang up on all cold callers. If they're so impolite to call me then I think it's only fair to be impolite back.
Or another thing. If you've got the time sit and listen to there speel. And then get them all excited in thinking that they're gonna get a sale and then pull out at the last second. You can almost feel the desperation down the line as you hang up to there
"But Sir what if I was to knock another 10%..."
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Including the milk floats? :hyper:
Do they still have those funny electric ones?
They do around my area.
I nearly fell for one of them, until he starting asking for all my details. Then I hung up, and he left me a voicemail saying 'I'll call back tomorrow, could you just make sure you have your credit card details handy when I do?'
Unsurprisingly, I didn't pick up the phone for that number again.
Sometimes if i can be bothered i play games with them but the ones who just keep at it, nah they can go to hell. If i say no i mean no and you must accept it, mate.