If you’re crazy busy like me then it drives you nuts to answer the phone only to have a telemarketer on the other end – or one of those taped recordings. Tell me, does that really work? I mean does anyone actually sit and listen to those things? What a waste of time and money! If the product is worth it they can at least put a live person on the phone to sell it – don’t you think?! OK…now that I’ve got that off my chest…
I’m not sure if this is an urban legend or not but I heard that cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies this month. Whether or not that’s the case, I wanted to pass on this tip. You can avoid all of those pesky sales calls (that, incidentally, you’ll be charged for on your cell!) by calling this number from your phone:
888-382-1222
This is the National Do Not Call List. It only takes about 5 minutes to do and it blocks your number for 5 years – totally worth the effort! This works for any number – just make sure you make the call from the phone number you want blocked.
Pass it on!
Many people just sell their phones before they get too old. If they happen to have a very old phone with not much value then recycling is another option, however phone recycling isn’t common and needs to be exposed more.
Very much agreed. Thank you for your comments!