NRA phone calls

Why are they calling though?

 

A little trick i use on telesales folk and the like, is [when i know its them] I answer the phone and say "FRONT DESK" (for some reason i always put on a yorkshire accent.. dont know why)

And then if they ask for anyone i say quite forcefully....

"you do realise you phoned the police station don't you?"


It usually results in them saying.... "er... erm... oh... erm... sorry wrong number" and then hanging up.

 

I've done some thing like that. I answer "County Morgue"

 

Obviously, this is when one has Caller ID

 

oh yes, we have these fiddly little digi' cordless house phone things that are like mobiles so they display the number on the screen.

We also have a service where anybody calling from a withheld number gets rejected.


One of my cousins has a good one [for when he's in other peoples houses] he answers the phone and says...

"big boys massage parlour; Big boy speaking"


He does this regardless who is calling

 

My favourite response to unwanted or cold calls is, Hello, Harbour Master at Gourock, sea state rough, visability poor,, please hold for further information.
I then put the phone on the table and wait until i hear the disengaged signal.

 

The inspiration for my answer to telesales calls....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLMcQ09BHc


One day i'm gonna try to get one of them myself

 

hi -hi -hilarious!! roflmao

 

That is a Youtube classic

 

Funny stuff. Odd, the NRA never calls me. :-D

Laura, just tell them you are not a 'bitter clinger', and your husband is in jail for threatening to shoot all the llama's in your state. :cool

Don't let them hear any gun related noises, like loading a shotgun. That gets 'em fired up, and they will put you on the frequent callers list. :-D

 

Why llamas...? :confused

 

Ahh, thought it was common knowledge they can pack more guns and ammo than other beasts of burden? :-D

Actually, I picked llamas just so nobody would seriously think I meant for someone to make perhaps an unintended threat involving guns and shooting. There were no llamas injured in this thread. :cool

 

LOL, you should look at some of the gun forums. I am not even 1/10th of the way to a proper arms cache... You think I have a lot of guns, some of these people have a LOT of guns.

In all seriousness, why not just call the NRA? Ask them why they are calling you, and tell them to stop! I am about to renew my membership with them, if you want I will call them next week and ask. PM me if you want me to ask them about it. It is one thing to make an occasional political call, or membership drive call, but it seems whoever is calling you has gone beyond what I would consider normal. I might not want to remain in a organization behaving like that.

 

Llama... :innocent​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbwkkXGmFrI

Oh, and I thought I'd throw this out there: It's possible whoever is calling Laura and bothering her isn't actually a member of the NRA but is using the name to hide behind what's nothing but basic phone-spam behavior.

 

Oh, and I thought I'd throw this out there: It's possible whoever is calling Laura and bothering her isn't actually a member of the NRA but is using the name to hide behind what's nothing but basic phone-spam behavior.[/QUOTE]

And a good reason to let the NRA know about this. If it is some unusual activity, it might be in their best interest to look into it.

 

That's why I wanted to mention it, actually. I doubt any sincere organization would want to be associated with spamming and phone harassment.

 

Although if there are as many reports about it online as Laura said, it's probable they already know and either don't care or can't do anything to fix it. Me, I'm the type to call whatever organization/business it is and ream them a new one over stuff like this.

 

Just an aside, and probably not related - But I recently got a call from the "NRA" . . . but it wasn't the "National Rifle Association" . . . it was the "National Recovery Agency" - a debt collection outfit that was looking for my x-wife.

May not be the same thing Laura is talking about. I answered the call and told them that A) My divorce was final 9 years ago; and B) My x-wife has never lived at my current address; and C) they damn well better not call me again. They never did call back. :-D

Here is the NRA dba National Recovery Agency website, just for the heck of it - http://www.nationalrecovery.com/

I'm a member of the National Rifle Association and never get calls from them. Lots of mail, but no calls.

 

Missed this post - so my call isn't related. For those having a problem like Laura with fund raising calls the link to opt out is:

http://www.strategicfundraising.com/DNC.aspx

LOL Mind if I borrow that next time I get some unwanted sales calls? I almost fell out of my chair when I read that.

 

I have a situation like that except it's a fax machine that calls my cell phone at midnight on the dot Monday through Friday, it tries three times then gives up. I know it's a computer somewhere sending out what I assume is a daily mailer to a set group of numbers. I even tried to forward the calls to a real fax machine but I could never get it to work. I was hoping I could at least figure who it is coming from and call them to explain and get taken off the list. The number: 000-000-0000. That's a hard one to track down.

 

I have 000-000-0000 set up as a number in my phone book now with it's own personal ring tone: Silent, no vibrate. I just have 3 extra missed calls everyday now.

 

Same here. Life member, never really get calls.

 

Option 1: "This is a harrassing phone call, if you call again, I will call the police." Stopped a bank from repeatedly calling trying to force a credit card on us. (This was back when they wanted you to have them.)

Option 2: Buy a whistle. After you get a person, blow the whistle, as hard as you can. Yes it's cruel. By the point I use this tactic, I don't actually care any more.