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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Farnboro John" data-source="post: 3247190" data-attributes="member: 36432">The preference service has an effect on reputable companies - only.It has no effect on people who claim not to be selling, who are not covered (hence the glut of PPI calls at the moment), or calls originating abroad.We also had trouble with bombardment of my mother, who at one stage got into debt because of the number of aggressive charities targeting her - mind you there were also issues with foreign criminals with fake charities, lotteries etc.What I would really like is a button on the phone enabling me to give an electric shock to anyone who rings up, no need for a preference service then.Failing that the Acme Thunderer is a great idea and I shall experiment.An alternative if you have the time for it is to put the phone down (not on the rest) and resume your normal activities, they will be paying for the call until they cut it off.John</blockquote>