Seeing all the comments about the hundreds of junk callers, someday some person is going to crack and do something drastic. And WHY are politicians exempt from the DNC list?

Like everyone else here, I get calls all the time -- from 10am to 9pm, but especially around dinner time.

What I am about to explain has actually worked for me. I have gone down from 3-4 calls a day, to 2-3 calls every other day, and now to 1 call every once in a while.

The key is getting callerid so you can see who's calling you. If you get an out of state number or something you don't recognize, do the following:

1) DO NOT ANSWER THE PHONE. Answering and asking to be taken off their list does no good. Answering and annoying them also does no good (except for making you feel better). Answering the phone tells them that they have an in service number. They will continue to call in service numbers

2) Disconnect your answering machine when you get an unrecognized call and let the phone ring until they hang up. Therefore the phone doesn't answer and they don't think they have an in service number

These 2 simple steps are intended to convince these scam callers that your number is not in service, and it will soon be taken off their lists. Be patient, continue doing these 2 steps and you will see the number of calls dramatically drop in a couple of weeks.

call came in while out; no msg left; am on DO NOT CALL.

Today, October 30, 2012 at 12:08 pm, I got a call from 206-397-1421.  I did not answer the phone and the caller did not leave a message.  Judging from what I read that was posted from others my call was a robo call that I have received at least ten times in the past few months.  They are selling security systems.  I've reported them to the Do Not Call people in the past few months, but it doesn't seem to do any good.

Seriously the only way to deal with these low-life's is to beat them at their own game.  Invest in a digitone call blocker.  You can block 80 numbers or area codes or do it globally by blocking any area code starting with a 2, 8, etc  using their wildcard symbol and that will block all area codes starting with that particular number.  For example if you want all area codes blocked starting with the number 2 all you have to program is 2# #* and that will only count as 1 block against the 80 allowed.  You can also do a global block and only allow those numbers you program  to accept  up to 60 numbers .  Your phone will only ring from your invited caller list and everything or area code you block will not ring thru to you and they are automatically hung up on by the digitone.  You will never know they have even tried to call you unless you look at the caller list history on the digitone and it will show you all the numbers that have been blocked and hung up  on. It is really worth the $97.  I was at my wits end trying to block numbers using my panasonic phone which only allowed 30 blocks and as fast as I tried to block the more numbers they started calling from plus my phone block would not allow me to just block area codes.  The digitone has really made my life at home more peaceful and I feel great just knowing that I am beating them at their own game