Here's the answer to all our prayers. I found this on a site I posted a telemarketer's number at. I tried it and it WORKS! I put the tones at the beginning of my phone greeting about three months ago and in the last three weeks have had "ZERO" calls. Whover posted that "THANK YOU, THANKI YOU". Here's what I found:
Telemarketers almost exclusively use autodialers to make their calls. One out of a thousand will have live reps doing the dialing. When these dialers connect (you answer the phone) they first listen for any tones generated. If no tones are detected they then transfer the call to one of the reps in a call center. If the autodialer hears the 3 beeps from dialing a "DISCONNECTED" number, the number that was just dialed is automatically "REMOVED" from their list. Below is a link that has this tone plus the verbal message. You DO NOT need the verbal message. Download or copy the "DISCONNECTED" MP3 or WAV file to your desktop. Create or change the greeting you have when someone calls you and you're not available. At the VERY BEGINNING of your message place the 3 tones (NOT THE VOICE MESSAGE) then continue with your usual or normal greeting. The autodialer will hear the tones and BINGO, your number will be removed since they think it's a disconnected number. DONE. In a few weeks you will be removed from all or most of the lists. Of course you may have to explain the tones to the callers you DO want to speak to but that's a small tradeoff. Pass this info on to anyone you know that gets junk calls or even help post this on these websites. If you continue getting calls after reading this, it's your "OWN" fault! END JUNK CALLS.
I guess Drive doesn't realize that people have lost their [***] over the last 2 years and are lucky to have a roof over their head. No jobs, homes getting foreclosed, gas prices pushing 3 bucks a gallon and these [***] are calling every hour on the hour to get theirs. People are trying their best to make ends meet and pay whatever than can with whatever they have. They call me every month because the dumb [***] set my car payment date up on the 25th when I get my Military Retirement on the 1st. I pay it on 1st every month and tell them to go screw themselves when they start calling on the 26th!!!!! Tried changing it multiple time with ZERO success!! Glad I only have 7 months left on that damn loan.... NEVER AGAIN!!!
Drive is a joke! I sold cars for 3 years with mazda of clearlake in texas. (the dealership is also a joke!) These Turkeys are worse then a buy here, pay here! The down payment and rates are ridiculous, even for a subprime customer! Don't use drive, which is now called Santander. (you can imagine why they changed the company name!
Called my office phone twice today, hung up after 1st ring each time.
I was still reading the caller ID display on phone when they (or their robot dialler) hung up before I answered.
My office phone displayed 214-540-2035 as caller ID.