Do you play this sound to telemarketers calling you?

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No the damage is done before we pick it up, its the harassment and the presumptuousness, they do infomercials on the message now. No real person is ever there.

So it doesn't matter what happens when u answer, that just gets you on fifty more call lists.

supersnipe · 61-69, M

@Stilltryinghard You're probably right. I think they keep data on whether a number gets answered or not. It doesn't matter if it's you, the answering machine, or an elephant answering the phone; statistically it counts as a 'pick-up'. I've pulled the plug on my landline because of these calls; they used to come in every day - but after a few months, when I dialled the number 1471 (to identify the last caller) the last one was days ago.