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  Kieran Ray October 29, 2009 at 8:16pm

  I don't bother just let it ring if its someone I don't want to talk to. My land line n mob are personal lines too.
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  David Beasley Garden Design October 29, 2009 at 8:23pm

  I never turn off for the evening.
  
  In this economic climate if the phone rings and its a potential job, I wouldn't even object to being woken up whilst in bed!
  
  24, 7, 365 as the song goes......
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  Graeme @ BGS October 29, 2009 at 8:27pm

  Mobile on to about 11PM unless covering emergency call outs then 24X7 - Would only answer after 9PM if it was a known number else to voicemail then quickly check (sad I know!)
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  Nicky @ GardenImprovements.com October 29, 2009 at 9:22pm

  Same here! Although since landline is diverted to mobile I keep my mobile on 24/7 incase of family emergencies etc
  
  Also Sunday's are a no-no too; that's purely family and peep time...I'll answer most likely but I'll just tell them to phone back the next day...politely of course!
  
  Graeme @ The BGS Group said:

  Mobile on to about 11PM unless covering emergency call outs then 24X7 - Would only answer after 9PM if it was a known number else to voicemail then quickly check (sad I know!)
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  Keith Barker October 29, 2009 at 11:25pm

  Answering machine screens all calls after 6.30pm.
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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk October 30, 2009 at 12:00am

  yellow pages !! called the other day , i confirmed free listing - i said call back 7pm another day (re-sales) ?
  must have phoned 2 times wed and 5 today -i ignored all (private number/no message left).
  answered tonight about 7.30? ............i.said..no thanks -
  
  to answer your question sorry - it depends (i try to keep it on as much as poss and always charge it up)
  
  not whilst driving . sometimes on a job. odd half days/weekends i leave it in kitchen whilst out.
  
  Somedays / weeks it drives u mad - none stop ringing and 80% waste of time. - its up to you :-)
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  Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care October 30, 2009 at 7:18am

  Don't get me started on Yellow Pages. I opted out because the only people that called me re Yellow Pages were Yellow Pages, yet I still get them calling trying to flog me advertising and an entry on Yell.com.
  
  Robin Ainsworth said:

  yellow pages !! called the other day , i confirmed free listing - i said call back 7pm another day (re-sales) ?
  must have phoned 2 times wed and 5 today -i ignored all (private number/no message left).
  answered tonight about 7.30? ............i.said..no thanks -
  
  to answer your question sorry - it depends (i try to keep it on as much as poss and always charge it up)
  
  not whilst driving . sometimes on a job. odd half days/weekends i leave it in kitchen whilst out.
  
  Somedays / weeks it drives u mad - none stop ringing and 80% waste of time. - its up to you :-)
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  Claire Brown October 31, 2009 at 9:27am

  I have a different situation as I do the school run in the afternoon, - so won't answer the phone from 3.30 - 7.30, (wouldnt' be good for business to have a 5 yr old in the background), I then do take phone calls happily in the evening up to about 10.30, - but won't answer calls on a Sunday, - if people are serious about using you, - not just on getting their job done immediately, they will wait, - and it makes them better customers if you know that they can wait 24 hours for a reply.
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  Cat Fereday October 31, 2009 at 10:18am

  This is interesting because it makes me see that I don't really work in a conversational business - everything is communicated via email - I get about 50 emails a day (lots of junk like newsletters from consultancies and the EU) and probably only 2 or 3 phone calls a day. It's probably because email gives you 'evidence' that you've done something or tried to do something - sad that we're constantly on point to play the 'blame game'. Blackberry is on 24/7 and checked regularly during waking hours, remote accessing laptop is normally with me at home in the evening and on the weekend - just in case I need to do anything more complicated than reply to a simple email. But I'm a slave to the Blackberry - it's my alarm clock, my mobile phone and my ever-open portal to the office 24/7/365....
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  Dan Frazer Gardening October 31, 2009 at 10:25am

  They are the worst offenders for nuisance calls and their sales pitch is basically "Talk and don't let the customer get a word in then try and squeeze their Direct Debit details out regardless".
  
  Tey quickly get me hanging up on them!
  
  Robin Ainsworth said:

  yellow pages !! called the other day , i confirmed free listing - i said call back 7pm another day (re-sales) ?
  must have phoned 2 times wed and 5 today -i ignored all (private number/no message left).
  answered tonight about 7.30? ............i.said..no thanks -
  
  to answer your question sorry - it depends (i try to keep it on as much as poss and always charge it up)
  
  not whilst driving . sometimes on a job. odd half days/weekends i leave it in kitchen whilst out.
  
  Somedays / weeks it drives u mad - none stop ringing and 80% waste of time. - its up to you :-)