[Jerry H.]

Originally Posted by carbking

It seems that we are receiving more and more unwanted telephone calls.

At my business, we receive 6~10 calls daily, all wanting to save us money HA! In order:

1 - change my business telephone service
2 - change insurance for my employees
3 - reduce the fees on credit cards we accept
4 - reduce the fees on credit cards we use
5 - help us comply with the National Labor Relations Board requirements
6 - loan us money
7 - fix our computers (which aren't broken)

At home, with the Missouri primary looming near, the calls have skyrocketed from an average of 4~5 daily to more than 20 daily. I would guess that number will balloon even higher in the weeks prior to the general election.

The "no call" list does not bar any of these calls.

As one grows older, one realizes one's most valuable asset is TIME. These unwanted callers, many of them robocalls are THIEVES! Stealing my time. Any even if I am only worth minimum wage, the growing number and the repetition puts them into the category of grand theft!

Seems to me this would be a prime target for our legislators to actually work together and pass some needed legislation. I have emailed my legislators, both state and federal. Wish others would consider doing the same.

Or maybe I am just growing more grouchy as I age!

Jon.

I've been having the same problem Jon. I must answer the phone as 95% of my business comes in via the phone. Even if you have caller ID, which I don't, it takes time to drop what you are doing to and look at the phone to check the #.

I've had the same business line for 30 years and never really had the need for any of the 'premium' phone services (caller ID, call forwarding, etc.) until the past few years when all these call started up. Live you I get anywhere from 4-20 of these calls a day. Insurance, credit card, money to loan; same ones as you. When I called my phone provider and asked for a quote for adding caller ID and call forwarding to this line I was thinking $4-5 monthly. When she came back and said almost $16 per month I had a cow! I told her I had been a customer for over 30 years with this line alone, not even considering my home phone and other business lines and asked her to double check it. She came back in about 10 seconds and said she was correct, it would be $16 per month. I said no thanks, it wasn't worth that much to me. I can get a toll free # with all the features and probably more minutes than I would ever use per month for $30 per month, but I would still need a local # as most of my inquiries are local. Still on the lookout for other alternatives.