Trolls Are Coming Out Of The Woodwork - gabrielleoddin

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That guy sent me a PM with regards to my “WTB: 1906 Fan Craze Wagner” in the BST section. I sent him packing.

[irv]

Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

Wait till they find out you are retired. I get at least two a day but I have a lot of fun playing along with these hucksters.

I had a lot fun with them until the fun was returned by one of them calling me back one morning at 6:30.
Now I just hang up.

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

We get calls all day long. I have stopped picking up the phone.

There is a stand up who has a few CDs with nothing but recordings where he harasses telemarketers...here is a quick one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvZmIHIu8A

Luckily, for the most part, the phone ring is a more intermittent ring than what a normal phone call usually is so a lot of the time, I do the same.
Here's another funny prank call pay back by Tom Mabe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdoogjic4I

[Exhibitman]

That Tom Mabe thing made my eyes water I was laughing so hard.

When my daughter was little and we still had a landline I used to tell the telemarketer to hold and say to her "hold music" and put her on the phone. She would loudly sing an out of key weird tune ("la da da da. La da da da da da") until the telemarketer hung up.

At my office I get stock boiler rooms all the time. The best way to get rid of them is to ask them if they've accepted Jesus Christ as their lord and savior and offer to give them my testimony. They can't get off quickly enough and I never hear from that salesman again. Another thing I like to do is put them on hold and never come back. Some of the truly stupid ones will stay on the line patiently for several minutes. Sometimes I pull the "Dave's not here" bit from Cheech and Chong.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's ______ [salesman name; say "Dave" for the example]
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave
CHONG: Dave's not here
CHEECH: What the hell? No, man, I am Dave, man.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's Dave!
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave! D-A-V-E!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Right, man. Dave. Now will you open up the door?
CHONG: Dave's not here

[maddux31]

I got a pm and was happy when I thought someone had either a T206 Chance or Tinker available. Looked into it and it was this person, scam written all over it.

[BuzzD]

I still have a landline and was going nuts with BS calls.
I bought V-Tech 4 phone system the screens robocalls.
If the system does not recognize the number from its directory (you can download your contacts from your phone) the system requests caller to press a number and announce name. So a real unknown person can get thru but not robocalls. Now the phone rarely rings - heaven! Lots of flexibility in set up of screening rules.