Evianers Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 A huge pity this does not exist in France..............or does it?Supposed to be illegal here but we still receive several calls each dayhttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-46571074 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Cold calling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Mostly I dont bother to answer the fone at certain times. Those people who matter know to contact me in other ways.When I do answer, depending on the caller, they either get short shrift or a polite chat and a request to remove me from their call list which seems to work.In addition, the fone is inthe study with the door shut so often not heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabtree Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 You can use this site, all those I reported never called again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 What I hate is the ones that when you answer it's a message machine. Still, at least I don't have to use my stock answer: "Sorry I don't speak French". LOL By the way call barring doesn't always work in the UK if the calls are from a foreign country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 If you answer the phone you will tell the machine calling you that you are in at these times !!!Unplug the phone FFS. It will stop calling you !!!Do you need a landline ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Nick P says "call barring doesn't always work in the UK if the calls are from a foreign country"We had to replace our phone a while back and bought one of the BT ones that screen ALL your calls. Anyone who rings is advised that we are using BT call screening and that they need to say their name before we get to hear who it is and decide if we want to accept the call. Since we got the phone, we haven't had a single nuisance call. And it doesn't disturb us, because the phone won't ring at all our end until the caller has identified themselves. We can list those numbers of friends and family that we are happy to let through without screening, so it's now pretty much guaranteed that if the landline rings, it will be someone we want to hear from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyacinth bucket Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 If you have a bbox you can divert all calls to answerphone (with a suitable "due to invasive cold calling I no longer answer my phone, leave a message or call my mobile" type message). The phone will not ring, unless it is a number you have entered as being friendly, or unless someone tries 3 times in a minute to contact you.Cold callers will never leave a message, and also, since I stared doing this I can see from my call list that all cold calls seem to have stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Unless we are quick and recognise the name on caller display, we let everything go to answerphone. Funnily enough, we find very few messages have been left - which could just mean we are not very popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I just set our phone to go to answer machine after 10 seconds, and told friends and family to leave a message or hang on until we pick up. Seemed easier than using blocking services or programming a filtering system.Nuisance calls have definitely decreased, only a couple per day at most.Downsides are:The phone still rings for 10 seconds, but not usually during waking hours. I could set it to go immediately to answer machine, but I can often get to one of the extensions within that time, to connect to a genuine caller if their name shows up.Organisations like the hospital use automatic machines to send reminders and changes to appointments, which start spewing out their message during my outgoing message, so only part of it is recorded. They use no-reply or hidden numbers, but I can usually guess who has called from the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 [quote user="You can call me Betty or Queenie if you prefer"]Nick P says "call barring doesn't always work in the UK if the calls are from a foreign country"We had to replace our phone a while back and bought one of the BT ones that screen ALL your calls. Anyone who rings is advised that we are using BT call screening and that they need to say their name before we get to hear who it is and decide if we want to accept the call. Since we got the phone, we haven't had a single nuisance call. And it doesn't disturb us, because the phone won't ring at all our end until the caller has identified themselves. We can list those numbers of friends and family that we are happy to let through without screening, so it's now pretty much guaranteed that if the landline rings, it will be someone we want to hear from.[/quote]+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evianers Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Of course we need a land line.We do not have one of those ghastly fashion accessories called mobile phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I don't think BT supply a service in France, wonderful though it apparently is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Surprisingly, nomoss, I was responding to NickP's comment which referenced the UK. Teapot then quoted my post. I think, in fact I know, that BT doesn't offer a service in France. Maybe France would benefit if Orange confined itself to sticking to sorting out its home market too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 [quote user="You can call me Betty or Queenie if you prefer"]Surprisingly, nomoss, I was responding to NickP's comment which referenced the UK. Teapot then quoted my post. I think, in fact I know, that BT doesn't offer a service in France. Maybe France would benefit if Orange confined itself to sticking to sorting out its home market too?[/quote]Sorry. I didn't bother with the garbled preface to his post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickP Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Your BT plan seems to be a good deal, Betty. It's some time now since I had a UK Landline, and when I did we had the call preference service which as I said earlier wasn't 100%. As to the childish question from albf complete with profanities as to why I have a landline, if you were as well informed as you think you are; you would know that in France the Orange service gives me free calls to the UK and many other countries in the world, which I use frequently, also it includes my Internet and mobile for a very reasonable amount of money each month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathar Tours Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Get yourself a CPR CallBlocker. I bought one for my father last month and he swears by it. Soon as he gets a dodgy number he presses the big red button and they are banished for life.He had a problem with a number calling him with nobody on the end. I guess you were supposed to call them back on the premium number. If you left it, answered it and put the phone down it would just keep phoning you, the call blocker killed that one to. You can get one for as little as 49 Euros.http://services.completefrance.com/forums/completefrance-forums/cs/forums/3663539/ShowPost.aspxI am recommending this product and have no connection with the company or the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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