No Call List..
 

I've been on the "No Call List" for 5 yrs and I'm receiving telemarketing calls, like crazy, again.

Soooooo, I re-registered my numbers. I suggest all of you to do the same. They say you don't have to, but apparently the statute of limitations ran out or something:mad:..

I'm also receiving a bunch of calls from McCaine and OBama, but I guess we can't do anything about those..:rolleyes:

Just Google: No Call List.

OOOPS! Sorry Sal~ Didn't know I wasn't supposed to write your number on the bathroom wall down at the Dew Drop Inn!

When I moved recently I took a brand new telephone number. I made sure it was a brand new number, after the last I had. Goodness. It was an ex-business number, and the telemarketer calls were NON STOP. Multiple times an evening. Not to mention 7 years of having that number, I was still getting calls for the business that no longer used the number, and the people calling would actually argue with me that I was not the business and it was a residential number! AND ask me for the business's current phone number (which I never had).

https://www.donotcall.gov/

be sure to register your cell phone number too.

i recall hearing the do not call list was only good for 5 yrs at a time, what blows my mind i too have been on for a couple years, but i get calls from politicians running for office:yikes: whats up with that

This reminds me of something that happened when our once small town added a new prefix to our telephone numbers. A regional tire chain opened for business and the last 4 digits of their fax number was the same as mine, except they had the new prefix. I'd had the number for almost 8 years and it was my business number as well as my fax number.

They had this number printed on all their new promotional material, corporate hq had the number, well you get the picture. We were inundated with faxes. Not only their corporate information, daily and weekly financial reports, internal information, but customer credit applications. I would call their office and ask them to please change their information.

This went on for about 3 months. I had to turn the phone OFF at night. I ran out of paper. I would pick up the phone and hang it up again. I turned OFF the fax and just left the phone on so no incoming faxes could be received. At the end of the week, I would take all the faxes to the manager and put them on his desk and explain to him that this was a violation of his customer's privacy.

He just didn't get it. He had the audacity to ask ME to change MY number. I refused. I called his boss. Explained to him that would start calling the customers whose information I had and explain to them that this regional tire chain was violating their privacy.

The phone number got changed the next day! They never did reimbursement for the paper or even offer services or anything in exchange for the inconvenience. Trust me, I don't refer anyone to this tire chain.

I knew more about that store than the manager and the bookkeeper did.

About 2 years later, I started getting the calls again. New bookkeeper. They stopped after a week and a visit from me with a pile of faxes.

No, no...Sal likes those calls!:D

I once had the same number as a radio station except the station was
in CT. People were always calling requesting songs to be played. After
awhile, I got so sick of it they would call and "Can I hear "Ice Ice baby?"
...."you Bet, you are next." ......ugh, I finally got my number changed
cuz I grew bored of the game.:D

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming....thanks sal.:)

non profits are exempt. :rolleyes:

great soxmom I have found someone else who suffers wrong calls too

my cell is one number off a taxi company, can we say a lot of drunks dont dial well at 3 am

my first apt the number was one off a beauty salon, i got to a point of taking appts and saying yeah come on in now we are free lol more than one way to skin..............

Years ago, our number was one off of a Pizza Parlor's....Need I say more..:D

The Federal Do Not Call never expires now. However, some telemarketers have discovered that in most cases nothing will be done about their calling. Politicians and anybody remotely related to them are exempt from the restrictions, same with all non-profits. :(

Thanks, that was easy!

years ago, my very first house. OH! how proud I was. To be a home owner! no more renting. got the lights on, the cable on, the heat on, and the phone in. same day ring ring...OH! my very first call in my very first home..."Is Ann there?" drat! its not even for me! "no, there is no Ann here. sorry." I was crushed. "this is collection agency so and so, and we know Ann does live there, please tell Ann to call us as soon as possible." I explain. "Um, I just got this phone number today. Maybe it was Ann's OLD number, but now its MINE. please dont call back." I was mad now. "yeah, sure lady, we hear this all the time." I asked for the superivisor and went through the whole speil and asked to be removed from the list. I am NOT Ann, I dont know where Ann is, or what her new number is. it was 20 minutes of her not believeing me, and going through the motions. 5 full years later Bill collectors were still calling for Ann. I guess she owed half the free world money or something. Police departments, and bill collectors till 10 pm. I had to contact a local atty to make a few calls on MY behalf to get 75% of it stopped. The day i moved out of the house, I was wrapping it all up and the phone was supposed to be shut off by noon. the LAST phone call i got was "Is Ann there?" CRAP! I am not gonna miss this phone number!

It was going to cost ME money to change it. It was a GREAT phone number easy to remember, and tons of fun. If you used the last 5 of the number, it spelled out our last name. My children loved the number, and so did the hubby. it was worth fighting for.

Since it was in an effort to collect debts, and NOT a sales pitch, they had the right to hunt for her. She kept running up bills all over town, and used my number for years. Dont know why she picked my number. Just random I guess. its been bliss to have this new house, new number and NO calls!

You tell BRUTUS to stop calling her, Twiffy! Uh~uh... not me.

Thanks for the link, Curious.

Is anyone getting lots of calls from the State Police, Sheriff's Assoc, or numerous medical/health assoc asking for donations? I seem to be getting a couple a wk lately.

