discuss Calls from India

[korganian]

It's only Noon and I have already had 4 different website design firms from India call my cell phone! I keep telling all of them never to call me again but it does no good. One such Indian firm called me every single day for 3 months!!! I know it was them because the caller id always just showed a W instead of a phone number.

Any business person in the US can be fined big bucks for harassing people by phone who have asked to be removed from calling lists. But these Indian firms seem to be getting away with mass harassment of US citizens without any recourse.

 

[Justin Matmor]

the thing that annoys me so much apart from their broken english is all the pausing they do between sentences.

 

[Olayinka Oladele]

I like the whistle option, winter here ...... i'll get nude in summer !

Haha, perfect buddy. Just perfect!

 

[yogiDomain]

I am from India. They Stopped calling me when I threaten with reporting to police and the calling stopped.
I still get Emails and Text messages every time from different address or numbers. Hell they are unbreakable

 

[deez007]

Hmmm I think we should all get "premium" rate phone numbers ....like paytel sort off...where we get paid a commission per minute for all incoming calls.

Then sit there and listen to their entire pitch and ask them questions and keep them on the phone as long as possible...

 

[frank-germany]

dstroy the entire Indian service industry reputation online .

that may be good for them ...

 

[pokainc]

I get those people every single day too!!!!!!
sometimes it goes to voicemail, and they think my greeting message is actually me and start saying hello and when obviously there's no answer, THEY DON'T HANG UP! I have 5 minutes of voicemail sometimes of just background noise!

I tried telling them too a million times to not call, but they still do. Sometimes if I'm in the mood I act very interested sarcastically "OMGGG WHAT AN AMAZING DEAL, PLEASE TELL ME MORE! I'M SOOO INTERESTED", then after a while, I hang up.

But the whistle idea mentioned above sounds like an awesome idea. If it was 2-3 calls a week I wouldn't care, but 4-5 calls a day with different numbers and now with "unkown number", I don't have much pity anymore.

 

[jamesosix]

thinking of changing my whois phone number to a web developer's number in India - so they can ring and harass each other all day long.

This is genius :D

 

[princess333]

I am in India and yes they annoy you every single day with emails,calls and smses

 

[alcy]

tried calling couple back.. always same guy answering. maybe work from home? maybe its an office.. not sure.

so sometimes I put my computer on redial for while. I hope this gives taste of their medicine and they get the point.

 

[DnEbook]

Maybe I should change my whois to a adult industry 1900 phone number ......

 

[Jman92]

Maybe I should change my whois to a adult industry 1900 phone number ......

haha! please do!

 

[Lily Yang]

Sometimes I am playing my guitar and I put the phone next to the amp, sometimes I answer and just put the phone down and walk away. Sometimes I do not give them a chance to talk and tell them I do not want web design, it's about that point they hang up on me. Blanket statement ......... "I will never deal with any of these wankers" As for emails, I now add them to my block list ..... it's growing every day lately

Playing the guitar is great way to keep yourself quiet from the noisy phones,lol.

 

[AndyM]

I use the master call blocker app. My block list is as long as my arm. I strongly recommend it. Great for blocking PPI claim calls, Accident claim calls and SEO/development companies in India, and anyone else you don't like.

 

[joro001]

We all get it, I am bombarded with PPI and accident claim calls and messages non stop, including stupid Indian callers telling me that I have had an accident not even asking me if I have which is outrageous.

Anyway you need serious thick skin to deal with all this but I wish there was a way to stop anything coming from India both phone calls and emails, sort of like a mass block. The domain availability emails like ffrt-h.com etc. I get flooded with daily are also very very annoying and are unblockable it seems.

Love the whistle idea I think I should look into buying one soon.

 

[deez007]

Lol..huh? Okay this is news to me....whats this talk about "acccident claim calls" ?? I've never received those... I feel left out now hahaahah

 

[joro001]

Lol..huh? Okay this is news to me....whats this talk about "acccident claim calls" ?? I've never received those... I feel left out now hahaahah

Don't worry, unless you fancy being told you have broken your leg you're not missing out on all that much.
PPI spam is horrendous I get a ton of these calls and automated messages.

Lately I haven't had as many Indian spam phone calls but emails a ton of them the whole time.

 

[deez007]

Don't worry, unless you fancy being told you have broken your leg you're not missing out on all that much.
PPI spam is horrendous I get a ton of these calls and automated messages.

Lately I haven't had as many Indian spam phone calls but emails a ton of them the whole time.

Jeepers man.... that sounds like to end up being a a royal pain in the @ss

 

[sonipat]

I am also from India and i will contact you soon.
Thanks

 

[imadoer]

I get around 20 calls a day from Indian Web designers and about 10 calls a day from automated loan calls.

It really irritating so I try to mess with every guy that calls me make them feel just as irritated

 

[joro001]

I get around 20 calls a day from Indian Web designers and about 10 calls a day from automated loan calls.

It really irritating so I try to mess with every guy that calls me make them feel just as irritated

Ouch that is horrendous, 30 a day I would just get rid of my phone line at that rate or like someone says change my whois contact number to one of the Indian spammer SEO/designer companies just to punish them.

Some great ideas in this thread!