Just installed Caller ID phone & service and answering machine. They were my first callers at 3:50 PM PDT, SO THE EQUIPMENT WORKS! I haven't recorded a personal message yet, and their response was just dead air.
201-499-7002 just called our business. Caller ID showed up as Weehawken NJ. After the tell-tale sign of it being a telemarketing call with the infamous "bloop" sound at the beginning, I spoke with a Miss Riya Saanvi Akshara Jhanvi Patel (not her real name of course, but it could be). It was extremely hard to understand her though, as she spoke with a very broken version of British English (strong Hindi mixed with a cockney accent). She claimed to be calling from a company called NOVA and asked to speak to the owner. When I inquired about the purpose of the call, she stated that it was in regards to our Merchant Services account. Informed her that we are a CASH ONLY business and we don't use or accept those "tools of the Devil" (Credit Cards). Her reaction to my response was priceless, as it obviously left her speechless for about 5 seconds before she began to stutter in almost perfect American English "Well, umm, but, OK I understand. Good day sir." and she hung up. Hilarious.
Calls several times a day either hangs up or tries to sell credit card services. Multiple representatives form our small business have told them to stop calling but we still receive phone calls daily from their number. It cost too much money to block their number and its ridiculous as they've been told to stop.