Yep! Our Attorney General's office issued a statement a few weeks ago that some of these agencies that are calling are NOT on behalf of the local agencies. So beware!

That's not true. It you are getting harassing calls, you can get a one time number change for free. All you have to do is call the phone company, explain to them what the situation is and they will take care of it.

That's what that tire company told ME. Since they were the ones with the printing error I thought why should I, a small business owner who did NOT make the mistake, bear the cost of changing all MY business cards, etc. They certainly weren't going to reimburse me. Shoot, they didn't even reimburse me for all the fax paper! :mad:

the do not call list does not expire now, a few years ago when I signed up it had a 5 yr time limit, this latest change happened in 2007, which i hope applies to those of us who signed up before 2007, I could not find info on will those signed b4 2007 expire still or will not expire, I must say I would assume that all numbers registered and will not expire, i will find out in about 2 yrs or so:eek::eek::eek:

I registered 5 years ago, this year and the calls started back up, this year..:mad:

I'll bet, you'll have to reregister, Frank.:confused:

Directory of Unknown Callers.

http://800notes.com/

Just type in the number from your caller ID. Home or Cell phone. You can also report the number. :D

Cananda soon to have Do Not Call List
 

Canada Do Not Call List to be Operational in September



1 Aug 2008
Starting September 30, Canadians will be able to prevent unsolicited calls by registering with a do-not-call list (DNCL).

Any Canadian phone number can be registered, whether used with a landline, a cell phone or a fax machine. There will be no charge for the service.

Unsolicited calls will still be allowed from charities, political parties, polling or market research firms, newspapers seeking subscriptions and companies with which consumers have existing business relationships.

If consumers continue to receive non-exempt calls after 31 days, they will be able to file a complaint. If an investigation shows that violations have occurred, fines of $1,500 for individuals and up to $15,000 for corporations can be imposed.

Registration on the list will be valid for three years. At that time, it will be up to consumers to re-register if they want their number on the list again.

To register your number call 1-866-580-DNCL (3625).

http://800notes.com/articles/News.as...AABZogjKwgDjMA

Thanks Curious! Finally Canada's stepping up to combat this :)

Speaking of telemarketers... I often wondered at my old number if I was actually doing more harm than good by pressing # (insert option) to be 'removed' from the calling list... seeing as how after I began doing that, I continued to receive calls, "Hi, this is Mimi, calling you regarding your current credit card!".

If I ever saw Mimi on the street, I'd be sure to have my purse ready to slap her! I'm not a violent person, but this Mimi chick really pushed my buttons (pun intended).

This is hysterical.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_PjRXV5l8


Im peeing myself!!!! ROFL

:D

My b/f does this kind of thing when the telemarketers call my house. I've heard him try all sorts of stunts, like speaking with a really strong foreign accent, using Spanish or French on them, etc. The funniest is when he engages them in a conversation and tries to start selling them something. He makes out like HE called THEM, and stands firm when they start arguing that they called him. Eventually they'd hang up, and I hardly ever get any calls from "real" people any more.

I can "call-block" the last number that called me, but those automated "you've won a free..." telemarketing companies switch numbers all the time.

Most times the calls come through without a number showing, so you can't even report them.

I've had this collections company calling on and off for about 8 yrs, looking for a guy I don't know. They've tried every trick in the books to snag him, even offering a "prize". They've sure gotten an earful from me a few times . . . but it doesn't stop them. :mad:

Cherie

I'm on the do-not-call, but another great help is the Tele-Zapper. Any automated calls, it'll kick your # out of their system.

I got mine years before the DNC. You just plug your phone jack into it, and that into your wall jack and you still get calls for a few days. But after that, almost none.

:cool:

Now that nearly all those calls are automated, you can imagine how few I get.

I don't even need to leave it on all the time - I'll have to hook it up soon with the political stuff heating up though.

:Thats-Funneh::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO:

oh..i forgot to add, if anyone has a business, register all the phone lines, including any fax lines. it slowed our unsolicated faxes down by 90%.

My son Kevin does this.....and he got burned by it once because it was a legitimate call for ME and he answered the phone sounding like a total flamer! Turned out to be the Beta nurse calling to check up on my Betaseron shots and how I was doing with them!! She got a big kick out of it but I was so embarrassed! :o All he saw was the 1-800 number in the caller ID and just assumed it was a telemarketer! :D

From some of the stories I've heard on the forums, those pharma companies (checking up on us) can actually be the worst when it comes to "harrassment".

As if we wouldn't call them if we had a problem . . . :rolleyes: They are often just "checking up" to make sure we are still using their drug. :p

Cherie

Yep, she's called a few times already this month and left messages. Guess I need to let her know I'm not taking the Beta any longer!!

I screen all calls. We get calls for Old Navy... their number and ours are identical except the last 2 numbers are opposite. We get calls for a popular pizza delivery place because our last name is the same. Then there are the bill collectors looking for someone who thought they used the pizza places phone number on their application!:eek: Then the teenagers who give their schools what they think is the pizza place number... I get lots of calls looking for "So and So" because they skipped class or were failing something.

We don't want to change the number because it's sooooo easy to remember... SO I bought a phone system with four extensions and answering machine. I can assign callers I want to get calls from different ringtones. Also the caller ID speaks the name or number of the incoming calls and it can be heard on each extension so I don't have to run to the main phone to read the caller ID.

Anything to make life easier!:cool: