Big Lots - Telezapper $29.99

[fastprostreet]

Title says it all....

Big Lots has the original Telezapper for $29.99!

Good Nov 6 - Nov 10th.

 

[DaCurryman]

would be really nice if they made something like this for Spam E-Mail.

but yea, $30 is a good price since almost no one seems to be coming off their $40 price tag

 

[tommytran]

BigLots Stores in MN too

 

[T2T III]

A while back, I read about a tone that you could add to your answering machine right before you record your voice message. Searching for this process might be cheaper than spending $30 on a Tele-Zapper. However, I do like the concept of the Tele-Zapper.

 

[everman]

When the TeleZapper recognizes a computer-generated call, it emits a tone that tells these dialing systems that the line has been disconnected. When the auto-dialer hears the TeleZapper tone, it immediately hangs up and (this is the best part) removes your number from its database.
Info taken from: Here

You can record the same think on your answering machine and just as effective.

 

[N8399]

Took about 10-15 minutes to download and record a voice mail announcement with these tones. LINK: How to recreate TeleZapper's tones FREE

 

[alfonsors]

N8399,

Interesting info you linked to.

Thanks ... Going to give it a try at my parents

 

[LoverBoyJ]

hehehe, I'm using the same "doo-da-dee" tone, I got it when I dialed my old disconnected line/telephone number.

 

[dragonlord2112]

I got one of these last Christmas and they DO work. It's nice answering the phone and hearing nothing but silence... that's how ya know it works. (Or I have lots a perverts calling me)

 

[m0ssie]

Originally posted by: DaCurryman
would be really nice if they made something like this for Spam E-Mail. but yea, $30 is a good price since almost no one seems to be coming off their $40 price tag

They do make something like that for email

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Bounce back unwanted e-mails so it looks as if your email address is not valid. This will make the sender think your address is no longer active so your name can be removed from their list. This unique feature is great for privacy and it couldn?t be simpler!

 

[BobSnob]

Originally posted by: dragonlord2112
I got one of these last Christmas and they DO work. It's nice answering the phone and hearing nothing but silence... that's how ya know it works. (Or I have lots a perverts calling me)

When you hear silence it's because the telemarketer machine is waiting for an answer machine tone... they don't bother trying to play automated messages to real people.

 

[clarkmo]

Originally posted by: m0ssie

Originally posted by: DaCurryman
would be really nice if they made something like this for Spam E-Mail. but yea, $30 is a good price since almost no one seems to be coming off their $40 price tag

They do make something like that for email

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Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I use it all the time. It instantly retrieves the subject line and I can delete the spam before downloading it. Very very handy utility. And it's free!! Hot Deal!!

 

[HarryK]

Originally posted by: m0ssie
mailwasher

Bounce back unwanted e-mails so it looks as if your email address is not valid. This will make the sender think your address is no longer active so your name can be removed from their list. This unique feature is great for privacy and it couldn?t be simpler!

Read why the "bounce" feature doesn't solve any spam problems or cause your name to be removed from any list

 

[c627627]

Originally posted by airduct: " hey, just read your post about the modem...how do you zap telemarketers' phone system using your computer? thanx. "

SIT tones are the tones that precede "You've reached the number that has been disconnected..." message.
Telemarketing computers remove your number when they detect these tones.
Some even say that the first of the three tones is enough. People record them at the beginning of their answering machine messages. It only works when your answering machine picks up the phone.

If you want to manually zap an "out of area" call, you need to have answering machine software, so that when your phone rings, starting the software will quickly play the SIT tones or the entire "You've reached the number that has been disconnected..." message that you've recorded as an outgoing message.

Now, it's hard to believe but in this day and age, there is almost no answering machine software that can easily play sound files as outgoing messages. I've tested a lot of them and have found only one that can do this easily and it's buggy.

It's IVM Phone Answering and Call Attendant Software

I say buggy because it turns out the length of the outgoing sound message can crash Windows Me. If it's longer than 12 seconds, Windows Me crushes. No problems with exact same message cut to about 10 seconds.

(Actually, I found out that you can repeat the same message several times if you set this under options, so it will play the same 10 second message several times no problem, but if the sound message is longer than about 12 seconds, it will result in a blue screen crash for Windows Me only) Note that these problems are gone when I booted into Windows XP on the same dual boot machine.


Of course if you can find answering machine software that can play already made sound files, don't hold back and share.

"That's all I have to say about that."
F.G.

 

[N8399]

c627627 very interesting. Thanks
My earlier post was referring to digital cable phone voicemail. The three tones take less than 5 secs ie. the delay before the recorded announcement. Prior to the recent elections, I didn't receive a single telephone political solicitation!! Before the tone lead-in phone announcement my dinner was continually interupted by mass marketing calls. YMMV

 

[LiLithTecH]

This is a lot less expensive to do.

