Cold call selling generally is becoming an increasing nuisance. There used to be a thing in the UK called the "Telephone Preference Service" which you registered with and you went on a database of people not to be called. All the sales departments have done is to move their operations offshore so they can avoid that. They can also avoid the restriction on multiple simultaneous dialling.

Cold call selling of all sorts is becoming a thorough nuisance and there needs to be something done, but the govt. just don't seem interested.

It really annoys me when they use my first name. Who the hell do they think they are????