"newshound" wrote in message
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On 08/03/2013 16:56, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:39:02 -0800, pensive hamster wrote:

On 8 Mar, 16:12, Martin Brown wrote:

I find an answerphone on the line works wonders on cold callers.
Failing that "Just hold the line and I will go and get him"...


I just say "Putting you through now " ...

If I was a telecoms geek, I would probably know how to add a recording
saying "Thank you for holding, your call is important to us". I suppose
the ultimate would be to hack their systems, to get all the world's cold
callers auto-dialling each other.

http://www.tavi.co.uk/you-are-not-the-next-caller.mp3



There must be a market for a cheap box that you hang on the line;

The problem is that there isn't a big enough market for the box to be cheap

it will be moderately expense so only a few will buy it, so it will be
expensive so only ... (forever)

tim