Jun 6, 2013
A Debt Collection Agency, and about the third one to call my number trying to contact a particular bad boy who had the number some time in the distant past. I just tell the agency that the number is not current for that person. They always ask for my name, but I tell them they don't need my name because I am not the person they are looking for; just please mark my phone number as not current for that person.
Soap Box: The national Do Not Call Register is a bad joke - totally ineffective. It won't stop anyone who believes they have the right to call you, and it certainly won't stop robo-dialers operated by companies that scoff at the DNC register.
There is a better way than the DNC register to quiet your telephone and calm your nerves. Get a device of some sort to block unwanted callers. There are several decent ones on the market. Sure, they cost a bit, but I think paying a little is better than being disturbed by calls from folks (or robo-dialers) that I have no interest in talking to.
After much research, I chose the Call Blocker, a device marketed by Digitone. Among its many fine features, it can be programmed to totally block specific numbers, or even whole area codes that I find troublesome. Once blocked, those numbers cannot make my phone ring - not even once. If I want to be even more private, I can program it to silently block all calls except from my list of "invited" callers.
BTW, I don't work for Digitone; instead, their Call Blocker works for me.