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Do you often look at caller ID and not answer?

If I didn't look every time I would be answering at least half a dozen spam calls a day!

Posted - January 15, 2019

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  • 19942
    I haven't set up caller ID on my landline phone, but I have always had an unlisted number, so the robo calls and spam calls are few.
      January 15, 2019 11:28 AM MST
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  • 6023
    I don't have a landline.
    If there is a call to my cellphone, and it isn't someone in my directory ... and I'm not expecting a call ... I disconnect the call before it goes to voicemail.
      January 15, 2019 11:33 AM MST
    5

  • 488
    Yes I do that quite often!
      January 15, 2019 11:33 AM MST
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  • I look at Caller ID and answer, "Radiology, may I help you?.     Made a big difference - I rarely get unwanted calls now.
      January 15, 2019 11:42 AM MST
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  • LOVE IT!!
      January 15, 2019 11:52 AM MST
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  • 5808
    Seriously, on my cell phone
    if I don't recognize the caller ID,
    I do not answer....99.9% of the time
    it is something to avoid.
    If they need to get me a msg...
    no problem leave a MSG
      January 15, 2019 12:19 PM MST
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  • 44159
    Most of the time.There are a few places that call and the ID says unknown caller and it really is a business I needed to speak with. One was a clinic who hung up on twice. Oops.
      January 15, 2019 12:27 PM MST
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  • 1430
    yes i check. the other day they call me trying to sell me their internet, and i said 'no'.
      January 15, 2019 12:40 PM MST
    2

  • 313
    yes
    I block spam on unwanted calls

      January 15, 2019 1:13 PM MST
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  • I have to answer whether I recognize the caller or not. 
      January 15, 2019 2:08 PM MST
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  • We have Nomorobo on our landline and mobile lines.  That gets rid of a lot of nuisance callers.  If some numbers that I don't know get through .. I usually don't pick up and just wait for them to leave a message.  If they don't, then it probably wasn't anything important anyway.
      January 15, 2019 2:37 PM MST
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  • I talk by text so if somebody calls it goes to the automated message that says this mailbox has not been set up.
      January 15, 2019 2:46 PM MST
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  • 17351
    Why be rude? Have your message advise that you don't know how to talk on a telephone but welcome them to text.
      January 15, 2019 2:56 PM MST
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  • 44159
    Uh...who is being rude...maybe the robo-caller trying to get your money?
      January 15, 2019 7:15 PM MST
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  • I’m not being rude just because I choose not to answer phone calls. There’s no law that says you have to answer. 
      January 18, 2019 11:49 AM MST
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  • 17351
    Daily.  They are welcomed to leave a message.
      January 15, 2019 2:57 PM MST
    1

  • sometimes i answer and when they say how are you i say i'm horrible thanks for asking then i hang up 
      January 15, 2019 3:36 PM MST
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  • 44159
    I will answer once in a while and say "I was great until you called." It the sam place twice a day and I am going to be VERY rude...things I can't say in this forum.
      January 18, 2019 12:29 PM MST
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  • 2052
    I do now, since a business I signed up with calls me constantly.  6 calls just today.  They call from strange numbers or a number that shows their name.  This has been going on for months.  Now I've had enough.  I will be logging the calls daily and in a couple of months I'll file a restraining order against them. They want me to sign up for a service they offer.  I have declined more than once but they won't stop hounding me.  I even called the main number and complained, the calls keep coming. 
      January 15, 2019 5:00 PM MST
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  • 10449
    Always.  I only have a landline and 99.999% of the calls on it are SPAM.  



      January 15, 2019 5:03 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I google the number. Most of the time it is not found. All the other calls come from the grade school in the next town, so I call and tell them to remove the number from their records.
      January 15, 2019 5:59 PM MST
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  • 362
    yes!! i must...i have alot of people i don't want to talk to also there's alot of scams
      January 15, 2019 6:24 PM MST
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  • 4631
    Don't have caller ID on our home phone.
    We just handle each call as appropriate.

      January 16, 2019 3:27 PM MST
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