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No a freind who was a postie said they go in the bin. might as well re-cycle them. |
Accepted, but if everyone did it, it would take up Post Office time and increase their disposal costs (it’s classified as industrial waste). The labour and disposal costs would soon have their financial team reconsidering the income v expenditure equation. I’m registered for both telephone and mail and it seems to work very well, except Virgin don’t seem to have the message!
Another ruse is to get into the habit of answering your phone in a weird manner – I often use “Hello, Mogden sewage works” – friends and family get to know, but it really balks the junk callers! 
We had a really nasty one recently. It was from one of those companies that wants to take on your case to sue your mortgage lender for mis-selling you an endowment mortgage. They told me my wife had contacted them (she hadn’t, she’d told them to P Off when they called), and tried to play her off against me. Fortunately she was in the same room when I answered the call so I handed the phone over and she told them to P off again. She had suggested they send her details and info in the post, but they rang back three more times, within the space of four minutes to confirm our address (a female caller I hasten to add). I lost my rag and told her if she hadn’t got the message by now……. the rest is unprintable.
The worrying thing is how do they get to know what kind of mortgage you’ve got, or other personal and apparently ‘confidential’ information in the first place? (I’m going to have to have words with my mortgage company). Of course, they withheld their number! 
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*Boudicca – Gets REALLY stroppy after a pint!*