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Lane · 05-04-2003, 05:56 PM

the caller ID says 'Unavailable' or it's a number you don't recognize.

foe · 05-04-2003, 05:57 PM

modF · 05-04-2003, 05:58 PM

If I don't know the number yes, but if it is Unavailable or Anonymous I do not.

Lane · 05-04-2003, 05:58 PM

it's telemarketers 80% of the time.

if the person has anything to say, they can talk to my answering machine.

AdultNex · 05-04-2003, 05:59 PM

Yeah, after all, you can't recognize all the phone numbers you come upon.

Juicy D. Links · 05-04-2003, 05:59 PM

I do all the time , i like fucking with the solicitors

booker · 05-04-2003, 06:01 PM

Pennsylvania (and I believe a number of other states) now have a service where you can report telemarketers who call back after you request being removed from their lists. If they call back and you report them the company can be fined some $500 per infraction.

detoxed · 05-04-2003, 06:05 PM

no i dont answer it

Lane · 05-04-2003, 06:07 PM

shit

i just got a call from a "Private" number.. i was paranoid for a sec. i thought it was becuz of this thread. just found out it was the delivery guy who couldnt find my house, lol.

[Labret] · 05-04-2003, 06:07 PM

never.

jollyperv · 05-04-2003, 06:07 PM

I'm afraid of the phone, I'm gonna start unplugging it.

Kanoealoha · 05-04-2003, 06:12 PM

Yup, and then I hang up immediately...can't stand hearing the phone ring and ring

If I say Hi and it takes more than a nanosecond for them to say hi back, its a telemarketer...

iroc409 · 05-04-2003, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jollyperv
I'm afraid of the phone, I'm gonna start unplugging it.

usually i have my ringer off on my home phone. and i recently moved a bunch of my shit around, so the answering machine isn't hooked up right now. i figure if it's someone that wants to talk to me that badly, they've got my cell number.

iroc409 · 05-04-2003, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kanoealoha
Yup, and then I hang up immediately...can't stand hearing the phone ring and ring

If I say Hi and it takes more than a nanosecond for them to say hi back, its a telemarketer...

wait, do you play CS and have a project mopar?

thatdykeliz · 05-04-2003, 06:22 PM

No, I won't pick up. Somebody else in this thread joked about being afraid of the phone...but I am, kind of. It's part of a bigger constellation of phobias. I can't open mail -- husband does it -- or answer the phone if I don't know who it is, and answering the door when I'm not expecting someone to come over makes me nervous.

Yes, I am an agoraphobic basketcase freak, why do you ask? :|

DamnGoodRatio · 05-04-2003, 06:31 PM

Yes, of course. What's the worse thing that can happen?

"Hello?"

"Do you like scary movies..."

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Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	it's telemarketers 80% of the time. if the person has anything to say, they can talk to my answering machine. __________________

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booker Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,370	Pennsylvania (and I believe a number of other states) now have a service where you can report telemarketers who call back after you request being removed from their lists. If they call back and you report them the company can be fined some $500 per infraction. __________________ Xanadu024 (aim) or 286785389 (icq) "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

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AdultNex Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bostonnnn Posts: 8,985	Yeah, after all, you can't recognize all the phone numbers you come upon.

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Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	I do all the time , i like fucking with the solicitors

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detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	no i dont answer it

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Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	shit i just got a call from a "Private" number.. i was paranoid for a sec. i thought it was becuz of this thread. just found out it was the delivery guy who couldnt find my house, lol. __________________

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Kanoealoha Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 1,261	Yup, and then I hang up immediately...can't stand hearing the phone ring and ring If I say Hi and it takes more than a nanosecond for them to say hi back, its a telemarketer... __________________ Strong Bad Rocks!

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thatdykeliz Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: talkin dirty on the phone Posts: 1,026	No, I won't pick up. Somebody else in this thread joked about being afraid of the phone...but I am, kind of. It's part of a bigger constellation of phobias. I can't open mail -- husband does it -- or answer the phone if I don't know who it is, and answering the door when I'm not expecting someone to come over makes me nervous. Yes, I am an agoraphobic basketcase freak, why do you ask? :\| __________________ <font size="1" font color="black"><i><b>"No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater...than central air."</i> -- Dogma</b> ICQ#169.839.131</font>

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DamnGoodRatio Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 855	Yes, of course. What's the worse thing that can happen? "Hello?" "Do you like scary movies..." __________________ Obama Said: "We can absorb a terrorist attack."