Fellwanderer

There appears to be a very short window of opportunity for editing a post. Has this just changed or am I imagining things?

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Wolfgang

No, it used to be indefinite because I change one of mine days after I posted it once.

Wolfgang

One thing that slightly irks me is that you cannot delete your post (although I have sneaky feeling that Crook can). I posted something incorrect about TV once and had to just just blank my post. It looked stupid just being there with nothing in it - almost as stupid as when I do put something in it!

DB7

It's 1 hour. Indefinite is a flaw exposed by spammers, they post 'Hi my name is Fred etc', then return a day or two later and edit it to 'Go to www.crappyfones4u.net for your Xmas bargains etc'.

Fellwanderer

Oh good - it wasn't just me imagining it.

Now it looks as if I've got to wait for a reply otherwise I'll have to add a new post straight after my own! No, I'll give it 48 hours and if there is no reply, I'll just have to go ahead

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David Brent

Hey, I just went to 'crappyfones4u' to buy some Christmas bargains and the buggers have closed up shop.
You just cannot trust anyone these days.
Hope you were not getting a commission DB.

Dave.

samkydd

Talking of crappy 'phones, when receiving unsolicited calls from the sub-continent about mobile 'phone bargains my tried and trusted response failed the other evening. I usually say "How did you get this number? This is a Top Secret government establishment!" to which they promptly hang up and hopefully delete your number from their database. Unfortunately on this occassion the response was "Hello please, do you want to save the government money on its mobile calls ?" You can't win!

"...the chairman of Littlewoods stores made a Keynote speech!"

Fellwanderer

OK - that is understandable, if a tad frustrating at times

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maturin

Ah, so I'm not as dumb as I look: I wanted to delete a post the other day (my question has already been answered) but I couldn't figure out a way.
Richard

cletus awreetus

Re: unsolicited calls. I ask them if they want to speak to the home owner (me), and when they say they do, I say I'll get him. I put the receiver by the phone and go and do something else.
Let them rack up the cost of the call.

Steve Crook

That's a good salesman

Steve

Steve Crook

Yes, I do that as well
But you must remember that they're working from a script and that there will be a question a short way in. That will either be to ask if you are the person they have listed, the person that pays the phone bill or some similar check. They might even ask if you are interested in saving money.

Once you've answered that question then they go into the long speech and don't expect any other response for quite a few minutes. That's when I put the phone down (without hanging up) and go and make a cup of tea.

If you do it right you can sometimes hear them sobbing when you get back
It's their fault for signing the pact with the devil

Steve

Cypher

Nice one Steve; I must try this next time a certain double-glazing company calls!

If you have time for a little entertainment it can be fun to get the salesperson off their script with some totally off-the-wall remark (nothing offensive of course). The less experienced ones will also chat quite happily about their family, dog, home town, etc. A friend of mine recently had a nice discussion about the weather in Bangalore with a young man who forgot that he was supposed to be selling telephone services! (Perhaps someone should make a film about life in call-centres?)

Chris

Steve Crook

Of course you should all sign up for the Telephone Preference Service. That really does drastically cut down the number of cold calling double glazing and other sales people. If anyone does call trying to sell anything after you've registered (it's free) then you can ask them if they use the TPS. If they don't then you know they're a cowboy organisation and that you should have nothing to do with them. If they say they do use the TPS then you can tell them that by calling someone on the TPS list they have cost their company £50 which their boss will probably take out of their commission. It's not true but it scares the bejeesus out of them

Similarly, the Mailing Preference Service cuts down the amount of rubbish sent in the mail

Steve