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BillW50
VanguardLH wrote in :
Zaky Waky wrote: Wow! a thread centered on BillW50 about civility, rudeness and abrasiveness. Interesting where the "flow" moves the thread. Yes, we others decided to go off-topic to make something worthwile out of your flame thread. Thanks. I'm gratified by the number of posts (15??) that you have contributed to this thread (one that you have described as being a troll/flame thread). |
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BillW50
Zaky Waky wrote:
VanguardLH wrote in : Zaky Waky wrote: Wow! a thread centered on BillW50 about civility, rudeness and abrasiveness. Interesting where the "flow" moves the thread. Yes, we others decided to go off-topic to make something worthwile out of your flame thread. Thanks. I'm gratified by the number of posts (15??) that you have contributed to this thread (one that you have described as being a troll/flame thread). Because we changed it away from a flame thread to argue on netiquette. Turned a turd into a cloudy gem. |
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BillW50
Wolf K wrote:
On 2014-03-08 7:14 PM, VanguardLH wrote: [...] So, what's to "good stuff" that has educational or information value greater than the typical entertainment crap that is better than getting entertained by delaying or gaming a telemarketer? [...] TVO (TV Ontario). PBS (about half the time). BBC America (but it commercials that interrupt the show). And the occasional series on commercial TV, such the Murdoch Mysteries. I actually liked PBS when it was channel 2 and even despite their annual telethons to raise money. They had enough good shows to check the line up when channel surfing. Hasn't been good for several years now. I will admit that I watch Top Gear on BBC America. Those guys with their antics, especially against each other, are good entertainment. Not much into the car stuff, itself, though. Alas, there's more crap on the channels than good. There is some good but I can use a DVR to time shift that. So I'm not losing anything good on TV just because I decide to play a telemarketer (which really isn't as often as implied by my number of posts here). Have to be in the right mood and in an interruptible state (not busy). Also depends on what spiel the telemarketer goes with. I'm still waiting for the rogues trying to tell me my computer is infected. Alas, I might not get to play that game. |
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BillW50
VanguardLH wrote in :
Zaky Waky wrote: VanguardLH wrote in : Zaky Waky wrote: Wow! a thread centered on BillW50 about civility, rudeness and abrasiveness. Interesting where the "flow" moves the thread. Yes, we others decided to go off-topic to make something worthwile out of your flame thread. Thanks. I'm gratified by the number of posts (15??) that you have contributed to this thread (one that you have described as being a troll/flame thread). Because we changed it away from a flame thread to argue on netiquette. Turned a turd into a cloudy gem. Well, the original post was about BillW's disruptive posts which, with your guidence, morphed into netiquette. So despite your complaining, a worthwhile thread after all. Thanks. But really, it's dedicated servants like you that keep USENET relevant. |
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Telemarketer , how to block
Per philo*:
It looks like they gather-up numbers from people who report them as being generated by a robo-caller...but "nomorobo" investigates prior to putting a number in the "blocked" list. So far, that annoying "Card Services" has not gotten through but I'll be able to judge better if this is really working in a few more days. I have had something that uses a similar model on my cell phone for the better part of a year and robocalls have fallen off from several per week to zero. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On Sat, 08 Mar 2014 11:31:35 -0600, philo* wrote:
I've got caller ID so manage to avoid most such calls but still find even the phone ringing to be annoying. I decided to take one from Card Services yesterday just to see what would happen. I told them I did not want anything to do with them and to stop calling. The guy just said," Good luck with that" and hung up. Since they always use a different number, to block them on my AT&T landline would be futile. I signed up here http://www.nomorobo.com/ That was 24 hours ago and I did get one unwanted call (just now), but it looks like it's helping as I usually get at least three in any 24 hour period. If they do nothing more than block "Card Services" I'll be happy. The most important thing anyone can do with these types of calls is very simple: Waste as much of the caller's time as possible. The robocaller can be programmed to provide a different fake number with every call. But the person making the call is the key to the operation. No income for them = end of scam. I used to get the "card services" calls very often. Now they might call 1-2 times per month. It takes me 10 minutes to "NOT find" my credit card--while we are talking. I left the card at the office (g). I want to "refinance" $18T at virtually 0%. They go click!. "Anyone there"? I actually got escalated up to someone else once. Same with the calls from "Microsoft", where they call and tell me my computer contacted them and they want "to help me". LOL !! I just make sure I waste as much of their time as possible. For some reason, these calls are also not coming in very often any more. |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On 03/09/2014 09:37 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per philo : It looks like they gather-up numbers from people who report them as being generated by a robo-caller...but "nomorobo" investigates prior to putting a number in the "blocked" list. So far, that annoying "Card Services" has not gotten through but I'll be able to judge better if this is really working in a few more days. I have had something that uses a similar model on my cell phone for the better part of a year and robocalls have fallen off from several per week to zero. In case I ever get a cell phone...what kind of a service did you use? |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:59:31 -0500, philo* wrote:
Same with the calls from "Microsoft", where they call and tell me my computer contacted them and they want "to help me". LOL !! I just make sure I waste as much of their time as possible. For some reason, these calls are also not coming in very often any more. Even though I'm retired I still am usually too busy to waste my time with those *******s...but occasionally I'd be up for such a game. If any such call would get through I think I will use your method and go along with their thing...then tell them to hang on while I get my credit card...and of course just set the phone down and walk away. Better still you could put the phone next to a radio tuned to a predominantly talk station such as Radio 4. The only way I would be remotely interested in trying to waste a cold-caller's time would be one that wasted none of mine. They're being paid for their time (not a lot, but it's a job), whereas I've got better things to do. Rod. |
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Telemarketer , how to block
Per philo*:
In case I ever get a cell phone...what kind of a service did you use? Mine is an Android phone and the app is called "Call Control". -- Pete Cresswell |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On 3/9/2014 1:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per philo : In case I ever get a cell phone...what kind of a service did you use? Mine is an Android phone and the app is called "Call Control". I believe what Philo means is what kind of cell phone company do you use like AT&T, etc. I stopped carrying a cell phone back in 2003 when I didn't need one anymore (I was using Verizon then). Although in 2012 my car just quit on a seldom traveled road in the middle of winter. It turned out to be the fuel pump inside of the gas tank. Luckily a neighbor of mine came by like 30 seconds later and gave me a ride home. I thought maybe I should get a cell phone again just in case next time I am not so lucky. So I got one of those cheap cell phone watches (SVP) on eBay for about 30 bucks and signed up with bare bones service with Consumer Cellular for 10 bucks a month. They use AT&T cellphone towers. -- Bill Dell Latitude Slate Tablet 128GB SSD ('12 era) - Thunderbird v24.3.0 Intel Atom Z670 1.5GHz - 2GB RAM - Windows 8 Pro |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On 03/09/2014 01:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per philo : In case I ever get a cell phone...what kind of a service did you use? Mine is an Android phone and the app is called "Call Control". Thanks. So far, it's been pretty quiet here . |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On 03/09/2014 02:06 PM, BillW50 wrote:
On 3/9/2014 1:29 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Per philo : In case I ever get a cell phone...what kind of a service did you use? Mine is an Android phone and the app is called "Call Control". I believe what Philo means is what kind of cell phone company do you use like AT&T, etc. I stopped carrying a cell phone back in 2003 when I didn't need one anymore (I was using Verizon then). Although in 2012 my car just quit on a seldom traveled road in the middle of winter. It turned out to be the fuel pump inside of the gas tank. Luckily a neighbor of mine came by like 30 seconds later and gave me a ride home. I thought maybe I should get a cell phone again just in case next time I am not so lucky. So I got one of those cheap cell phone watches (SVP) on eBay for about 30 bucks and signed up with bare bones service with Consumer Cellular for 10 bucks a month. They use AT&T cellphone towers. No, I just was curious about the name of the application. Anyway it looks like the problem is solved for now at least |
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Telemarketer , how to block
On 03/09/2014 12:53 PM, Roderick Stewart wrote:
Better still you could put the phone next to a radio tuned to a predominantly talk station such as Radio 4. The only way I would be remotely interested in trying to waste a cold-caller's time would be one that wasted none of mine. They're being paid for their time (not a lot, but it's a job), whereas I've got better things to do. Rod. My main objective is simply peace and quiet and "nomorobo" is apparently doing the job. |
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