IT WAS A "THIS" KINDA MOMENT

You don't want to know what my friends says to them 

I have at least four a day Sainty 

You can always bleep out the norty words EC 

There are no naughty words, it's the meaning behind what he says.

Ooppss *foot in mouth again*

No, not at all Moonie 

Two words.

Hang up.

But that's no fun Donks 

But I do ...

I let them go on and on and act all concerned and panicky and then say ......................but -  I haven't got a computer.

Alternatively . . . say you are interested but wait one moment til you get your husband/wife as they deal with that kinda stuff.

And then just hold and hold ... and hold ... and hold .... and

Once I said "just a moment please, there is someone at the door" and when I eventually picked up the phone, some time later, they had gone 

Lol. That's what I do Soozy Mind you I had a really cheeky one on the other day ! I was doing my usual questioning everything they said , and she ended up getting cross and asking why I was asking so many questions ! But I have to admit , that like Renton , I find it fun playing them at their own game

the easiest way of getting shot is to ask their company name and withheld telephone no - they know they are breaking the law and they know you can report them with these details - they usually hang up 

I tried that the other day Mrs H... but they've come up with a new answer.... I said was he calling from the number on my caller ID and did he mind if I recorded the call... and he said that would be fine and that they were calling from a general number

Best way is....to get caller display and don't answer anything you don't recognise  or get one of those zapper machines  

But I enjoy winding them up Sprout

I CBA with them Baz 

Does anyone have one of those call blocker machines?

No, I don't Yogi...

Nope, sorry 

He said he was from Tech Support UK

A brief Goog ... nothing, hmmmm

I'm off to prison for 16yrs so  . . .

I must admit that I have fun with them,  I often pretend to be elderly and pleased to speak to someone as my son usually keeps me locked in my bedroom.......

I've said this before, so forgive me if I bore you!!

i have always told cold callers that we rent the house. They can't get away quickly enough!!

when my children were little I think they thought that we did actually rent, they'd heard it so many times!

Yup, anything home improvement wise that will work a treat. Energy suppliers etc though it won't.

I'm always polite with them tbh, Might be because i used to do cold calling (straight from the phone book) so i know they are just doing a job. although you will always get that one stubborn rude one who just keeps going on and on THEN after saying 3 times 'No thank you, I'm not interested' i end up just putting the phone down.

As you've been sent down....who did you top....and how did you do it?

P.S. Be careful what you say - there are some very weird people around these days!

Why the third time, why not after the first time?

If you are still on the phone after saying No, not interested the first time then surely that would suggest to them that that was a 'knee-jerk' response and that you are interested really!

They are trained to ignore the first 2 no's Fluffs I understand it's annoying but they are just doing a job, so i try not to be rude if i dont have to.... Saying that i tend not to have the landline plugged in recently (2yr old in the house.. need i say more)

I'm always polite with them tbh, Might be because i used to do cold calling (straight from the phone book) so i know they are just doing a job. although you will always get that one stubborn rude one who just keeps going on and on THEN after saying 3 times 'No thank you, I'm not interested' i end up just putting the phone down.

I used to always be polite Jen, for the same reason: just some poor bugger with a crap job, earning peanuts. However, having had so many who won't take a simple 'no thanks, I'm not interested' for an answer and want to know the ins and outs of why you're not interested and then start getting aggressive, I just cut out the middle bit now and put the phone down immediately they start waffling on with their blurb.

I also joined the Telephone Preference Service http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/index.html which means that anyone now getting through is either breaking the law or ringing from a country where it doesn't apply. I suppose I should therefore ask for their details etc. when they do get through so as to report them, but can't really be faffed!

Having said that, there is of course a difference between a legit' company trying to sell you something and scams which prey on the vulnerable who are conned into giving them money and personal information and believing, as in this example, that there is a problem with their computer, (presumably plenty of people fall for them or they wouldn't continue?) Those callers know what they're doing, so I don't blame people for 'having fun' with them although I personally couldn't be bothered.

I have an unlisted number, am registered with TPS and still get annoying cold calls.

Some companies are getting around the law by stating they are conducting a survey and not selling anything. However, once you have completed their survey, (about some sort of home improvement) then they just happen to have some salesperson they can pass you onto. I tend to say, "I'm not interested" and if they continue to witter on, I hang up. If they get me in a bad mood I go on a full on rant about how I am ex-directory, registered with TPS and they shouldn't have my number, then they tend to hang up on me.

I am seriously considering one of those call blocker machines. I like the idea of zapping cold callers.

http://www.cprcallblocker.com/

http://www.shop.bt.com/article...l-blocker--6628.html

One's about £40. One's about £90 Yogi. You can get them from a number of places 

BT I notice, are now doing a phone with a call zapper built in 

Thanks Sprout.

I actually do rent my house 

Who may actually believe you 

I've got a call barring panasonic phone which will stop UK phone numbers but it won't stop overseas ones unfortunately but I've found I'm getting hardly any cold callers through these days   mine can bar up to 30 numbers - it was on sale at Argos for about £50 does the job and I'm pleased with it