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Duct cleaning telemarketers

Just say you have baseboard heaters. lol.
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reply to donoreo
Ask if they make outcalls.

reply to donoreo

The Canadian DNCL has poor enforcement, and it may be that some not-so-reputable telemarketers actually use it as a SOURCE of phone numbers to call.

If you get a good VoIP service (like your Canadian company Voip.MS based in Montreal) you can save lots of money overall, and get access to advanced call blocking features.

CallCentric is an excellent US-based VoIP provider that also provides Canadian service, again with useful call-blocking functions.

reply to donoreo
i actually had our furnace ducts cleaned last Friday. they really needed it so i called in a company with good review and reasonable price.

half an hour after he left a telemarketer called selling Ford duct cleaning.
I just messed with him. He introduced himeslf as James and with the accent he had I asked him if his real name was Manjit or Sanjay. He said no my name is James Morrison. So I asked him if he liked playing in the Doors, which he didn't get. I said You know the Doors had a big hit with Light My Fire? Then he got back to Ford duct cleaning so I said I dont own a Ford I own a VW. After that he gave up and wished me a nice day and hung up.

reply to donoreo
I don't even bother to dance the dance with these weasels anymore. They call 3 or 4 times a week and I just tell them to "F*ck off" and hang up. It's not even worth the time to report the violations to the DNCL any longer. First of all the DNCL has made reporting them a bigger nuisance than the calls themselves, and secondly with VOIP and MagicJack these assholes have a new number on a weekly basis.

I tell ya it's enough to drive a man to drink

reply to donoreo
Yep, get those calls several times a week. Then I get a call about once a week starting up with a ship's horn blaring, and the captain speaking, telling me my cruise is waiting for me! Grrrr!

The ship one I get occasionally on the cell phone. That's the most annoying of all because I'm not sure how to deal with it. I'm not going to publicize my cell phone number on DNCL because there are very very few such calls on that number, and that one is out of the US anyway so would be unenforceable. I'm thinking of complaining to Telus.

I get that one too & it's always from a different number.

reply to PX Eliezer
I actually have a number with VOIP and once a week or so I get a telemarketing call.

I have an app on my phone, figuring I could use it for Long Distance and when I'm low on Airtime.

It was a waste of money , "Canada's Most Reliable Network" is pretty much useless when it comes to VOIP
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reply to ArthurS

I get the Duct Cleaning service one as well (weekly at least) .. I think the call centre is off shore

Last Thursday they called, I told them I would love their service... we booked for Monday.. they called back on Saturday to confirm the monday appointment and that I would be paying cash of $120 after the ducts were cleaned... I said YES please come

Monday they show up at my door, I tell the guy that I dont want my ducts cleaned, and that he should tell his call center to stop calling me as I will book them to come everytime, and then not have them do anything

I figure the wasted time to drive here and the wasted gas MAY get their attention
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reply to donoreo
Not a bad strategy, but you might also find nails in your tires one day. Not the classiest of industries.

reply to i LOLd

I get that stupid fog horn 'This is your captain speaking...' call all the time, too.

reply to Gone
The stupid foghorn one is not a problem for me. It consistently comes from the same numbers so call screen takes care of that one.

It's the duct cleaners and the "security" companies that are like whack-a-mole. Different number every time. Isn't it wonderful to know that the GTA has 4 different area codes these days so slimeballs like these can set themselves up with an unlimited North American VOIP line anywhere in the world with a Toronto area code for less than $40 a year?

reply to ArthurS

reply to donoreo
I rarely get spam calls anymore, but if I do, I use call block.