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I just started telling them they have the wrong number

Western Mass Prowash wrote:

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Same thing here. Definitely a PITA. Home Advisor isn't a robo call, but is one of the companies that just wont leave me alone. I thought about using them for about a minute, but when they didn't even take the time to learn what services I offer (thought I was a roofing contractor) I laughed.

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 I have use home advisor in the past and it worked for me. Yes they have there problems but I did make money off of them. I'm considering using them to help with the growth this season

Robo call, rerouted numbers with local area codes and the list goes on. I have no clue how many we get daily. Leah gets most in the office and then there are the ones that call my cell. Many of the calls are dead silence, others I can hear quiet and then I hear the sounds of a call center. If they have a rerouted number I ask if they are local and ask the name of the business. If they think the will get me they will give some of the information. When they say they are from X I ask why they feel the need to reroute their number and tell them I won't work with a business that works this way and hang up.

The we work with Google calls that tell me my Google listing isn't correct I just tell them they haven't done their home work. Depending on the time I have I will ask them questions that prove they have no looked at the listing or the website.

Sometimes, especially when I'm busy I tell the the owner is out of town and to my knowledge, he doesn't work with these companies.

As to Home Advisor, some like it while others don't. No mater what I tell the newest person who calls, they will try again months later and as Steve stated, they know nothing about us, just the next number they have to call! Just the other day I told the lady I wanted nothing to do with them, I had enough horrors with Service Magic. I would rather spend the money they want on Google/Bing ads, FB ads (for branding). When we used Service Magic it was nothing but low ballers and tire kickers.

I get a few a day, some are worse..Drives me insane.

I added my numbers to the do not call list and I actually think it has helped a little. I have three businesses with three published phone numbers and it can get insane.

Most of the Spam calls that I get go to my hard line. I try to keep my cell off the internet when I can. But there is always that robo call that gets through. The one I hate the most is "Hi this is Ashly from card member service" She just goes from one number to the next!

I had one from Google yesterday. She sounded like she just got out of bed

I got one the other day and the guy got the type of service wrong. It was hilarious, I was like "nice try there buddy, better luck on your next cold call".

I just pulled this off the net. It may help a little.

The Do Not Call Registry accepts registrations from both cell phones and land lines. To register by telephone, call 1-888-382-1222 (TTY: 1-866-290-4236). You must call from the phone number that you want to register. To register online (donotcall.gov), you will have to respond to a confirmation email.

This is a list of the top 10 free apps as of this month

#01 – Calls Blacklist – Call Blocker#02 – Mr. Number – Block Calls & Spam#03 – Call Blocker Free – Blacklist#04 – Call Control – Call Blocker#05 – Call Blocker#06 – Block Call And Block SMS#07 – Blacklist Plus – Call Blocker#08 – Safest Call Blocker#09 – Call Blocker#10 – SMS Blocker, Call Blocker

I would hate having that job. They can't have a very high success rate. I would absolutely go home depressed after doing that job all day

Brian C Jackson wrote:

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I almost forgot the one I got today. I actually played along like he was actually helping me and I was glad to pay any amount of money for home to fix my website and my Google listing. I kept him going for at least 30 mins.. I was enjoying wasting his time. When I finally told him I had a media Company and didn't need him .. wow he got pissed then I said please remove me from your call list . He called me and A$$hwkl and said because I wasted his time he would not remove my name from the list

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 LOL. I've played along with telemarketers a couple of times. I would put them on speaker phone while I'm busy doing something else. What I hate is when I ask them to remove me from their list and I just hear a "click".

Brian C Jackson wrote:

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I almost forgot the one I got today. I actually played along like he was actually helping me and I was glad to pay any amount of money for home to fix my website and my Google listing. I kept him going for at least 30 mins.. I was enjoying wasting his time. When I finally told him I had a media Company and didn't need him .. wow he got pissed then I said please remove me from your call list . He called me and A$$hwkl and said because I wasted his time he would not remove my name from the list

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Keep an eye on your Google and Yelp reviews. I pissed off one once and he left me a bad review. I clicked on his name, a Google user and found two others he hit. I made sexual remarks about his daughter. The guy in TN phone number was answered at a porn shop and I forgot the one in OR. We all called Google and they were removed. Yelp will do nothing because they say they are better than Google!

The Robo Killer App has been on TV here the last few day so I added it to my phone. 3 bucks a month

Art O wrote:

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The Robo Killer App has been on TV here the last few day so I added it to my phone. 3 bucks a month

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 Stop Unwanted Robo Calls

Any ideas for the office phone?

 

-- Edited by BlueRidge on Friday 23rd of February 2018 09:11:55 AM