01592 642600
These fuckwits have been ringing me every day for a few months now.
A different company name every week or so but its the same spiel
An offer of mega vouchers off for some kitchen fitting company for home owners.
Every time I say I dont own my home I get either an instant hang up or actual verbal abuse before the caller hangs up.
I once had to sit on my hands to stop me from calling them back to yell 'how dare they cold call me and then tell me to fuck off'
A google of this number shows I'm not the only one
I've politely ( through stiff upper lip and gritted teeth) told them to take my number out of their database and not waste my time or theirs to no avail.
Tonight I finally lost it
When the 'perky' woman called and said 'Hi *my name*' and started reading from her script , I went ballistic.
To hell with politeness, I think I got about 5 foul swear words out before she hung up on me.
When I slammed down the handset I was a bit bemused to see blood on it.
And then on my blouse
And then, oh its actually pouring out of my nose
Having had maybe 4 or 5 nosebleeds in my entire life this was a bit weird
While I was mopping up, the phone rang again
I didnt answer
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 2:00, 11 replies)

1st thing: get your blood pressure checked
2nd thing: Register the landline no with the telephone preference service. Linky www.tpsonline.org.uk/ctps/number_type.html

3rd thing: UMBONGO!
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 6:55, closed)

They have a snail mail section too.
Which actually works. I've stopped receiving a lot of junk mail, the only stuff I do get is the "to occupier" ones, which they apparently can't stop. Most of the junk mail was for the previous owner, but it also stopped his regular mail from coming here too.

The TPS isn't fool proof either, you'll still get calls, but as soon as you mention it to them they'll usually hang up on you and you won't hear from them again. They can get a pretty hefty fine if they don't stop it!
(anonymousreality tickled your fancy on, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 12:04, closed)

Iam registered with TPS, but it doesnt stop these calls
Or the ones about a problem with my PC, I like those, I play along with them for as long as possible before telling them I dont have a PC
BP was was fine when checked a couple of weeks ago
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:09, closed)

Also,
Write this number in EVERY public toilet you can! You don't even have to write anything along with it. It'll get so many calls that they'll soon stop calling from that number. It made me feel better when I did it anyway... :)
(WeeJen, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 7:59, closed)

If you
phone that number, you get a weird tone, so don't bother.

The firm is DM Designs and operate under many pseudonyms.

If you phone 0800 185186, you get to the same place, but they pay for the call.

Ask for Donald McLeod, and perhaps ask what his 19 year old female staff think of him ;-)

news.scotsman.com/news/Director-pays-out-for-kissing.2346667.jp
(dchurch bah, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 8:24, closed)

Now, this must be where I'm going wrong:
"At an earlier hearing in May, MacLeod admitted asking her for a kiss in exchange for a piece of wood, but claimed Miss Wallace initiated the advance."

If only I had a piece of wood hanging around to trade for kisses.
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 10:43, closed)

Thats interesting, thanks for the number
(insomniac-surfer oh go on then, just this once, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:07, closed)

next time
sit innocently through the whole spiel while writing it down word for word. Next time they call you, answer the phone by launching into it.
(Bappage, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 9:12, closed)

Answer, say 'hold on someone is at the door'
Then just leave your phone and walk off
(Monkey the Chicken Twitter: death_stairs, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 9:32, closed)

Painful memories
Since starting my own business I've had two instances of this:

- the French Yellow Pages, who practically bollocked me out for not wanting to buy advertising space from them. Fortunately I noted the time and date of the call and wrote the call centre manager a nice incendiary letter, enabling him to identify the phone monkey in question and send me a grovelling apology;

- a frozen food delivery service that calls you every week to take your order. This would be a bit too hard-sell for me to begin with, even if they didn't call at 19:30, but when I told them I'd be placing my orders online from now on they threw a huge hissy-fit. Yes, I am aware that the phone monkeys will become surplus to requirements if I order via the internet. No, you may not blackmail me emotionally into ordering over the phone every single week because it keeps you in employment. There are other jobs around.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 9:48, closed)

I like getting sales calls.
It means I can practice my silly accents on them. I perfected my Russian accent that way, and people hang up very quickly when confronted with a confused angry Russian.

Why not try it?
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 28 Jul 2011, 12:44, closed)