In Australia we have a ‘no call’ list that you can go on so that telemarketers can’t call you. Does anyone know of a similar service in Spain, or other solution, so that I don’t have to answer 5+ phone calls per day from annoying telemarketers?

Nope…. Welcome to Spain….

Telesales is the thing here once you sign up to a new Mobile or fixed line you go on a database…

I asked for ex directory and they thought I was mad as they have no System “AS YET”

2 weeks ago Government Signed a law were telesales have to be controlled….

Lets see what happens.

Mac

Mac here it , just off the hot press

ring you phone company as them to put on the NDD list ?National Directory Database? (NDD).

How do I prevent unwanted calls from direct marketing companies - cold calls . If you get a sales call more than 28 days after your details have been recorded in the opt-out register of the NDD, or after you have told the company in question not to contact you again

How does the process work?

All phone numbers contained in public phone books or available through directory enquiries are held in a central record known as the ?National Directory Database? (NDD).
When you contact your phone provider to tell them you do not want to receive direct marketing calls, they will make sure that this is recorded in the NDD. It will do this promptly, but if there are a large number of similar requests it make take up to five working days.

Direct marketing companies can get a copy of the NDD to make sure that they do not call phone users who have said they do not want to be contacted. However, it can take up to 28 days after the information is recorded in the NDD for marketers to access the opt-out listing. This depends on how often they update their own listings.

Fixed-line users

If you have a fixed-line (landline) phone and you do not want direct marketing companies to call you, you should contact the company from which you rent the line.

If your telephone line is ex-directory you do not need to contact your phone company; your number will be automatically recorded as not wanting to receive direct marketing calls.
Mobile phone users

Most mobile phone numbers are not listed in the NDD and therefore it would not be possible for mobile users to register a preference.
However, the mobile phone companies have barred all direct marketing companies from making cold calls to mobile phone numbers.
If you want to allow direct marketers to contact you in this way, you can call your mobile service provider and ask that your number be made available to direct marketers.

hope that helps , are do what my mum dose tell them she get the lady off the house and just leve the phone off the hook with radio are tv playying in the back ground . that get the hint after while

last , it only for Spain and i can still ring you from Uk are india and that music in the back ground is not “hold” music but the snake charmer tryying to get the snake back in it basket

jurdy

Thanks Jurdy, that’s a great help!

but aren?t they annoying!? they always get my name wrong, and they start by telling me which company i am with, and they are always wrong. Sometimes I hang up directly, other times I let them talk away while i get on with whatever i was doing before hanging up.

I don’t get any cold calls other than those every month from Movistar telling me what their latest offer is.

Although my Spanish is good, I tried the “no speekee spanish” ignorance route once… but they just got someone to call me in English heh!

Mind you, when I did listen once, they managed to half my mobile phone bills, so I guess that call was worth listening to 😊