Results: Unwanted calls
Published on 09/27/2016
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Do you receive more unwanted calls now than you did in the past? Yes
59%
1234 votes
No
34%
715 votes
Not Applicable
7%
152 votes
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How do you respond to an unwanted call? Hang up?
44%
931 votes
Block the number?
28%
595 votes
Talk to the caller?
12%
245 votes
Other (please specify)
13%
272 votes
Not Applicable
17%
348 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| don't answer | 2.30% | 47 |
| 0.93% | 19 | |
| dont answer | 0.69% | 14 |
| do not answer | 0.69% | 14 |
| Don't answer the phone | 0.64% | 13 |
| ignore | 0.34% | 7 |
| Not answer | 0.24% | 5 |
| Ignore the call | 0.15% | 3 |
| let the answering machine get it | 0.10% | 2 |
| Just don't answer | 0.10% | 2 |
| don't answer them | 0.10% | 2 |
| ignore it | 0.10% | 2 |
| Put Them On Hold | 0.10% | 2 |
| Don't pick up | 0.10% | 2 |
| Caller ID | 0.10% | 2 |
| answering machine | 0.10% | 2 |
| dont answer the phone | 0.10% | 2 |
| I don't answer | 0.10% | 2 |
| do not answer the phone | 0.10% | 2 |
| don't answer the phone. | 0.10% | 2 |
| X | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ignore it and let machine get it if don't recognize number, If do than pick up | 0.05% | 1 |
| I redistered om the do not call list | 0.05% | 1 |
| use caller id and answering machine to screen | 0.05% | 1 |
| Screen the # | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't ans | 0.05% | 1 |
| let the answering machine answer it | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't pick up, just let it go to voicemail | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ask them for their home number so I can call them | 0.05% | 1 |
| ask to be removed from caller list | 0.05% | 1 |
| I usually always forward the call | 0.05% | 1 |
| hater button | 0.05% | 1 |
| Usually if it's a number that I don't recognize on my phone I won't pick up. However, if I'm expecting a call from a business I will pick up. | 0.05% | 1 |
| check caller ID answer or not depending on whether I know the caller | 0.05% | 1 |
| Research phone number. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Look at Caller ID and don't answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I try not to answer it if I don't recognize the number. Cussing them out doesn't work when they are scam artists they call back at various numbers too. | 0.05% | 1 |
| report it to donotcall.gov | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not answering | 0.05% | 1 |
| put the phone to mute so I do not hear the phone ring | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont pick up | 0.05% | 1 |
| take phone off hook. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Do Not Call List | 0.05% | 1 |
| Let answering machine get it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell them I'm not interested & ask to have # removed from the list | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ignore have answering machine. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Nomorobo | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ignore Call | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I ask to be placed on the no call list. | 0.05% | 1 |
| none | 0.05% | 1 |
| I use caller ID and don't answer it | 0.05% | 1 |
| ask them to take me off their call list | 0.05% | 1 |
| opt out | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't answer the phone | 0.05% | 1 |
| let it talk to the answering machine | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ingore the call | 0.05% | 1 |
| Have caller ID, so if I don't know the number calling, I don't answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I TAKE ABOUT 30 SECONDS TO A MINUTE A TELL THEM A JOKE VERY LOAD AND FAST GIVING THEM NO TIME TO INTERCEDE , USUALLY THEY DISCONNECT BEFORE I AM DONE SOMETIMES THEY HANG IN THERE AND THEN I HANG UP. HAVE FUN WITH THEM . | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont answer. caller id | 0.05% | 1 |
| route from ignore to only go to voice mail | 0.05% | 1 |
| ignore them | 0.05% | 1 |
| Am on the uncalled list for telemarketers, but it doesn't seem to work as well as it did | 0.05% | 1 |
| We have caller ID. If we don't know the number we will not answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont anwer | 0.05% | 1 |
| file a complaint with the do not call registry | 0.05% | 1 |
| Talk to the caller to tell them not to bother me | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't amswer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Leave the phone off the hook till they hang up. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer (call display) | 0.05% | 1 |
| I do not answer the phone if I don't recognize name or number | 0.05% | 1 |
| Gobbledigook with them... | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell them no thank you, do not call again! | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't answer. callerid | 0.05% | 1 |
| reject incoming calllll | 0.05% | 1 |
| turn off the ringer | 0.05% | 1 |
| use nomorobo.com...I LOVE IT!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| If you mean things like telemarketers, etc. I generally screen calls before picking up, or just politely say no thanks and hang up. | 0.05% | 1 |
| DO'N'T PICK UP AT ALL | 0.05% | 1 |
| lead them on | 0.05% | 1 |
| I do not answer, they can leave a message | 0.05% | 1 |
| let the recorder handle it | 0.05% | 1 |
| I liten to my answering machine-- if it is someone I do not wish to speak with, I do not pick up | 0.05% | 1 |
| below | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't answer the call | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't respond properly | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer if I don't know the number | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont answer the call | 0.05% | 1 |
| Report no call list | 0.05% | 1 |
| aask take offf list | 0.05% | 1 |
| screen calls - don't answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| got rid of landline | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer it | 0.05% | 1 |
| Leave answering machine on, then delete unwanted calls | 0.05% | 1 |
| Politely decline whatever they are selling and it is always about sells. | 0.05% | 1 |
| If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't acknowledge call | 0.05% | 1 |
| Answer hello and say hold on a second, and put the phone down until they hang up | 0.05% | 1 |
| Do not answer, goes to voice mail. | 0.05% | 1 |
| we screen all calls | 0.05% | 1 |
| screen calls through answering machine | 0.05% | 1 |
| I curse them out. | 0.05% | 1 |
| nothing | 0.05% | 1 |
| hello, listen, then say take me off your call list, they have signifantly decreased | 0.05% | 1 |
| screen with answering michine | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer. I have caller ID | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't answer calls if I don't know who it is. | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't answer-use caller id | 0.05% | 1 |
| Ask to take me off call list | 0.05% | 1 |
| caller id, so I don't answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| Have call display and dont answer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| have call display, just dont answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| talk | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not pick up | 0.05% | 1 |
| tell them what I think of their practices and THEN I hang up | 0.05% | 1 |
| Let it go to voice mail | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't pick up unknown calls | 0.05% | 1 |
| ask them to remove my phone from their list | 0.05% | 1 |
| depends | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont answer it | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer the call | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't answer!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Screen through answering machine, don't answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't answer - use caller ID | 0.05% | 1 |
| Tell them not to call again! | 0.05% | 1 |
| screen calls don't answer a number I don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| ask them not to call again | 0.05% | 1 |
| Answer machine | 0.05% | 1 |
| Tell the caller that the person s/he is looking for is not at home. | 0.05% | 1 |
| ignore without picking up | 0.05% | 1 |
| Let them talk on the answering machine. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I monitor ALL calls via my attached answering machine. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I act stupid when they call | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't call back | 0.05% | 1 |
| never answer the phone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I just don't answer it | 0.05% | 1 |
| be as completely rude to them using my biggest bitch tone possible | 0.05% | 1 |
| scare them/bore them with all my problems/illnessess | 0.05% | 1 |
| i just don't answer calls i don't know | 0.05% | 1 |
| I screen all calls and just don't pick up the phone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Let my machine get it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| TELL THEM DO NOT CALL REGISTERED | 0.05% | 1 |
| nope | 0.05% | 1 |
| We don't answer, the phone... | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't answer! | 0.05% | 1 |
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