True Call

[pompeyfaith]

True Call on dragons den now

[Guest Old_andrew2018]

looked ok but a bit pricey

[maroondevo52]

Truecall's sound, just bought one myself

[pompeyfaith]

Not so sure andy choose to refuse costs me £4 a mth so in a bit of time it will pay for its self it also blocks 500 numbers where as choose to refuse only blocks 10.

[maroondevo52]

There's a good bit about it written by Steven4064 here..........

 

The Consumer Forums - TrueCall digital telephone recorder - the Rolls Royce of call recorders

[pompeyfaith]

Thanks Scott i have read that im just waiting now for funds to be available then i will get one though CAG of course.

 

PF

[maroondevo52]

I've not got mine yet, but looks the bees knees

[hallowitch]

i bought one a few months ago needed it for my daughter phoning C,S,A

and it is Defoe the bees knees

and just in case my hubby gets made redundant i am going to by a security camera then if he gets made redundant I'm ready for all debt collectors and bailiffs (just in case ):D

[Helford]

Hi,

 

I just sat down and watched a recording of Dragon's Den, interesting to note that the Dragons saw the merit in the device and were fighting to invest in it!

 

Seems to me that the financial companies, the DCAs and other low lifes have met their nemisis! Oh how I wish I had a device like this a year or so ago!

 

See a newspaper article here

 

Exclusive: Dragons' Den tycoons fight over inventor's nuisance phone call 'zapper' - mirror.co.uk

[pompeyfaith]

Great that bankfodder saw its merits before it went on dragons den though

 

PF

[Helford]

Agreed,

 

Without a landline phone number to harrass, the threat monkeys will be impotent....and out of a job!

[beachcomber60]

Agreed,

 

Without a landline phone number to harrass, the threat monkeys will be impotent....and out of a job!

 

 

Just caught up with Dragons Den on iPlayer, if anyone has any doubts about the power of this device they should really watch Dragons Den.

 

I bought True Call a few months ago, as said before it really is the bees knees, it has stopped dca's in their tracks, how I love Zapping their calls (without even answering their call) knowing that once their number is added to the Zap list they will NEVER get through.

 

Even if you did want to talk to a threat monkey, all you need do is press one button, at anytime, and the call is recorded to memory disc from THE BEGINING OF THE CALL (this wasnt mentioned on Dragons Den)

 

These units should be available on the NHS, my blood pressure has dropped since we bought ours.

 

Beachy

[Pete_the_Postman]

Bought one myself..... Cabot still phone my at least 2-3 times per day, but my phone never rings !!! Great stuff. I can now enjoy a lie in on a Sunday without them calling me

 

Next step is the memory card for recording calls.

[beachcomber60]

Bought one myself..... Cabot still phone my at least 2-3 times per day, but my phone never rings !!! Great stuff. I can now enjoy a lie in on a Sunday without them calling me

 

Next step is the memory card for recording calls.

 

Pete_the_Postman,

 

Are you aware that you can get the memory card from CAG and its free.

 

You will need to contact Bankfodder, and arrange to send a copy of the invoice and in return you'll get a free memory card with no P&P to pay, I got my memory card this way.

 

Be lost without True Call - absolutely brilliant piece of kit!

 

Regards

 

Beachy

[RichardM]

If one of the mods can get Bankfodder to clear some space in his inbox please.

 

I'm about to purchase a Truecall unit and wish to take up the CAG on their excellent offer, but need to advise BF first according to the advert. His inbox is full.

[maroondevo52]

Hi, RichardM.

 

E-Mail the chap

 

[email protected]

 

I've not had a dodgy phone call since I got mine working

Well apart from the Mother-in-law getting through

 

Regards.

 

Scott.

[Biodiesel]

Has anybody else who has bought one of these, had any reliability issues with it?

 

I've had one in use for less than a month. I returned home to find the phone line dead, and the True Call unit rapidly alternating between its front Red and Green LED's.

 

Resetting the unit by cycling the power made no difference, the only way I could get the phone back was to bypass the unit and plug the phone back in the main socket.

 

True Call support, stated that its a 'software fault' and the unit needs to be returned. I'm a little disappointed given its price tag that its not managed to survive in use for longer than a month.

 

Just wondering whether its a widespread issue or whether the unit has just taken an intense dislike to me .

[RichardM]

I think, like everything, the price tag does not necessarily ensure reliability. After all, if nothing went wrong on anything costing over £100, there would be a fair few garages out of business for a start.

 

I had a set-up problem with the first unit sent to me, which was believed to be in the connection from the unit to the phone. In fairness to truecall, they dispatched a replacement unit the same day and asked me to return the original unit, providing a pre-paid label in with the replacement.

 

That was five months ago now and I have not had any problems with the replacement unit at all. I have googled "truecall+problems" a couple of times since I purchased it, just to see if any flags had been raised. Usually a google search like that will find any complaints for a product, but there are surprisingly few for Truecall.

[Joy2theworld]

I would love one of these but £97 is too much considering how much they cost to make That said why do we need one, the fact is ofcom are not doing enough to stop companies harassing you at home Many times when you find out who it is you them have to find a number because 9 times out of 10 they may just say who they are when you ring back not how to get yourself off there list I get repeated calls from British gas every 2 weeks this happens, I told them upteen times now not to ring me I dont want my boiler serving I got a plumber in family that can do that I rarely give my number out or tick boxes to get marketing calls. I am ex directory for a reason harassment from companies

[questioner]

Have NO doubts about getting one of these units. This are worth every penny or the peace the will bring...

 

They are a brilliant weapon against DCA **** who get incredibly annoyed they they can no longer harass one over the phone once they are on truecall's zap list..

[Joy2theworld]

I got Truecall this week

[Rumpety]

I've just ordered one too.

 

Sick to the back teeth of Withheld and International numbers bugging me a few times a day - not answering the phone is the only option, but I still need to look at the Caller ID to see who is phoning and the phone isn't always near me.

 

Truecall will hopefully intercept and eliminate all unwanted calls, and so do it without even disturbing me.

[RichardM]

No hopefully about it. I can guarantee that it will eliminate them all. I have not had a single call that I have not wanted to take since getting my unit back in August last year.

 

Just make sure that you set up your account with the numbers of folks that you would expect to ring and let the system do the rest. I do tend to warn anyone that I give my number to that if they ring they will find the phone system unusual, but when they've used it once, they normally ask where they can get the system themselves.

 

The recording card is worth getting as well. It's amazing how different a conversation with utilities companies etc can be when they know that every word they say is being recorded your end as well. No hiding behind lost recordings any more.

[Rumpety]

Thanks very much, I look forward to mine arriving.

 

Presumably the 'recording card' is just a standard SD card, ie nothing 'special' about it or unique to Truecall?

[Drexl Spivey]

They are showing the episode of dragons den when they had truecall on it , on dave tv . It's the episode that is on now , the truecall inventor isn't being interviewed yet .

 

at 20.23 , 1st july 2010.