Special Information Tones

Just record it at the beginning of your outgoing message and your home free.
Used it for about 8 months and works flawlessly.

 

[sat4fun]

I have had one of these things for quite a while and they do NOT work. I paid $27 for a new one off of ebay and it was a waste at that price. They may work by getting rid of the salesman, but they do not get rid of the phone ringing. There are a lot of computer generated telemarketers out there and a lot of answering of the phone with no one on the other end. I can only assume that this is caused by the zapper doing its job and disconnecting, but I still had to answer the phone. At no time did I notice a reduction in the amount of calls coming in. I removed it and the number of dead calls went down, but the number of calls did not rise. Save your $, pass on this thing.

 

[clarkmo]

Originally posted by: HarryK

Originally posted by: m0ssie
mailwasher

Bounce back unwanted e-mails so it looks as if your email address is not valid. This will make the sender think your address is no longer active so your name can be removed from their list. This unique feature is great for privacy and it couldn?t be simpler!

Read why the "bounce" feature doesn't solve any spam problems or cause your name to be removed from any list

Thanks, HarryK. I'll stop using the bounce feature and just use it to read to,from, and subject info and delete the ones I don't want before downloading them in outlook express.

 

[RiOEsq]

Just to give everyone a heads up--telemarketers are starting to reprogram their systems to look for these tones and not necessarily avoid them. This will work but will not lose it effectiveness over the next few years.

 

[c627627]

Where did you hear this? This makes no sense. How else are they going to remove disconnected numbers? Time is money to them.

 

[markrb]

Bottom line for me was:
1. For the answering machine trick to work you need to wait for your answering machine to answer and screen all your calls.
This may make you miss some calls you want since many people assume you are not home and don't leave messages.
If you do this why have the tone at all? No telemarketer ever leaves a message anyway.
2. Just the sound of silence is worth a whole lot to me then listening to a speal.

So for me this was worth every penny.

Mark

 

[TechDreamer]

No telemarketer ever leaves a message? Please tell me you were being sarcastic, because that is so not true!! I never answer the phone and use the phone machine on my laptop for ALL phone calls. My friends and family know this and so they leave a message. I get about five telemarketer messages for every personal call. Most of the messages are from home refinance people. I used to have my laptop set up to receive faxes, but that was also abused by telemarketers even though it is illegal. I will look into setting up the tones and see how it goes.

 

[cnicol]

Originally posted by: TechDreamer
No telemarketer ever leaves a message? Please tell me you were being sarcastic, because that is so not true!! I never answer the phone and use the phone machine on my laptop for ALL phone calls. My friends and family know this and so they leave a message. I get about five telemarketer messages for every personal call. Most of the messages are from home refinance people. I used to have my laptop set up to receive faxes, but that was also abused by telemarketers even though it is illegal. I will look into setting up the tones and see how it goes.

Well how many rings do you have before the machine picks up?

Mine will ring 5 times and I almost never get any messages from telemarketers. Every once in a while I will get what I think is one, only to just hear just a "click".
From what I can tell most seem to give up at 4 rings.


I have caller id and most telemarketers that I have seen are listed as an "unknown caller"...
I will 99.9% percent of the time let the answering machine get those calls.

Seems to work for me. I do get a ton of unkown phone calls, so I will give these dial tones a try.


ps
What is up with some of these telemarketers calling so late at night now? I have had some call past 9:30pm! :Q What is up with that!

 

[markrb]

I have never recieved a message on my answering machine from a telemarketer.
Not once, and I have had an answering machine for almost 15 years.
Maybe it's the part of the country you live in?

Granted I never seem to get those recorded telemarketers though. I only ever get
live people.

What is up with some of these telemarketers calling so late at night now? I have had some call past 9:30pm! What is up with that!

If you get to actually talk to one of these people. Remind them that this is illegal. They have until 8pm in most states. Get the name of the company
they are calling from, not the one they are marketing for, and report them. It might not do a thing, but if enough complaints come in then maybe.

If you have caller ID most phone companies allow you to block all calls that report as private. They have to hit *82 on their phone to unblock their
caller ID before they can get through to you. It is also a free service, but you must request it.

I refuse to pay the $6 a month for caller ID so I can't get this service, but I know my brother has it and he says this dropped his unwanted calls to almost
zero.

Mark

 

[db]

Like sat4fun, I also added the tones to the beginning of my answer machine message a while ago. Hasn't been on there long enuf tho to determine if it is having the desired effect...