How to Get Rid of a Telemarketing or Unwanted Phone Call Nicely and Quickly

1. Register your phone number with the National Do Not Call Registry. Telemarketers have 31 days to stop calling you after your phone number is on the list.
2. Ask the company calling you to put you on its do-not-call list. The company is legally responsible to stop calling you.
3. Thank the caller, then say you aren't interested in what is being offered. Hang up the phone.
4. Answer and then hang up the phone quickly without saying anything. This is a temporary solution; the company may call again in the future.