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Do you answer "Unknown" callers?

addictivepersona said:
On my cell phone, if I don't know the number (doesn't matter if it's an unknown), I won't answer it. I pay per minute, so they can leave a voicemail if it's important.

On the landline, I'll answer sometimes--It really depends on my mood.
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This, I only answer my landline if I'm expecting a call on that number. Unknown calls on my cellphone, I don't answer. If they call twice in a row then I'll answer, since its most likely something important.
 
Yes, I always do, I like surprises....what's the worst that could happen? If it's a telemarketer of something I troll the hell out of them.

Half the time that I do know who is calling I don't answer.
 
It is rather ironic that telemarketing has rendered the telephone completely useless for the very reason it was invented for!

The fact that most people don't answer unknown calls has prevented me from meeting up with at least three different BLers while in the US because I didn't have my phone on me and they didn't answer my calls from public phones :\

Me? Happily, Canada - whose government (Harper notwithstanding) actually still has an ounce of care for its electors - has a National do not Call Registry on which I have placed my landline. Now I rarely get any telemarketing calls (except from companies whose services I'm already using and for surveys), so I am not so petrified of answering unknown calls. I recommend you all check if there is such a service in your countries.

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All is not gloomy though! Hopefully the fate of the television follows that of the phone. At least the phone is useful for something... the TV, no so much. Seeing how the TV is becoming more and more inundated with ads, hopefully this will render it obsolete...
 
chrissie said:
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To the OP, I don't answer any callers that aren't in my contacts. If it's important, they'll leave a message.
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i dont get it, if youre pulling the phone out to look at it, whats the second or two more it takes to answer and then hang up if its not important?
 
I just say - putting you through right now.

Then I press a couple of the keys on the pad.

Then I put the receiver down on the table and leave it.

Most wait at least a quarter of an hour.

Mental/Desperate feckers.
 
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atri said:
i dont get it, if youre pulling the phone out to look at it, whats the second or two more it takes to answer and then hang up if its not important?
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It's a hassle to hang up on telemarketers. I don't like to be rude but I also don't want someone attempting to sell me stuff. It's easier to not answer.

Do not call lists don't always work. For example, my father gave someone his information for an insurance quote. That company then put his info on a site and now there they have half a dozen insurance companies calling every night at dinner time.
 
chrissie said:
It's a hassle to hang up on telemarketers.
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You seem like a really nice person, but still, that statement is ridiculous. They get paid to get hung up on, they don't know you either.

OP: Sure I answer all the time maybe 1/20 was someone I didn't want to talk to...I feel Jamshyd on this one. Pick up the fucking phone people, maybe you don't have my number because I haven't seen you in six years....*sigh*
 
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