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Stompy · 06-12-2004, 01:37 PM

I never really got many telemarketer calls but signed up for the do not call list anyway.

Once the list took effect, all the telemarketing calls that I would occasionally get stopped completely.

Lately, I've been getting a ton of "survey" calls that come up as "Blocked Call". Each time I ask them to take me off their list, they say they cannot do it and it isn't a part of any list. I ask for their name and company and they hang up. Today I got a call where I told the guy to take me off the list because I'm on the do not call registry. He laughed (mocking me) and said "You might want to check with your list people. There's some peculiar things about it."

I replied (joking, of course, but with a dead serious tone), "Oh yeah? Well I'll find your family and kill them." and he quickly hung up, hehe. I'd always used to screw around with these people by keeping them on the phone and completely eating up their time by acting interested in what they were trying to sell. I'd do things like "Yes, I'll take 10 of them!" then 5 minutes later, "Wait.. how many did I order? Make that 4.". Then I'd quickly turn it around and start talking non-sense when it came time to close the sale which usually pissed them right off. It was great.

Anyway, isn't it illegal for them to be calling me? Also, isn't it illegal for them to not give me their name & company? At this point, I'm lookin to cash in on the $500 per incident thing I've been hearin about!

06-12-2004, 01:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	National Do-Not-Call List I never really got many telemarketer calls but signed up for the do not call list anyway. Once the list took effect, all the telemarketing calls that I would occasionally get stopped completely. Lately, I've been getting a ton of "survey" calls that come up as "Blocked Call". Each time I ask them to take me off their list, they say they cannot do it and it isn't a part of any list. I ask for their name and company and they hang up. Today I got a call where I told the guy to take me off the list because I'm on the do not call registry. He laughed (mocking me) and said "You might want to check with your list people. There's some peculiar things about it." I replied (joking, of course, but with a dead serious tone), "Oh yeah? Well I'll find your family and kill them." and he quickly hung up, hehe. I'd always used to screw around with these people by keeping them on the phone and completely eating up their time by acting interested in what they were trying to sell. I'd do things like "Yes, I'll take 10 of them!" then 5 minutes later, "Wait.. how many did I order? Make that 4.". Then I'd quickly turn it around and start talking non-sense when it came time to close the sale which usually pissed them right off. It was great. Anyway, isn't it illegal for them to be calling me? Also, isn't it illegal for them to not give me their name & company? At this point, I'm lookin to cash in on the $500 per incident thing I've been hearin about! __________________ I love lamp.