Bought a phone that blocks up to 30 numbers but you can still check on who called. The only problem is that the phone still rings once & then stops but these *(*&^& still call 6 -9 times a day everday! Think they would learn. Guess they just have to dial a number to get paid.

These people are Frigging idiots,,, Even when you tell them to "piss the F off!!!!" they continue to call & call & call. I have been polite & asked them not to call but HA Ha Ha they just continue. And the previous comments are correct as we have added our number to the DNC list years & years ago & we still get telemarketing calls every day plus!!!!!!!!! Some time they start at 7am & continue until 9pm. Time to consider another alternative!!! Oh & we live Calgary & still get hasseled every day to "Buy" the paper,,Calgary Herald. The Calgary Sun is a better paper by far & we do not subscribe to that one either!!!

quit calling----very annoying

Hi Everyone - This number does belong to a third party call center selling Calgary Herald subscriptions. Jeremy above is correct that newspapers are exempt from the National DNC list. However, since its implementation, the Herald has voluntarily subscribed. I can't deny that we use telemarketing to sell subscriptions, but I can promise we make every attempt to be respectful of your DNC requests.

If you subscribe the National DNC list, continue to receive calls after making a request with the sales rep, or are receiving multiple calls and want your number put on our internal DNC list without having to speak anyone, send me an email and I will take care of it for you.

Adam White - Consumer Sales Manager
Calgary Herald
AdWhite @ calgaryherald.com

Answered and nobody there. Very annoying.  This is about the 6th call from this number this week.

I got one of these calls with no-one there.  When I called back to the caller ID, I got an automated response that "you have reached IV customer service.  You received a promotional call from Calgary Herald ..." where I hung up.

I'm in Calgary, and this newspaper is the big local paper.  But the caller ID was Toronto- based.  So my local paper is hiring a promotional company to piss off their potential customers

This number has called me 10 times over the last 5 days. I finally answered it today but there was no response. It called me again a few hours later.

It seems that it is one of those automated dialing services that check if phone numbers are active.

I find this quite annoying, so I use a recorded tone of a number that is out of service. Some of these auto dialers recognize the tone, and mark your number as disconnected on their lists..

Also an effective way of dealing with telemarketers.

http://www.sorrygottago.com/SoundFiles/PhoneCo/disconnected.mp3

I have had this number phone my house more than 10 times it's some girlwho's chinese or asian and she phones sometimes as well when I'm not home but she never leaves a message.