| Main > Everything Else |
| Telemarketing Gadget now free |
| (1/3) > >> |
| BobA:
I hate telemarketing so I was looking for a circuit to generate the disconnect tones rather then pay for a nameless telemarketing zapper. During my search I found that a knowledgeable person has posted a web site with WAV files so now I don't have to build the circuit. Apparently these tones are actually sold on Ebay. Much like those who sell other free ROMS etc. Here is one site that seems to explain the process well. These tones and your answering machine give you a free telemarketing killer. http://home.attbi.com/~dakine/defeat.htm Thought the people in this forum would be interested in the simplicity of this process. PS I used the single tone and have not had it on the machine long enough to tell you how well it works yet. BobA |
| u_rebelscum:
My brother did this with his answering machine and said the number of telemarketers leaving messages has dropped to zero. I haven't bothered myself because I don't get very many in the first place. |
| BobA:
I have been using the tone for about a week now and it does make a difference. The calls have not dropped to zero but they have reduced by about 50 percent. I suspect that leaving it on for a month will get rid of all of the computer dialed calls but there are still a number of manually dialled calls. I have call display so I have tagged most of the telemarket numbers with an identifier on my call display unit before I tried the tone. This did not stop the calls however as they kept calling but this trick seems to work great. Since I have call display I can visually screen all my calls when I am home and let the answering machine zap those that I do not recognize. Regular calls do not even hear the tone as I pick them up before the answering machine triggers. Overall I will give the method my recommendation. Give it 4 stars out of 5 for performance and 5 out of 5 for cost. BobA |
| BobA:
4 weeks now and last week I got only 1 telemarketing call. My opinion is it works. BobA |
| Silverwind:
Nah I enjoy telemarketing calls... When they start their sales pitch.. I say with great enthusiasm.. "HEY THAT SOUNDS GREAT, I'm real interested but can you hold on a minute someone is at the door" then just set the phone down on the coffee table and see how long they wait :P |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |