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Rating:  - A good idea makes a very flawed product. Not recommended.
The "TeleZapper" is a little device that will eliminate computer-dialed telemarketing calls. I bought this item since I was receiving over 3 telemarketing calls per day, selling everything from credit cards to prescription drugs (it that legal?). My purchase of the TeleZapper was out of rage, when I got one abrasive telemarketer too many.For the first while, it helped eliminate some of the telemarketing calls, but not all of them. It only phases out calls made by a predictive dialer, not manually dialed or more advanced computer-dialed calls. Though some still did get through, it cut down signifigantly the number of calls I was getting. In terms of installation, it was pretty easy. The instructions are strait-forward enough. But after the first while, I got very annoyed with it. Often, I would pick up the phone and nobody would be there. You are basically trading one inconvenience for another: a telemarketer vs. dead air. Both are annoying when they come at a bad time. The other drawback is that it can block out important calls. Once, my credit card company called to tell me that my bill payment did not go through, but it got "zapped". Since they though my number was not in service, it landed me in some hot water, for a short while. The "beep" you get when you pick up the phone is a small annoyance. Overall, I think the TeleZapper was not worth the hefty price I paid for it. One way or another, I will rush to the phone to answer either a telemarketer or a dead air call. I would rather have saved my money and simply said "Take me off your calling lists". At least if I said that, the company would be legally obligated not to call me back. With the TeleZapper, what is to stop them from putting your number on another list? Who would I recommend it to? People who get excessive amounts of annoying telemarketing calls. But be warned, if you are expecting it to get rid of all annoying calls, you might be disappointed.
Rating:  - The TeleZapper Works
It works! I haven't spoken to a telemarketer since I started using it (3 months). It's small and easy to install. The only drawback is everytime I pick up the phone to answer or make a call, I hear the "disconnected" tone (kind of annoying). Also, I still get alot of telemarketing calls, but when I pick up to answer I zap them! I gave one to my Grandmother for her birthday and she's happy w/ her's too. So we'll continue to zap telemarketers!!
Rating:  - Finally no daily morning telemarketing wakeup call!
I got an unlisted/unpublished number hoping to avoid telemarketers. But after 2 years of daily 9 AM calls (they never even left a message on the machine and if I picked up there was silence) - likely from the same rotten telemarketing company - I saw this product and thought it was worth the price just to elminate this one call - and it did! It also stopped the other telemarketing calls I had been screening out with the answering machine. No more phone ringing unless it is someone I want to talk to! Someone mentioned it might block out calls you want from companies that might use auto-dialing - well, if you are expecting an important call from a company, just unplug the TeleZapper for a while until you get it. Actually, I suspect I can just plug it in once in a while to stop any new crop of telemarketers, but it seems to have eliminated all of the current ones. You don't even need to mess with your phone/answering machine wiring - just plug the unit directly into a phone jack. This product is not a perfect solution, but it does address a complicated problem. I'm giving the product 4 stars because I suspect the price is inflated.
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