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AnotherDreamWeaver

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18. Yes. I no longer answer my phone, every call goes to the

Fri Nov 19, 2021, 10:22 PM

Nov 2021

answering machine. My message is "I don't have caller ID so you will have to speak up and identify yourself for me to answer the phone. If I don't answer the phone I may not be here, but you can leave a message so I can get back to you. Thank you for calling, have a good day." This stopped most of the junk calls. Well, it didn't stop them, but they don't identify themselves and just hang up. I don't have to listen to them, or the truckers who call wanting to haul my produce. (I only grow enough to go to a couple of farmers markets.)

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Do you receive phone calls from police organizations soliciting political donations? [View all] LiberalFighter Nov 2021 OP

All the time. RandySF Nov 2021 #1

I get calls all of the time from "police organizations". DURHAM D Nov 2021 #2

Yes. LakeArenal Nov 2021 #3

tAnd not one of them is ever tax deductable. They're all scams. marble falls Nov 2021 #4

Occasionally I do. dameatball Nov 2021 #5

And hang up on them every time Maeve Nov 2021 #6

Yea I have. Karma13612 Nov 2021 #7

They're paid well as public servants, don't see why they need my money bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #8

I tell them if they stop killing African Americans I'll donate. They will try to change the sales mitch96 Nov 2021 #9

99.9999% of the time they are not attached to ANY union or agency. KentuckyWoman Nov 2021 #10

Ask for their tax identification number and their website. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #11

As a matter of fact I got one today. nycbos Nov 2021 #12

They are professional solicitors. They do not belong to police unions Tomconroy Nov 2021 #13

We even get them at work happybird Nov 2021 #14

Next time you don't know who is calling, multigraincracker Nov 2021 #15

A Lot MOMFUDSKI Nov 2021 #16

Have had a few yorkster Nov 2021 #17

Yes. I no longer answer my phone, every call goes to the AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 #18

Not anymore. Aristus Nov 2021 #19