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When the Microsoft call came last week and I was told there was a problem with my computer I asked how long Microsoft has been looking after Apple computers - he put the phone down on me :-0

I haven't got an Apple ;-)

Had a call from 'Microsoft' recently.

My response was "how nice to hear from you again, I've really missed speaking to you"

Miserable B*st*rd hung up and hasn't called back :-0

Sadly, nothing I have ever done has worked to get them to never call again ... have certainly sworn at them and been sworn at, but they still call back!

I did have fun with 'I'm calling from Microsoft we need to check your computer'.

I kept him strung along as I looked for things in my computer and acted very very old and confused ... until he decided I was wasting his time, clever boy.

Maybe I'll try being surreal. 'I'm sorry, yes this is my number, but I am not here.'

Hi
JoonieCloonie

iv,e had loads of cold callers like everyone else
kitchens, ppi, etc.

had one off a double glazing company, i told them i already had double glazing and plastic doors, but what id really like would be a conservatory, we can do that the cold caller said, great i said i want one 5 meters by 4 meters with a tiled floor and ceiling blinds and window blinds and two radiators, the caller said we are the best fitters there is, can i take your address and we'll send out a sales man, i told him i live on the 16th floor of a tower block :-) after i listened to a few swear words he hung up and never called me again. :-) i dont know why.

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The illegal callers who target me are central heating duct cleaners. (I am on the list not to call of course.)

After sometimes daily calls from them, I just had an inspiration.

When the call came, I said Oooh, you'd like to make an appointment! So an appointment we made, for two days thence.

They called a couple of times that day to say they were running late and would 2:30, then 3:30, be okay. Why certainly!

And then the young man knocked on the door. And I said Seriously? After I have been harassed by your illegal calls for a year, you think you are going to clean my ducts?

(Not to mention that I've seen a consumer affairs show about scammy duct cleaners, and how they don't do the job.)

Well he was just a subcontractor, he didn't know about that. That's as may be -- but your bosses are crooks, so make sure you tell them that and they owe you for your time.

He may be an unfortunate victim, but if he's mixed up with the illegal callers, I don't think he's really an innocent.

So the caller called me shortly after, and said So you made a fake appointment? Well duh. After you've harassed me with illegal calls for a year, what did you imagine?

Oh, you don't know what you've done now, he said, sounding a little gleeful. Go ahead, I said, make the threat. But he hung up.

Two weeks and no calls!

I do recommend this.

Not if you're older and home alone, maybe.

But if you can make the appointment with the double glazers or roofers or pavers or whoever is bothering you when they're not supposed to, and have a family member or neighbour there, and a camera to get a pic of their vehicle and licence (my battery was dead, darn, but I got the licence number) and tell them it will be getting sent to the police -- it makes for a moment of amusement in a dull day. :-)