1.) Swamp Fox - 09/30/2015

I'm getting more and more of these on the cell phone I use most often. I made the mistake of pressing "1" a few months ago to remove myself from a list (as instructed by the voice, but this is a scam...You're just put in a message loop and are never processed to opt out of future calls)...So all I did was just encourage the bastards by proving that my number was live.

99.9% of robocalls of any type to cell phones are illegal without an opt-in, is my understanding, but solutions are spotty. I am with Verizon, which seems behind the curve on call-blocking to begin with. Also, one of the most popular third-party robocall-blocking services, Nomorobo, is not available for Verizon. Lastly, this happens to be a dumb-phone, which means I'm not aware of any third-party download for blocking which would work on it to begin with, even if I were to connect it to the internet, which I have no really good reason to do.

I do occasionally get legit unidentified calls from out-of-area numbers on this phone, so I would like to be able to do something other than mash "Ignore" every time a number I don't recognize rings, but at this point that's the only solution that seems viable, based on the reading I've done. Of course, with that system, I still get charged for the airtime the robocall chews up, and then also have to use time (and minutes) to check VM to make sure I didn't miss a legit call.

Any ideas? Thoughts? Independent rants?

2.) bluecat - 09/30/2015

Make sure you are on the "Do Not Call List". They work for cell phones as well. I was constantly hammered at home a year or so ago (not cell phone) by a person claiming to fix my computer. After weeks of this, I contacted the Attorney General and gave them all his information. That sh*t stopped immediately. LOL!

3.) Swamp Fox - 09/30/2015

My understanding is that political robocalls are not stopped by the DNCL, even if they were coming to a landline. Political calls to landlines get some exemptions that commercial calls do not, but since I'm not worrying about a landline at the moment, I'm sure I don't know 100% of the ins and outs of how to block them from a landline.

The problem I'm having is robocalls of most types are illegal to [B]cell phones[/B], but so far I've not been able to come up with a good weapon against them, at least not one that is suited to Verizon dumbphones.


I know I'm the last man on earth using a dumbphone, but c'mon! LOL

4.) DParker - 09/30/2015

I don't mind those calls. At this point I'm voting Bender for President anyway.

5.) Swamp Fox - 09/30/2015

:laugh:


:tu:

6.) Wild Bob - 09/30/2015

Robo calls suck...

I like the live calls because this is my canned response:

As soon as they introduce themselves and state why they are calling, I say,” Does this call have anything to do with sex?!"
To which they inevitably are shocked and say, "No it does not!"
And then I bark back, "Then I'm not interested!" and I hang up.

Works great every time. :tu:

7.) Swamp Fox - 10/01/2015

:-)

You know they have your phone number marked in yellow highlighter at the call center, Wild Bob...At the beginning of the shift, every operator is hoping to win the lottery and get your sheet, so they can have a good giggle at least once that evening.

8.) DParker - 10/01/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;34992]I say,” Does this call have anything to do with sex?!"
To which they inevitably are shocked and say, "No it does not!"[/QUOTE]

I can't wait to hear how that works out when you get a call from some LGBT activist group.

9.) Swamp Fox - 10/01/2015

LOL...


Sex...gender....it's all the same thing, right?




Note to Verizon: an idea to personalize Caller ID to match the sex (gender!) to which the caller self-ID's...

10.) Wild Bob - 10/01/2015

But that's the beauty of it...it works regardless of gender. (What do I care about what they think; they don't know me.)

Good one Parker - I had to do a little reasearch on that one, had no idea off the top of my head what LBGT stands for. Montana is on the do not call list for LBGT groups. :-) LOL

11.) Swamp Fox - 10/01/2015

What...No love for my Caller Self-Identification idea?


Maybe I'm slipping...


:wink


If the phone companies would market it as "CSI", people would sign up in droves....

12.) DParker - 10/01/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;35010]What...No love my Caller Self-Identification idea?


Maybe I'm slipping...


:wink


If the phone companies would market it as "CSI", people would sign up in droves....[/QUOTE]

YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!

13.) Swamp Fox - 10/01/2015

LOL...


My goal now is to get this thread to 5 pages...:wink

14.) Hunter - 10/02/2015

Aint happening

15.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

LOL...


(If I post that enough, it has a shot...:wink)

16.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

LOL...

17.) billy b - 10/02/2015

I'll help, you get my message Hunter?

18.) Hunter - 10/02/2015

[QUOTE=billy b;35032]I'll help, you get my message Hunter?[/QUOTE]

Nothing came through, Billy.

Dang it! I just helped Swampy towards his goal,

19.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

I thank you!

20.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

And the forum thanks you!

:wink

21.) bluecat - 10/02/2015

Swampy is that coffee mug half empty or half full?

22.) Wild Bob - 10/02/2015

I'm with you Hunter, this ain't happening.

23.) billy b - 10/02/2015

[QUOTE=Hunter;35041]Nothing came through, Billy.

Dang it! I just helped Swampy towards his goal,[/QUOTE]


I see what Swampy's doing, he gets Alex to delete all new pm's to get more posts on this thread.:tap:

24.) billy b - 10/02/2015

I just sent another one Ted.

25.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

Who's Alex? ...as Luv2 would say....


I don't think he reads on here any more...or at least he's put off fixing the All I Want To Know Thread until he has nothing better to do....:wink

:pop:

26.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;35048]Swampy is that coffee mug half empty or half full?[/QUOTE]



I'm a half-full kinda guy....In the life outlook area, I mean, LOL....But I have to say it hasn't always served me well...:tap: :-)

27.) billy b - 10/02/2015

I saw a Pic Alex put on F.B. of his oldest daughter, she now looks grown up, I miss all the family pics with the Christmas tree every year.

28.) DParker - 10/02/2015

The optimist says, "The glass is half full."

The pessimist says, "The glass is half empty."

I say, "Who the hell drank half my beer?"

29.) Swamp Fox - 10/02/2015

[QUOTE=billy b;35060]I saw a Pic Alex put on F.B. of his oldest daughter, she now looks grown up, I miss all the family pics with the Christmas tree every year.[/QUOTE]


So what you're saying is you face disappointment on here 364 days each year?

Now that you mention it, that sounds about right...:wink


:fire:


:wave:

30.) Swamp Fox - 10/05/2015

Billy, are you boycotting this thread now?


:wink

31.) Swamp Fox - 10/06/2015

[B][SIZE=4][COLOR="#FF0000"]WAKE UP, YOU LOSERS![/COLOR][/SIZE][/B]


LOL

32.) Swamp Fox - 10/07/2015

Not falling for it, eh?


:tap:


:wink

33.) bluecat - 10/07/2015

Must have hit the snooze button...

34.) Swamp Fox - 10/07/2015

Either that or this is the dreaded October Lull everyone talks about...LOL


:wave:

35.) Swamp Fox - 10/07/2015

I miss the days when there were 4263 "users" on-line at once...