"The Vehicle Processing Center"

Nah, that show got cancelled, just like Fantasy Port and The Love Dirigible. Now this is just a number-based website. 😸

I have long felt that "Barnum & Bailey Jones", "Charlene's Angles", "Twenty-Nine's Company", and "Flapper Joe MD" all deserved another chance.

Add my favorites - "The Duchesses of Hazard" and "Spleen to Spleen".

I preferred "Giggler's Island" and "Star Dreck".

Oh, man, how could I forget "Star Dreck"?!

I liked the old classic "Drugnet" with that Tum-te-Tum-Tum-te-Tum-te-Tum" opening theme and that classic line "Just the Ex-lax Ma'am"

(And I have a feeling that will kill this bit of topic drift.)

Just tell them your vehicle has 250,000 miles on it they will end the call and it will be a while before they contact you again

I called them back and harassed them so many times that they blocked me. Sometimes it is fun to play with these morons. How smart or educated can they be if they are working for scam companies, if that is what you call scams? I just repeated what they said. Mostly I tried to be serious and inquired about a pinpoint address. One idiot told me Florida. I said, "Yes, I am in NJ but I have a street address." Each time I reached a point like this they hung up. Can you imagine, I was blocked from a scam artist? If only we all had time to call them repeatedly and drive them crazy like I just did. Of course normally it isn't realistic with out real jobs. However, to say I didn't get some satisfaction from it would be lying. It is a scam. Anytime someone won't give an address or gets belligerent when questioned is a sure sign they are not real or a professional company. They don't even have the common sense to try and be professional to sound like they are legit. One for our side today!!

Of course, when the scammers are spoofing the phone numbers of innocent people, as they are wont to do, all your repetitious calling does is harrass that innocent person.

I like to harass them, too. But the only way to safely do that is on the actual call! As Kat points out, the number can be spoofed, so calling them back (except in extremely rare instances) is just a bad thing to do. Here's an example of why you should never call back telemarketers:

https://consumerist.com/2014/03/18/florida-de ... y-telemarketer/

Assuming the number is 'valid', most of the time it reports as "not in service" (often faked), or you get to be put on the (probably useless) Do-Not-Call list, or leave a message (which most of the time is full). So even if the number isn't spoofed, it's rare that calling them back is useful. So don't.

Hey all, don't get mad, have some fun with this.  I usually give them a phoney name.  Same for vehicle information (I usually use a 2014 Dodge Durango with 90k miles). Then I let them go through all of their "transfers to my qualification person", etc...  And finally the last guy you talk to will give you the price.  Usually it's only about $300.00. But if you are listening carefully, that's only a down payment and the total price it around $2995.00.  When they ask for a debit/credit card I just use one word...."no".  Then they usually try a high pressure assualt which I deflect.  And finally I say "call back again soon so I can waste more of your time.  This is great entertainment for a 70 year old shutin".  They always seem to have a nasty comment before they hang up.  Try it, it's fun!

Really?
I have better things to do with my life.

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This is great entertainment for a 70 year old shutin"

I might give it another try when I hit my 70th birthday, if I have nothing else worth doing , but the last time I tried "wasting" their time, not only did I waste their time on a few calls, but my time was wasted for weeks afterwards from the continuous calls that come from their persistence. When I no longer had the free time and didn't want to talk to them or their "buddies", I wound up adding numerous extra numbers to my block list, wasting time and block list space.

You can't just 'turn them off' when you get tired of wasting your time, in order to waste their time and your stuck having your time wasted longer until they finally give up trying. So that was a lot of unnecessary extra waste, for just a few calls I decided I wanted to play games with them over.
Perhaps there are people who have the luxury of time to spend it on them and to those who do I hope its worth the effort, as well as the entertainment value.

Extended auto warranty calls are the best for collecting TCPA violations from. I go all the way with the call, even to the point of giving them a credit card number. Most important is to get the name of the warranty administrator.  The rep will go over the details and tell you it XYZ Platinum Plan. That plan will be listed on the administrators own website  I use a lockable debit card, so I get an immediately alert of the attempted charge with the merchant name and phone number. Once you have this information, you can ask the rep for his supervisor. Inform the supervisor off the illegal call, and demand $1500 to settle. Either he will counter offer or disconnect the call.  If the call is disconnected, then call the administrator directly. Give the administrator all the details. Generally, you will end up speaking with a higher up. They will contact the vendor. As you get good at this, you will get the name, email and even cell phone of appropriate administrator contacts. So when you speak with the vendor, you can tell them that unless they settle, you can either email or text ABC at XZY adminstrators. They caved very fast after that. One clown told me I was full of it, so I conferenced in his administrator COO on his cell. The COO called me by name, and told him the story. Instant $1500. A week later the clown called again this time to my landline. Another 1500 plus he was terminated as a vendor. I recieved an email from two other administrators that the clown was subsequently terminated as a result of the calls. I collected on 14 of the 15 calls. The 15th call I turned over the the FTC because it was a Justin Ramsey robocall after he was barred from telemarketing by the FTC lawsuit.