Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 19, 2024, 05:07:37 am

Login with username, password and session length


Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 772785
  • Total Topics: 66296
  • Online Today: 290
  • Online Ever: 5484
  • (June 18, 2021, 11:15:29 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 210
Total: 210

Welcome


Welcome to the POZ Community Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people with HIV/AIDS, their friends/family/caregivers, and others concerned about HIV/AIDS.  Click on the links below to browse our various forums; scroll down for a glance at the most recent posts; or join in the conversation yourself by registering on the left side of this page.

Privacy Warning:  Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If you are HIV positive and disclose this in our forums, then it is almost the same thing as telling the whole world (or at least the World Wide Web). If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.

  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.

  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.

  • Forums members must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Posting guidelines, including time-out and banning policies, have been established by the moderators of these forums. Click here for “Do I Have HIV?” posting guidelines. Click here for posting guidelines pertaining to all other POZ community forums.

  • We ask all forums members to provide references for health/medical/scientific information they provide, when it is not a personal experience being discussed. Please provide hyperlinks with full URLs or full citations of published works not available via the Internet. Additionally, all forums members must post information which are true and correct to their knowledge.

  • Product advertisement—including links; banners; editorial content; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from POZ.

To change forums navigation language settings, click here (members only), Register now

Para cambiar sus preferencias de los foros en español, haz clic aquí (sólo miembros), Regístrate ahora

Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: robo calls.  (Read 4091 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline mitch777

  • Member
  • Posts: 4,087
robo calls.
« on: September 24, 2013, 09:36:34 pm »
Geez, we can send a man to the moon and record personal online data to track people to the ends of the earth but we can't seem to put a stop to the most irritating robocallers of the past 5 years.

"The FBI bla  bla bla...."

"This is your final notice about your credit card  bla bla bla...."

They are an illusive bunch. Always changing their phone numbers. Too often and too much effort to block.

The "do not call" list has become a joke. If our government has not got the capability to put a stop to this relatively simple problem, well...

ps- we get about a call (sometimes 3) per week.
« Last Edit: September 24, 2013, 09:40:05 pm by mitch777 »
33 years hiv+ with a curtsy.

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2013, 09:54:34 pm »
Im having an issue with the mail order company I get my diabetes supply's from . They robo call when they think you may be getting low on supply's , when I don't need them and prompt saying I do not wish for a refill at the time they robo call up to four times a day until you call customer service and ask for the calls to stop , they also make you wait on the phone 20 minutes waiting to talk to a human .

I canceled the service out of frustration and anger with them . There must be big money in annoying the hell out of people but I refuse to let a company profit off me when they use tactics like that . I also have a deep hatred of spammers and would never buy a spammed product or click on the link even .   
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

Offline mitch777

  • Member
  • Posts: 4,087
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2013, 10:32:00 pm »
Im having an issue with the mail order company I get my diabetes supply's from . They robo call when they think you may be getting low on supply's , when I don't need them and prompt saying I do not wish for a refill at the time they robo call up to four times a day until you call customer service and ask for the calls to stop , they also make you wait on the phone 20 minutes waiting to talk to a human .

I canceled the service out of frustration and anger with them . There must be big money in annoying the hell out of people but I refuse to let a company profit off me when they use tactics like that . I also have a deep hatred of spammers and would never buy a spammed product or click on the link even .

that sucks. predators. it's like we are all living in prehistoric times but the dinosaurs have turned into fellow humans and are trying to swindle us with diabolical tactics. or however anyones own analogy works.  >:( :)
33 years hiv+ with a curtsy.

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2013, 10:47:04 pm »
Go to bed Mitch ... they are scumbags but you are not being attacked by prehistoric dinosaurs . The risk factors for being attacked by prehistoric dinosaurs are as follows ...

Owning a phone
Using a computer
Specific mail order catalogs . 
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

Offline Miss Philicia

  • Member
  • Posts: 24,793
  • celebrity poster, faker & poser
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2013, 11:06:03 pm »
I haven't had a land line now for a decade and rarely if ever get these types of calls.
"I’ve slept with enough men to know that I’m not gay"

Offline tednlou2

  • Member
  • Posts: 5,730
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2013, 01:49:19 am »
Im having an issue with the mail order company I get my diabetes supply's from . They robo call when they think you may be getting low on supply's , when I don't need them and prompt saying I do not wish for a refill at the time they robo call up to four times a day until you call customer service and ask for the calls to stop , they also make you wait on the phone 20 minutes waiting to talk to a human .

I canceled the service out of frustration and anger with them . There must be big money in annoying the hell out of people but I refuse to let a company profit off me when they use tactics like that . I also have a deep hatred of spammers and would never buy a spammed product or click on the link even .

Older family members gets those same diabetic supply calls.  She gets so angry. 

I don't have a landline anymore.  I have gotten a few calls on my cell that start off with a cruise ship horn and tells me how I can get a free cruise. 

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2013, 05:31:50 am »
I haven't had a land line in 15 years . 
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

Offline weasel

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2013, 02:25:40 pm »
I haven't had a land line now for a decade and rarely if ever get these types of calls.


  Howdy Miss Philicia ,
 How nice for yew  :-X
  They eat up my phone minutes  >:(

                                                     Weasel

  P.S.  :  I'm looking for a new husband today  :o
" Live and let Live "

Offline buginme2

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,426
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2013, 02:41:51 pm »
The beautiful thing about ditching the landline and using your cell for everything is when you do get one of those pesky robo calls or a call from the Obama campaign asking you for money even though you gave them money yesterday you simply select the "reject future calls" button and you never have to deal with them again!!

Don't be fancy, just get dancey

Offline mitch777

  • Member
  • Posts: 4,087
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2013, 03:48:13 pm »
Go to bed Mitch ... they are scumbags but you are not being attacked by prehistoric dinosaurs . The risk factors for being attacked by prehistoric dinosaurs are as follows ...

Owning a phone
Using a computer
Specific mail order catalogs .

lol. I must have been tired. :) forgot that I even started the topic. ::)
33 years hiv+ with a curtsy.

Offline weasel

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: robo calls.
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2013, 04:14:52 pm »
lol. I must have been tired. :) forgot that I even started the topic. ::)

      :-X

                   Weasel
" Live and let Live "

 


Terms of Membership for these forums
 

© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.