I always get pretty rough with them anyway, but I just got a call in which my caller ID showed MY NAME and MY NUMBER as the person calling!
Turns out it's for a satellite TV offer.
Man, I was in a rage! I may have damaged the caller for life.
What kind of BS business practice is that? I'm so sick of these MORONS that think they can fool you into answering a call and it's going to convince you to buy their crappy product.
I WOULD NEVER do business with a company that does phone soliciting, NEVER.
If I need a product I WILL FIND YOU! And if you MUST contact me send me snail mail with all the details INCLUDING PRICE or you're not going to sell me squat!
Putting your info in the caller ID? Wow, that is a new one.
We got a call every stinkin' day for about two weeks from some Dish TV company. They were using their own number in the caller ID though. After the 2nd day of it, I just started picking up the phone and then hanging back up just to stop it from ringing.
I'm on the do not call list. I've reported several companies for calling. I don't know if anything is done about it or not. I've reported Discover card three times now.
Every time Discover calls my Mom and she doesn't pick up, they call again. SO it's always 2 in a row! So annoying!
We keep getting a call that starts with 714. But we don't pick up the phone unless you are in our phonebook. It has a special ring for that. And we sure as heck ain't picking up if you aren't going to bother to leave a message!
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I think the do not call list is a bunch of baloney.
Lately, I've been getting calls that show up as 812(my local area code)-123-4567. But I don't answer a number that I don't know. One time I got this strange message about being involved in a fraud case and they have a recording of me. I looked up the number on the caller ID and the number they gave, and couldn't find anything, and they (purposely I would guess) said the company name really fast.
My husband's information was in the stuff that got stolen from the VA, and I suspect some of these calls are phishing scams. For a long time, my voicemail pretty much said that if you want to contact me, send me a letter.
If I happen to get a telemarketer call, my process is simple. I act a little rushed and say, "oh, wait, can you hold on for a minute?" Of course they say yes. I set down the phone and leave it there. I've actually had someone wait about 10 minutes for me to come back! But in any case, I've never had them call back. Heehee!
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I actually had my answering machine set up for awhile to say...
"Hello?"
"ok"
"uh huh"
"right"
"Excellent"
I had like five minutes of that crap It seemed to fool some of them for a good two minutes or so, but family got annoyed at feeling stupid when they called
garougal wrote: If I happen to get a telemarketer call, my process is simple. I act a little rushed and say, "oh, wait, can you hold on for a minute?" Of course they say yes. I set down the phone and leave it there. I've actually had someone wait about 10 minutes for me to come back! But in any case, I've never had them call back. Heehee!
I think I mentioned this on the forum once, but it's probably been two years atleast so I'll tell it again.
I called him at home once and when the phone picked up there was music playing and he said "Hello?", "what?", fighting over the music he said one more time "whaaaaaaaat?", hang on a minute let me turn the radio down.
A few seconds pass, the music gets turned down, then he get's back on and says "Lori and I aren't home right now, if you'll leave your name and message at the tone we'll get back to you when we can"
I TOOOOOOOOTALLY fell for it. Hook line and sinker.
good for you!
It seemed to fool some of them for a good two minutes or so, but family got annoyed at feeling stupid when they called 
