'Green deal' telesales pests
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'Green deal' telesales pests
28-06-2014 4:54 PM
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Just wondered how many other PN subscribers are getting these calls, and with what frequency.
I know I could ask for anonymous call rejection but that costs quite a bit extra. It also doesn't stop all of them.
To me, the offical tolerance of these illegal telesales campaigns is one of the most visible indicators that something is amiss with the whole climate change and renewable energy bandwagon. Responsible people concerned with the wellbeing of the planet don't act like this. Corrupt individuals do, though.
It is certainly damaging the business interests of landline providers. I tend to give out my (largely pest-caller free) mobile number these days and ignore calls on the landline. In fact if the landline wasn't necessary for ADSL I'd just do away with it.
Wondered if PN, or maybe a group of users would be interested in compiling some stats on the extent of the problem, to try and persuade Ofcom to crack down hard on this. Better still would be if the government could be persuaded to withdraw Green Deal licences from firms engaged in illegal telesales.
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28-06-2014 5:04 PM
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Only way around it unfortunately
Re: 'Green deal' telesales pests
28-06-2014 7:53 PM
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It is annoying to have to pay for Caller ID though, should be free.
Re: 'Green deal' telesales pests
28-06-2014 9:29 PM
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Quote from: Anteaus In fact if the landline wasn't necessary for ADSL I'd just do away with it.
If you do not use your landline for calls, why not just unplug the telephone as this is not required for Broadband. Just a thought.
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28-06-2014 9:38 PM
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29-06-2014 6:34 PM
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Re: 'Green deal' telesales pests
30-06-2014 11:21 AM
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The calls are either from International, Withheld, or an 0208 number (mentioned in Chit Chat).
BTW, being ex-directory is irrelivant, there's a finite list of numbers for each STD code, and it doesn't take much for an automated dialler to go through the entire list.
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30-06-2014 1:45 PM
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Re: 'Green deal' telesales pests
25-07-2014 2:40 PM
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One has to wonder how they expect to get business from the repeat calls, once or twice you might miss someone and still have a chance, after at least 100 calls over the past few months there's no chance on this earth they'll get any business from me, abuse maybe, if they ever actually manage to call when I'm in.
While there's a certain appeal to the expectation of them being charged for every failed message they leave, I'm getting so bored/annoyed with it, I think I need to cancel voicemail.
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25-07-2014 2:46 PM
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Re: 'Green deal' telesales pests
25-07-2014 9:05 PM
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[quote=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2357202/breaking-government-closes-green-deal-home-improvement-fund-following-surge-in-demand]The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has been closed with effect from today (25th July) because an increase in demand has quickly exhausted the fund
Edit: must use the correct they're, their, and or there!!!
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25-07-2014 9:57 PM
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However I feel that the funds were wasted on telecommunications
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