WHEN your house phone rings, you, probably, like me, think it's something important, and rush to answer it, only to find out that it's a waste of your time.

I'm sure that everybody is completely and utterly fed up with the continual phone calls regarding PPI (can August 2019 come quick enough?) but surely even more annoying are those pre- recorded calls, supposedly from the Government initiative scheme, advising you of the benefits of replacing your windows, replacing your boiler, or installing solar panels.

According to the tape, all you have to do to opt out of these phone messages is to press 9, but, as most people will realise, this doesn't make a blind bit of difference,and you'll still be bombarded with calls at dinner and tea time (or, if you're posh, lunch and dinner).

Various companies advertise that they can screen these calls, at a considerable cost, thus preventing us from being continually contacted, but none of them are even close to being 100% successful.

Surely there should be something put in law that can stop these companies, especially as when they can't reach you at home they'll start pestering you on your mobiles.

Everybody has the right to contact OFCOM if they feel they are being harassed, and indeed, more people need to do so.

ERIC TRAVERS,

Gellatly Road,

Dunfermline.