[Ian Gourlay]

In the past I have used Telephone as a cost Free apart from time method of getting New Business.

However on a daily basis we are getting pestered not only by Advertising Companies we are fare game as we in Yellow Pages

But you have one a prize competion regularly about three times a day.

Telephone companies 4 times a day

Supprisingly we are only getting calls from Home Improvement companies about once every two months.

The Comp lines are the most anoying as they are Pre Recorded.

Is that what they call a Voice Broadcast in The States

Anyway this is making me consider abandoning Tele Sales as a Marketing option and Registering with The Tele Phone Prefrence Serviced.

I feel that these companies have ruined it for anyone trying to build a business.

[Big_Fish]

We too get all of the above types of calls. We get calls at all times of the day and into the evening & regularly get a pre-recorded message between 11.30am and 1.30pm.
Of all of the calls the pre-recorded ones are worse. If you hang up it doesn't disconnect until the message has completed. Pick the phone back up and the voice is still going.
Several times customers have left a message because our line has been jammed with the pre-recording playing it's way through.
One lunch time last week, a recorded message kept repeating itself and went on for 15 minutes! During that time we built up two messages.
I find it very annoying because not only is it a complete waste of time but it is definitely causing us to loose business as not everyone will leave a message.
When I am out, I often have calls diverted to my mobile. If one of these calls comes through to our land line, it's automatically diverted to my mobile and I end up paying for it's duration.

I'm not sure that registering with the TPS will make that much difference. I registered my parents two years ago and they still get regular calls from telecommunications companies and prize winner meassages. The problem being that calls from abroad cannot be stopped by the TPS and the majority of these calls do come from abroad.

Nicky

[George-Reid]

We are registered with tps and fps both at office and home works well no calls at home and very few at office.
Cheers

George

[Ian Gourlay]

nICKY

Thats why i want to stop them so i can go back to diverting to mobile as I think i am loosing customers, by relying on answerphone.

Not big enough to pay someone to answer phone and Jennys out more these days

[John_Flynn]

I too am registered with tps and fps both at office and home works well no calls at home and very few at office just like George.

When the advertising Bods ring tell them that the person who does the advertising is only in at 3.00pm on Saturday afternoon, never hear from them again, or as one guy who is well known on here sometimes tell them, the person who dealt with the advertising recently passed away I am Just clearing his desk!!

[mgcleaning]

I was getting these calls every day at 5.30 but since registering with tps about a month ago i havent received any so i think it is worth a try