I must add, it helps if you have caller ID enabled on your phone line

(Currys have the twin/duo set up for £48 at mo, again, well worth the money.)





£54.99 on Amazon as well, but again only standard 1yr guarantee, John Lewis = 2yr

cold voters must not get cold calls heh. vote hot/cold I care not, as I get no cold calls :sunglasses:

Heat added

Does enabling cold call blocking also block, say, a call from an old friend whose number you haven't loaded on to your address book?

eBay £34 for the 2 handset version.ive had it 2 weeks and fine so far.you need to be with BT for the called Id function to work

we were getting plagued with nuisance cold calls - bought these - not had one since.
You need caller ID and the numbers you save in the phone memory can come straight through.
Everyone else has to say their name and you can accept/reject...but it does block the automated diallers.
Actually realise how little we use the home phone once all the cold calls stop!

Many thanks. Just ordered.

Thanks, udhuk. What happens if I'm not around to say nay or yay. Does the old friend in my example get the bum's rush from the machine?

lol, it can be set to straight to answerphone.

Thanks. If I set it straight to answerphone, will all the cold callers go straight to answerphone too? Sorry to be a pain but I suspect that the price you pay for blocking cold callers is that you run the risk of blocking calls you would wish to receive on the answerphone in your absence. Please correct me if this is not the case.

I got these for our house, and my OH's and my own parents houses too. We've all had exactly zero cold calls since installation 6 months ago. We've tried other equipment in the past, these are definitely the best and work as advertised. Heat added

I wonder how many real calls you've actually lost from withheld numbers - you have no way of knowing, really. Some businesses and individuals (quite a lot - me included) have their numbers permanently withheld to prevent businesses from scooping up the numbers, and you could be missing important calls. But you'll never know.

Oh well, they do get notified that their call can not be put through because their number is withheld. With the amount of cold calls we got (so much time lost) I think this out weighs the maybes. Maybe not right for some businesses, but for a home coder/designer its perfect for me & mine.

thanks, was keeping eye out for this handset and 3 for £55 seems like a good deal

If your not interested in the 2 year guarantee or free del you can get the same set in store at Argos and receive a £ 5.00 freebie gift voucher (If your order is between £50.00 and £99.99, you have qualified to receive a FREE voucher worth £5)

had for a while - great!

​Calls not in your address book get an automated message to leave their name , if they do this it will get put through, which you would think genuine callers would do.

I know :smiley: (I did already explain this)

Not sure you really need to do that with these phones. You will miss some genuine callers (like our boiler serviceman phoning to cancel but who withheld his number). Just use it as you should and you will not be plagued by cold calls. We e had this for 6 months and not a single cold call. Nice to return home and see the missed calls that were blocked.

My mum has one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AF83L2Q/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

for nuisance calls especially international.

It does work however if you are on EE and have 'wi-fi calling' enabled on an iPhone then your number comes up as 'international' & can cause issues.(thinking its a nuisance call).

I have turned wi-fi calling OFF for this reason.

I've got my phone line with Sky and caller ID is enabled. Would these phones work for me?

I have these phones, they are great and no more nuisance calls happy times.

Probably the silliest question ever.
Do these phones require plugging into a power socket as well? (3-pin)

Argos have them at the same price ! but only 1 year guarantee I would go to Argos and have the £5.00 voucher on £50.00 spend ! If a phone is any good it would last you years and when has anyone taken a phone back !

I can personally vouch for this set up. Gone from double figures "spam" calls a day to 0(yes, that's a ZERO!) now. Bliss. I have it on Sky with caller ID(which you must have). As others have explained, number withheld (or ex directory) is NOT a problem, all they need to do is say their name when asked and they will be screened through to you and you decide whether to take the call or not. If you're not in, it gets put through to the answer phone as long as correct procedure is followed by the caller. All these recorded messages just get the chop as they don't reply/press hash/whatever when asked to. Well worth investing in IMHO. A very satisfied customer.

Genuinely puzzled by all these comments about being plagued by unwanted calls. Have had the same phone number for 30+ years now, and I'd say we get about one unwanted call a month. So no real need for this phone.

TPS registration, an ex-directory number and a permanently withheld number - plus a little care as to who gets given the number - that's all it took.

Why so many problems? :neutral_face:

£44.99 with free delivery...

http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/bt-8500-trio-digital-cordless-answer-phone-with-advanced-call-blocker.html

Just making absolutely sure.
Because with my current wired setup with 3 phones on extensions, none of them have a convenient power socket near them.

Question about Caller ID with BT.
I logged in to my account and it said free for 12 months and £1.75 per month starting from month 13.
Anyone confirm that caller ID is a paid service?
None of my current phones will display caller ID.
Thinking of getting just one, rather than three cordless phones to prevent PPI and nuisance calls.

It is - though you can often negotiate a deal for it to be included free.

Only the answerphone needs to connect to a power socket and your phone cabling. The other two are wireless, therefore can be placed anywhere (within reason) where the is a power point that they can be plugged in to.

caller ID is an extra feature that costs.

. . . and I believe that if you have a wired phone, that does not have the blocking feature, it will still ring (can anyone verify this?)

hope that helps


. . . why would you still need three wired phones?

Do you have to be with BT for these to work, at the moment I am with the Post Office.

heat op, will let my sister know as they are plagued by them. But like others have said, we don't! We are both TPS registered, so don't really understand :neutral_face:

the phones seem great, but paying for caller display sucks, and its a never ending fee too so the phones themselves aren't the panacea they appear to be at fist impression.... don't get me wrong... I've been wanting these for ages, but being with virgin ,im not willing to pay for the caller I'd for ever more when the combined service of the phone software and caller ID should be free for all, good on sky (yes I know they can afford it) and talk talk I think ?? BT do it when you pay upfront for line rental is OK too but Virgin suck....(but not at BB so no I'm not going to vote with my feet :wink:. )

still a good price though I think curry's is same price too :wink:

I have free Caller Display with BT by having a 12 month contract with them. You have to renew your contract each year or they start to charge for it

I'm with Virgin, and they added caller display for free, no charge. Missus just rang them up, and they enabled it :smiley:

Thanks for this, I have tried in the past and got short shrift, so thanks I'll give it a try!!

I have this set - the call guardian is blinking brilliant. I don't get any sales calls at all now.

I was suprised they added it for free, as we had asked about a yeaqr ago and they wanted to charge for it, but this time we asked and they just said ok it will be added in next 24hr, and no charge :sunglasses:

You need ideally to be ex-directory as well. And not hand your number out to every business that asks for it

Yes and many years ago they were part of the same company.

I'm old enough to remember that :confused:

It should work np then, as long as you have caller ID enabled

Same price in Argos, plus you get free same day delivery as its over £50 plus you get your £5 voucher for spending over £50 pity no two year guarantee.

Sorry im late with my reply, yes the post office does use BT lines.

Picked up a set yesterday :smiley: (to replace my existing BT 6500, which only blocks 10 specific numbers). Good price, especially considering the Twin set is £48! Heat already given, OP
Note - The Trio set is now out of stock at John Lewis

Bought from Argos using their app. A further £1 was taken off at checkout. Received another £5 voucher from Argos too after purchasing this. Thanks OP

It's now back in stock at John Lewis

Iam with talktalk and have caller id display..will this set work for me?

I am just back from Tesco for some food shopping and found they were doing this set for the same price so it seems it is becoming the normal price now for the trio set. Obviously JL is better with 2 years cover

£10 cheaper here: http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/bt-8500-trio-digital-cordless-answer-phone-with-advanced-call-blocker.html