Call Bouncer
Call Bouncer protects your telephone privacy by silently and automatically screening your incoming calls based upon the Caller ID. It looks and acts like a traditional Caller ID unit, displaying the telephone number and name of your last 70 callers. However, you can also program a personal list of up to 200 telephone numbers (including "private" and "out of area" numbers) that instructs Call Bouncer to
- ring your telephone,
- ring your answering machine, or
- answer and then immediately hang up (rude but effective!)
for each number. For example, calls from family and friends will ring your telephone; if you are unable to answer, Call Bouncer automatically switches the call to your answering machine so they can leave a message. Calls from telemarketers and other unknown persons will ring your answering machine instead of your telephone. Thus, your valuable private time is no longer disturbed by unimportant or unwanted telephone calls. Dine, talk, read, watch your favorite television program, and snooze on your couch in peace!
Best of all, Call Bouncer is very discrete... no beeps, hostile messages, or secret codes to annoy your family and friends. Your callers will never know that their calls are being screened!
NOTE: You must subscribe to Caller ID service from your local telephone company in order for the Call Bouncer to work. Call Bouncer replaces their optional Anonymous Call Rejection, Call Block and Call Intercept (aka Privacy Manager) services to reduce your telephone bill by $108 per year (typical savings).
The price for this legendary innovation is just $65 postpaid. To order, call 1-800-531-9004, fax 1-800-235-2177 or mail your check to QED Technology, 3700 Koppers Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21227 USA. MD residents add 5% sales tax. Add US$20 for overnight delivery. Visa, MasterCard and American Express are accepted; 10-day money-back guarantee.
We respect your privacy by not disclosing our customer list to anybody else! However, many other businesses to whom you routinely give your private phone number and other personal information, such as
- mail order companies,
- banks and other lenders,
- credit bureaus,
- insurance companies,
- even your own government (real estate, motor vehicles, voter registration, etc.)
will sell it to anybody without your knowledge or permission! With the continued decline in long-distance rates, more and more companies are buying your telephone number to aggressively sell you their products and services. Companies that collect and sell personal information about you include:
- Accudata America, phone 800-732-1111, http://www.accudata-america.com
- American Business Lists, phone 800-661-5478 or 800-336-8349, web site http://www.lookupusa.com
- Database America, phone 800-551-1533, fax 201-476-2419, web site http://www.databaseamerica.com
- Equifax Credit Services, phone 800-711-5341, web site http://www.equifax.com
- Experian (formerly TRW), phone 800-435-5478, web site http://www.experian.com
- Polk Co, phone 800-637-7655, web site http://www.polk.com
You can ask them to stop the unauthorized disclosure of your personal information.