TeleBouncer Blocker TB1000 Block Telemarketing Calls

by Dasym

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 10 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• ASIN: B001GBDDJM
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

Product Description

While TeleBouncer blocks telemarketing calls from ringing any home telephones, this product also offers many other privacy features and benefits, having little to do with telemarketing calls. TeleBouncer 3-Way Call Screening System Features: Stops Do-Not-Call List Exemptions such as: Existing Businesses Previous Businesses Charity/Nonprofit Political Polls/Surveys Calls Within Your State Exempt Industries such as Banks, Credit Cards and Long Distance calls

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like He Said, "This Thing Works", August 2, 2009

By 

Mrmxwll (Rocky Mountains) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: TeleBouncer Blocker TB1000 Block Telemarketing Calls (Electronics)

It couldn't have been said any better.
This product will eliminate recorded Telemarketing calls, completely.
Recorded calls absolutely do not ring through.
The reason why is very simple: to get through to your answering machine,
a real person has to press 1. So you can basically turn off the ringer, and know what when you do receive a
message, it's probably someone you know.
There's a stern warning message that comes on ahead of your personal answering message
that sounds like it's being delivered by an older guy in overalls and a white T-shirt,
standing at the edge of his property, with a shotgun leaning against a tree, as you approach.
I love it.
Since times are hard right now, these companies can't afford to hire as many live callers, so it would appear
they've turned to a recorded model. This device is the first and last weapon you'll need, to protect your privacy against them.

55 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is The One That WORKS!, June 18, 2010

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USMC Combat Vet "Retired!" (Oceanside, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TeleBouncer Blocker TB1000 Block Telemarketing Calls (Electronics)

Well I read the reviews here at Amazon, then went on my usual Internet search since this manufacturer is out of business. Once I decided this had the best chance of success to stop all the ROBO calls I get every single day, I began to search for best price. But first, here is MY problem.

I have had the same phone number for nearly 20 years. For the past 2 years, I keep getting the usual calls from politicians, banks and other low life trying to sell me crap I don't want OR need.... The do not call list can't stop anyone you have ever done business with from tormenting you forever. No matter how many times I ask to be placed on the do not call list, it fails to happen....some actually tell me they don't "have to"! Now that really just makes me go ballistic so I have in a couple cases even switched Internet providers since they were so smart A** about it I refused to put up with supporting a company like that who telemarkets me non stop once I sign up with them. ATT is the worst. Now, for the past 2 years, I now get 4-12 calls a DAY, every single day from Robots, a recorded voice, or sometimes a real human but ONLY after that "delay" of a couple seconds after I pick up my phone. This always clues me what I am in for.....And for the past 2 years, even if I get an actual human & tell them I am NOT the illegal alien they are looking for to hassle for some unpaid bills, they always promise to remove me, yet the exact same calls continue forever. Since illegal immigration has overwhelmed my area, I now get sometimes 12 PLUS calls per day, every single day from bill collectors who refuse to remove my phone number. Just a losing battle. Both for the Border Patrol AND my phone....

OK, I buy this online but for just forty five bucks on that Internet Auction site meg Whitman used to own. I will get censored out if I just say "eee-bay" for instance? (trying real hard here to clue you folks). OK, find a seller at this site and make an insanely low offer of 35 bucks, they will counter with a stupid almost full price counter offer. Then I again make my 45 dollar offer & tell them it is my final offer. Withing 3 hours they accept & it ships to me. I get it & never even read the book since it is such a no brainer to hook up. Just like any answer machine right?

WRONG!!!!! I begin getting the same old crap calls. I experiment for a full week with "settings" till I assume this thing is junk as I suspected. Then I get bored & open the instructions. Well I'll be darned, It DOES matter how you wire it (oh shock...). So I undo my common sense wiring, wire it as per instruction instead and BAM! Calls simply stop. It is right beside my recliner and every once in awhile I hear a very slight barely audible clicking sound. Finally, when I notice this, I pick up my phone and low & behold, I hear the same old recording looking for Pedro, Jose, etc, etc and telling him how they are gonna deport him etc. I now see that every single time I hear that slight clicking sound, it is intercepting my JERKS! It has now been a month without my phone ringing a single time. I am free, Free, FREE! Just know that the wiring is not to be done the intuitive way, do it the BOOK way (duh.). It works, and too bad this company folded. For forty five bucks you get your home phone back, yippee. And I got rid of caller ID so now my phone bill is next to nothing. A standard cheap as it gets phone service along with this machine, returns your phone to YOU. It becomes what it was designed to be. Private, functional, useful, and a handy tool to communicate with those you want to communicate with. To the rest of the World? Tell em where to get off! Buy this machine (if you can find one) and make the losers who once tormented you, become the tormented! God I'm a happy old man now.... :-)

10/21/10-4 Month Update. This is my favorite purchase in my almost 62 years of life. NOT a single glitch still. Not a single false alarm or snafu. It works, it Works, IT WORKS! Now, if the wife would just stop calling..... :-)

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TeleBouncer TB1000, January 5, 2010

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A. G. Tom "agtom" - See all my reviews
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Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: TeleBouncer Blocker TB1000 Block Telemarketing Calls (Electronics)

I have been using the unit for 2 weeks in a Telemarketing mode, and it's been serving me quite well. I used to receive over a dozen of calls a day in average from the telemarketers of various nature. For the past New Year holiday long weekend and the following 2 business days I left the device in a Standby mode... I have not received a single call from a telemarketer during this time! Yes, the device's features are not as sophisticated as I'd like them to be, and I've noticed some inconsistent glitches when it comes to triggering the answering machine on my Panasonic multiple set phone system's main unit, but overall, the device works just fine. To summarize, all the pros for me significantly outweigh the cons, especially for the money I paid. Finally! It is nice to work from home again...