mAlice
professional daydreamer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051214/bs_usatoday/directvtopay53mdonotcallfine
DirecTV to pay $5.3M do-not-call fine
DirecTV to pay $5.3M do-not-call fine
Do Not Call means Do Not Call!
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Justanotherjoe
Seacrets
DirectTV will get the money back from it's customers.
blacklabman
Well-Known Member
All companies/organizations, including charitable, should be required to respect the "do not call" list. I should not have to use call screening to know who is calling. I do not want to inconvenience the people calling me on legitimate purposes.
Bustem' Down
Give Peas a Chance
But as the law is written now, charities and non-profit organizations are not restricted by the do not call list. Also, anyone you do business with can call you. If you are a direct tv subscriber, you they can call, if you have verizon, verizon can call you. If you take out a loan to buy furniture, that loan comapany can call you to try and sell you another loan. There's so many loopholes it's almost worthless.blacklabman said:
Bustem' Down
Give Peas a Chance
They call me too, but I have thier service.Pete said:ExcellentDirect TV is the worst offender. Haji and Punjab from India would call me 5 times a week for weeks.
the government will just waste it.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
This is CLEARLY...
...a violation of free speech AND just plain un-American.
Do they get calls in Russia at dinner time to join a Belize co-op?
No.
Do they get calls at 7 am in Uzbekistan to lower your long distance rate?
No.
Do they get calls in Nauru at lunch time to get even lower long distance rates?
No.
How about Tunisia, say, tea time, for termite services, eh?
No.
Phone solicitors, I say to you, ladies and gentlemen, are symptomatic of greatness, of leadership, of advancement to the very cutting edge of human civilization and refinement.
So, the next time you're trying to get in the shower and someone calls you to try and get your money, feel honored as it is a reminder of your place, our place, on the food chain of nations and sing a few bars of "God Bless America" before you tell them to #### off and never call you again.
...a violation of free speech AND just plain un-American.
Do they get calls in Russia at dinner time to join a Belize co-op?
No.
Do they get calls at 7 am in Uzbekistan to lower your long distance rate?
No.
Do they get calls in Nauru at lunch time to get even lower long distance rates?
No.
How about Tunisia, say, tea time, for termite services, eh?
No.
Phone solicitors, I say to you, ladies and gentlemen, are symptomatic of greatness, of leadership, of advancement to the very cutting edge of human civilization and refinement.
So, the next time you're trying to get in the shower and someone calls you to try and get your money, feel honored as it is a reminder of your place, our place, on the food chain of nations and sing a few bars of "God Bless America" before you tell them to #### off and never call you again.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Did I say ANYTHING...
...about ME being called and bothered?
No.
Pete said:
...about ME being called and bothered?
No.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
It says...
...
"Special Cause Solicitor...blocked. Lawyer Notified."
...
"Special Cause Solicitor...blocked. Lawyer Notified."
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Did I mention...
...I was going to the game?
Huh.
...I was going to the game?
Huh.
True. But when DirectTV kept calling me, I told them to stop; I was already a customer. They didn't. Then I told them I was already a customer but I wouldn't be if I got one more call from them. The calls stopped.Bustem' Down said:
