I'm in Hawaii so when I get these phone calls it's like 3 in the morning nothing could b more annoying then a "business" calling and waking you and you wife that early in the morning.
Just got a call from this number. It's easy to get them to stop calling. Play them at their own game; do not get upset.
Like someone else said, just start talking small talk, like weather, whathaveyou. They'll get frustrated and hangup with 5 seconds. Afterall, theyre sitting in a cubicle having to mke outbound calls all day from a list of numbers. Theyre not gonna waste time on a "small-talker".
Anyway, so I answered and it was a woman. After I said Hello, she asked for me by name and proceeded to say something about college/universities and getting info.
What did I do? I just remained COMPLETELY silent and not said a word. She said, "hello? hello? can you hear me?" I said nothing. She immediately hangs up.
She calls back. I answer, but I say nothing at all. She says "hello can you hear me?" I say nothing, she hangs up.
Next time Im going to frustrate them even more and interrupt them and ask randon questions about the weather and sports. See how long they put up with it LOL