I got two more cold calls today from folks who said they were contractors. Just for fun, I asked one what a Floor Joist is and he didn't know. The other one I suspect was a contractor but he tried the old "I spoke to you last year and you were very nice to me and you asked me to call you back in May because you'd be ready to do some work on your house" routine.
I don't need a contractor but if I did, I (first of all) wouldn't select someone I'd never heard of just because that person phoned me. I'd ask people I trust who've either employed contractors recently or are in allied fields and I'd get recommendations. And I (second of all) wouldn't deal with someone who started our relationship by lying to me.
But it looks like the calls are starting up again. I suspect someone somewhere is selling a new list of prospects and I'm on it. Between them and the calls looking for my vote, I'm going to get a lot of spam calls in the coming days.