I've had three calls on this today, my TPS request clearly hasn't kicked in.

The caller says "I understand you still have a driveway at the property"
and then goes on to try and sell a resin drive. The first couple of times
I just put the 'phone down. The third time I said "no, it's been stolen,
do you want the police crime number?" The caller said "oh,OK" and rang off.

They must have a really weird script.

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Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

On 10/03/2022 19:46, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> I've had three calls on this today, my TPS request clearly hasn't kicked in.
>
> The caller says "I understand you still have a driveway at the property"
> and then goes on to try and sell a resin drive. The first couple of times
> I just put the 'phone down. The third time I said "no, it's been stolen,
> do you want the police crime number?" The caller said "oh,OK" and rang off.
>
> They must have a really weird script.
>

I liked your response. :-)

It really floors some callers if you depart far enough from their
script. I had a caller last year who started by saying that he was
ringing about my computer. I interrupted him with "Do you have a
specification you want to buy? I have about a dozen in the shop you can
choose from and I will try to match what you want as near as I can".

To give him his due, he tried again. "I mean the computer that has been
detected sending out spam e-mails" to which I replied "They are sill in
their boxes waiting to be sold, so how is that possible?" Then he hung
up. ;-)

Jim

Indy Jess John submitted this idea :
> It really floors some callers if you depart far enough from their script. I
> had a caller last year who started by saying that he was ringing about my
> computer. I interrupted him with "Do you have a specification you want to
> buy? I have about a dozen in the shop you can choose from and I will try to
> match what you want as near as I can".

The one where they 'understand you have been involved in an accident',
I just tell them I died as a result of the accident.

On 11/03/2022 in message <t0f8dc$890$1@dont-email.me> Harry Bloomfield Esq
wrote:

>Indy Jess John submitted this idea :
>>It really floors some callers if you depart far enough from their script.
>>I had a caller last year who started by saying that he was ringing about
>>my computer. I interrupted him with "Do you have a specification you want
>>to buy? I have about a dozen in the shop you can choose from and I will
>>try to match what you want as near as I can".
>
>The one where they 'understand you have been involved in an accident', I
>just tell them I died as a result of the accident.

That ties in with reports in the press of people saying they have been
strangled or electrocuted,spooky :-)

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation

On 10 Mar 2022 19:46:03 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> I've had three calls on this today, my TPS request clearly hasn't kicked in.

Jeff,
Report them to the Information Commisioners Office, they do take action.
https://ico.org.uk/
More specifically,
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/nuisance-calls-and-messages/spam-texts-and-nuisance-calls/
--
Regards, Frogman.
You tried and you failed, so the lesson is, never to try.
My website: http://www.itsmyspot.co.uk

On 11/03/2022 10:31, Harry Bloomfield Esq wrote:
> Indy Jess John submitted this idea :
>> It really floors some callers if you depart far enough from their script. I
>> had a caller last year who started by saying that he was ringing about my
>> computer. I interrupted him with "Do you have a specification you want to
>> buy? I have about a dozen in the shop you can choose from and I will try to
>> match what you want as near as I can".
>
> The one where they 'understand you have been involved in an accident',
> I just tell them I died as a result of the accident.

I asked them how they knew I had recently shut my finger in my car door.

A similar idea - make them look stupid.

Jim