Originally Posted by
threeatms
Answer the phone when you get the annoying calls - firmly tell them that they have called you before and you have asked them to take you off their calling list and that this is now harassment and you will file a formal complaint if it happens again. Usually, they quickly get the hint and hang up.
Unfortunately, not this particular group. It is an automated machine, and says press 1 for an agent, 2 to be removed from the list. Press 2 and it immediately disconnects and the calls continue to come. Press 1, finally get a person, and the second you even hint you are not going to immediately give them your credit card and other information they say "hold please" and disconnect. The fact that the numbers listed on the caller ID always come back as numbers not in service should tell you something.
I was just hoping there was a way to not answer a call at all, whether picking up or voice mail. It seems that if your phone rings while overseas, you're screwed.