How can I stop unwanted sales calls?

Question

For the past week, the UK has been enjoying a bit of (rare) sunshine. With this, I took the week off to spend some time in my garden. However I constantly have to get up and go into the house to answer by pesky sales calls. From 10:00am - 2:00pm I had a total of 14 different calls, all concerning different sales. This averages out at roughly 1 sales call per 15 minutes, or in other words, every 15 minutes I have to get up from my comfy garden chair and run into the house.

I know I may sound like a moan, but this is really ruining my only time-off I'll have in the sun!!

P.S. I tried turning off my home phone, but I missed an important phone call so I'm not so keen on turning it off

Any help will be welcome!

Any

Answer 1

Get caller I.D. Then you can screen the calls before you answer.

Answer 2

I changed my number and went ex-directory.  And I never give my phone number to anyone other than friends and relatives.  This definitely works as I never get sales calls.

Answer 3

get your phone number unlisted in the phone book(white pages). i dont know if you guys have that but in the US, we do. mines is unlisted and i dont get much sales calls