My details leaked?

hello,went on one of those tv advertised price comparison websites for car insurance.Filled in everything including e mail and phone number,ticked the boxes not to share my e mail and phone number etc as im carefull with all that.24 hours after filling in a car insurance quote from a well known price comparison site i get 15 to 20 phone calls saying stuff like,,,hello are your debt problems etc etc,,and stuff like,hello,didnt let them get any further than that basically,and no im not in debt either.Im aware BT charge for not allowing this spam phone stuff but im outraged at this.

Likewise same happened to me after using 2 of the largest comparison sites, simply rule when using these if they require a number then put your normal STD code in then 123456 these comparison sites are a huge pain i'll never use one again they don't compare like with like anyway esp car insurance when they will say

x company can do it for £300
y company can do it for £200

when you look at the details excess for x is £50 and excess for y is £300

As I only want quotes from them I always fill in :
Phone #: 0734 000000
Email: [email protected]

so it's a matter of "Don't call me, I'll call you".

Also all these insurance comparison sites suffer from the well-known "Excess Problem" where they over estimate the Excess in order to make the Premium look cheap.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

.Im aware BT charge for not allowing this spam phone stuff ...

NOT TRUE!!

Look up the TPS (Telephone Preference Service)

Anonymous caller reject they do charge for

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Only stops companys who you have NOT contacted in the past calling you.
Can take 3 months to be actioned & only lasts for 2 years. just renew again for a further 2 years.
Yes always give a dummy phone number to people you donot
want calls from.
A number of web sites force you to enter some form of contact details
but are happy to except ' dummys ' including HM Gov sites !!!

Mike A

TPS is great, I've been enrolled for years and despite being in the public phone directory I get zero unsolicited marketing calls. Only takes 28 days to become effective and no re-registration is required for residential lines.

From: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/faq/:

Why do I have to wait up to 28 days for the service to become fully effective?

It is a legal requirement for telemarketers not to call a TPS subscribed number after it has been registered for 28 days. Upon registering with the TPS you should notice a gradual reduction of unsolicited sales and marketing calls after a few days but please allow 28 days for the service to become fully effective.

16. Do I need to renew my subscription with the TPS?

If you have registered a residential number or a number belonging to a sole trader or (except in Scotland) partnership, you do not need to renew. However, if you have registered a number on to the Corporate TPS belonging to a Limited company, Plc or other large organisation, you are required to renew annually

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

TPS only lasts for 2 years. just renew again for a further 2 years.

Not true! Lasts for ever.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
Can take 3 months to be actioned & only lasts for 2 years. just renew again for a further 2 years.

I just checked, since the last time I checked must be more than 2 years (registered a lot longer ago than that) - says I'm still registered.

These days people claim to not know I'm on the list/act as if they've never heard of the list.

In reply to a post by Stevenage_Neil:

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

.Im aware BT charge for not allowing this spam phone stuff ...

NOT TRUE!!

Look up the TPS (Telephone Preference Service)

The problem with the TPS is that it only applies to UK companies, so it won't stop call centres based in India, Eastern Europe or the USA.