On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:12:14 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 11/28/2020 10:05 PM, wrote:
>> On Saturday, November 28, 2020 at 5:31:03 PM UTC-6, Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> We don't answer the phone anymore, because 4 out of 5 calls are
>>> charities. If a real person wants to talk to us, they'll have to start
>>> talking to the answering service, unless we recognise their number.
>>> This kind of harrassment puts people off donating. So stupid.
>>>
>> Tell me about it! If I had an account and it accepted 10¢ for every
>> spam call I receive I'd be a well-to-do old gal! On the occasion I
>> feel in a good mood and answer the phone knowing it's going to
>> be some creep wanting access to my bank account my standard
>> reply is "I don't do business over the phone and I certainly don't do
>> it with someone I don't know."
>>
>This is why I love my (landline) AT&T Answerphone. It announces out
>loud who or what number is calling and if it's not someone I know,
>sorry, I'm not going to answer the phone. If I'm busy, people who know
>me know to leave a message; I can hear it and if I'm not busy and want
>to talk to you I'll pick up. Sometimes the robo calls slip past and
>leave partial silly messages. I can hear them and don't bother getting
>up to answer. I just hit delete later.
>
>Jill

I don't know why you think you need an old landline for that, my smart
phone shows me exactly who is calling and I simply press 'block' - I
now rarely get a spam call.