DO NOT CALL list

[SamSpade]

I'm on the DNCL as well, if for some reason a telemarketer does get through I'll immediately interrupt and ask them to hold on a second, put the phone down and come back in about 10 minutes, 100% of the time the caller is gone. I'm all about wasting their time as well...

I saw a Seinfeld thing on this once - he told the caller that he was busy but if he could have THEIR phone number - at home - he could call them back later.

"Oh - you don't like people calling you at home?"

"Now you know how *I* feel". Hangs up.

 

[hvp05]

I saw a Seinfeld thing on this once

I almost posted that, but could not remember the quotes.

 

[MargeInCharge]

I'm on the DNCL as well, if for some reason a telemarketer does get through I'll immediately interrupt and ask them to hold on a second, put the phone down and come back in about 10 minutes, 100% of the time the caller is gone. I'm all about wasting their time as well...

I like this idea, I'll have to remember it. I got a call from a breast cancer fund person last night at exactly 9:00 at night. I told them it was too late to be calling, and that we'd already gone to bed. She just sat there and said nothing, so I hung up. I guess they fall under the non-profits who are allowed to call, but I think 9:00 is too late. They should know at that hour they are only going to annoy people.

I signed up on the do not call registry when it first came out, home and cell phones, and it pretty much stopped all calls other than the police ones, and ones from places we do business with already.

 

[buddy999]

We signed up on this practically the day it came out. According to the web site, it is good for up to five years.

Recently, we've been barraged with phone calls of people trying to sell us stuff - and they don't fall into the normal "loopholes" of being companies we already do business with (e.g. Verizon is our wireless, so they call to sell us something ELSE and they can do that, legally). And the local police department has ALWAYS ignored the list when it comes to soliciting for money.

In one case, when my wife told the offending caller that we were on the DO NOT CALL registry, their response was "so?". Others have been marginally contrite - they excuse themselves - but someone else from their company STILL CALLS AGAIN ANYWAY.

Has this happened to anyone? My guess is that telemarketers have learned that if they ignore the DO NOT CALL list, most people will not follow up to see that they get fined.

It has happened to me a number of times. I had my home phone and my cell phone put on the list.

When I get the calls, the caller will usually tell me that their company is exempt from having to conform. Also, I think that they may have 10-20 people in the office and that each caller gets a list of people to call. Your name could be on 2 or more of those lists so that means that you will be called by at least 2 people from the same office.

Most times, when it becomes evident that it is a telemarketing call, I will just hang up without saying anything.

 

[buddy999]

I like this idea, I'll have to remember it. I got a call from a breast cancer fund person last night at exactly 9:00 at night. I told them it was too late to be calling, and that we'd already gone to bed. She just sat there and said nothing, so I hung up. I guess they fall under the non-profits who are allowed to call, but I think 9:00 is too late. They should know at that hour they are only going to annoy people.

I signed up on the do not call registry when it first came out, home and cell phones, and it pretty much stopped all calls other than the police ones, and ones from places we do business with already.

You're right, I think everyone, regardless of whether they are exempt from following the DNCL should be forced to refrain from calling after a certain hour. When signing up for the DNCL they could have a section where you can specify when 'NOT TO CALL' that exempt organizations would have to adhere to.

 

[Bustem' Down]

You're right, I think everyone, regardless of whether they are exempt from following the DNCL should be forced to refrain from calling after a certain hour. When signing up for the DNCL they could have a section where you can specify when 'NOT TO CALL' that exempt organizations would have to adhere to.

I had one call me at 9pm once. I yelled at them and they apologized because she said she was on the west coast. I told her that was no excuse.

 

[buddy999]

I had one call me at 9pm once. I yelled at them and they apologized because she said she was on the west coast. I told her that was no excuse.

I guess the best thing to do would be to turn the rigger off on your phone so it doesn't ring after a certain hour.

 

[Bustem' Down]

I guess the best thing to do would be to turn the rigger off on your phone so it doesn't ring after a certain hour.

right now I'm working a shift from 9:45 at night to 5:45 in the morning so I get to be asleep when all the calls start coming in.

 

[buddy999]

right now I'm working a shift from 9:45 at night to 5:45 in the morning so I get to be asleep when all the calls start coming in.

That's why you might have to turn your phone off and let your answering machine handle the call. In my case, I work nights, my wife works days so they should never call.