Martin,

Didn't the carpet cleaners eventually hang up on him?

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 13:36
Subject: Re: [OT] Caller ID Boxes with RS-232 Capabilities


> I certainly appreciate the information. I am open to any
> suggestions. Maybe AT&T has something similar.
>
> Some time ago I heard some fellow who had made a CD of
> the games he played with telemarketers. In one, a carpet
> cleaning company called and he asked if they could get blood out
> of a carpet. They asked, "How much blood is it?" He said, "lots
> and lots of blood. There's blood in the carpet, on the walls, on
> the curtains and even some on the ceiling." The conversation
> went on for quite some time.
> Steve Dresser writes:
>> I've never heard of a caller ID box with an RS-232 port, but some phone
>> companies have a feature that might help in a different way.  Verizon
>> calls
>> this feature "Privacy Manager," and it will let you build a list of
>> numbers
>> you can block.  When you receive a call from a blocked number, the caller
>> hears a short message to the effect that the person they are calling is
>> not
>> accepting calls from their number.  Privacy Manager also handles numbers
>> that block their caller ID by intercepting the call and giving you the
>> option to connect to the call, send the caller to voice mail, or play a
>> message telling the caller not to call again.  I realize that this isn't
>> the
>> solution you were looking for, but it has been quite effective for 
>> getting
>> rid of unwanted callers.
>