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Product Description: TeleZapper is a small device that attaches directly to a consumer's telephone line to reduce the number of computer-dialed telemarketing calls. The TeleZapper is also battery powered and boasts a sleeker, trimmer design. It now serves as the connecting piece between the phone and phone jack and comes equipped with a battery that has a seven-year life, which eliminates the need for an AC adaptor and frees up an extra electrical outlet in your home. It can also be programmed to emit from one (Basic Privacy) to three tones (Advanced Privacy), providing added protection against unwanted calls.The TeleZapper is ideal for protecting home businesses and new homeowners. New phone numbers typically are the first numbers to make it onto telemarketing lists. The TeleZapper is easy to install. Just plug it into your phone and phone jack to cover all extensions and answering machines connected to that line. It works with answering machines to "Zap" telemarketers when you're not around to answer the phone. The TeleZapper is also compatible with Caller ID and Call Waiting and it won't interfere with any manually dialed phone calls.Amazon.com Product Description: When you've had your dinner interrupted by a telemarketer one too many times, treat your phone line and yourself to the Telezapper TZ 900. It's a simple, one-time-cost solution to the problem of annoying telemarketing calls. Based on the enormously popular classic Telezapper, the newer Telezapper TZ 900 offers the advantages of a slimmer profile, built-in battery power, and an advanced three-tone mode. Here's how it works: Given that more than 90 percent of telemarketing calls are placed with computer assistance, when either you or your answering machine answers the phone, the Telezapper emits a special tone that tells the computer your number has been permanently disconnected. Telemarketing companies that use automated dialing systems typically remove disconnected numbers from their calling lists, and as your phone number is eliminated from more and more telemarketing lists, you'll notice fewer calls. Of course, not all telemarketers use predictive dialing systems, and those that do will undoubtedly continue their work to evade the Telezapper, but it can be a partial solution. Most predictive dialing systems will be fooled by the Telezapper's standard single tone. However, for newer dialing systems (presumably designed in response to the success of the previous Telezapper model), the TZ 900 offers an advance three-tone mode. To change the mode, unscrew and remove the protective case and then slide a recessed switch. (We suggest that Privacy Technologies put the switch on the outside for their next model.) For the most part, regular callers are unaffected by the Telezapper, but it may "zap" calls from other organizations that use the same predictive dialing technology (such as charities, pollsters, and automated emergency weather systems) and from callers who use certain types of calling cards. (For more information, click FAQ, or frequently asked questions, in the left navigation bar.) Installation takes seconds. Just plug the Telezapper into your phone line and your phone into the Telezapper. It's that simple. A built-in lithium-ion battery provides power and will likely last for the lifetime of the unit. The Telezapper includes a phone cord and instructions. Privacy Technologies backs the device with a one-year warranty. --Mike Brown Pros - Reduces telemarketing calls placed by predictive dialing systems
- Doesn't interfere with most normal calls
- Inexpensive, one-time-cost solution
- Extremely easy to install and use
Cons - May "zap" some desired calls
- Annoying beep every time the receiver is lifted
TeleZapper TZ 900 Features:
- Helps automatically remove your phone number from telemarketing lists
- Covers all phones and answering machines on the same line
- Doesn't interfere with normal calls and telephone functions
- Advanced 3-tone operation tells predictive dialing computers your number is disconnected
- Built-in battery, no AC adapter required
Customer Reviews:
- TeleZapper : This thing works! Since I installed TeleZapper, I never get those annoying phone calls. Oh, I still get them from the non-profit groups, but even they have decreased. It's simply amazing.
- Telezapper is Garbage: Unfortunately, what might have been a good idea in theory has, in fact, become a useless piece of junk. TeleZapper does not work. Telemarketers simply responded by stepping up their technology to outsmart the TeleZapper. The money I spent was a total waste unless, of course, one considers the value of my having hearned a lesson. Calls continue, voice mail accumulate, my number is scheduled to be changed and unlisted. TeleZapper TZ 900
- do not go near the TeleZapper TZ900: first of all, after all the telemarketing calls i was receiving, i was desperate. unfortunately i was also stupid, because i ordered this product. i persisted, even after my online invoice indicated that the shipping cost would be identical to the purchase cost ... both C$30. when the thing arrived and it weighed about 200g, i was furious. you can ship hardcover BOOKS for less than that! next problem: the product doesn't work. not. at. all. i will exceed my max allowed wordcount if i go into details, so suffice it to say that when i called the manufacturer for support, and was told they hadn't made the product since 2001, i knew i had been ripped off. amazon has them in its warehouses & needs to unload them. don't be suckered like i was. and wish me luck as i try to get a full refund.
- Works as advertised. But watch out for dead battery.: I installed the Telezapper TZ 900 about 2 weeks ago, and the telemarketer calls have pretty much ceased. I used to get 4-5 calls every evening. Now, I might get one every 3 days, and I don't think it is a computer generated call. I have the Telezapper set to advanced mode (3 tone disconnect signal). The reason I gave the unit 4 stars is because the unit was delivered with a dead battery. Please be aware of this. When it is connected to your phone line, you should hear the disconnect tone when you pick up your phone. If you don't hear the tone, then the battery is dead. The battery was easily available at my local Longs drugstore. I suspect that many of the reviewers who claim that the device flat-out doesn't work had units shipped with dead batteries.
- It worked!: The telezapper took care of our unwanted solicitation calls within about two weeks. It was wonderful!!
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