[Gayle]

All you need to do is ring the TPS once and register and then you shouldn't be bothered by callers ever again.

And if you do get a cold call ever again all you have to do is say that you've signed up with TPS and they apologise profusely and put the phone down on you so quickly - it's very funny hearing them fluster about how much of a mistake it was to have you on their list in the first place.

I think that people who do the mega cold calling have to be registered to use BT phone numbers and so if you're a member of TPS you've basically told BT that you don't want to be called. This means that anyone who calls either hasn't reregistered with BT (going to be in big trouble if reported to BT) or never registered in the first place (probably illegal cold calling). Either way it puts the fear of bejesus into them and they hang up very, very quickly.