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-Ever- · 12-09-2004, 01:34 PM

I was forwarded this by a friend and I'm not sure if it's legit. Has anyone else heard anything about it?

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Thanks for any info.
-T

Blackthorn · 12-09-2004, 01:51 PM

It's legit and has been around for about 6 or 8 months now as I recall. There was a big "to do" over this. The telemarketers are obviously dead set against it.

I've registered all of my numbers with it and noticed a significant drop in unsolicited solicitations.

I say register if you haven't already done so.

bigoldalphamale · 12-09-2004, 01:58 PM

if this is something that has been around for 6 or 8 months now, then i must be all set, because i havent gotten a single call yet.

i smell conspiracy though...the govt "agrees" to hide phone numbers from telemarketers for 5 years as long as you put your name & number on a list? right..and what happens to all the people that registered for this protection for the first 5 years after the 5 years is up? can you put a price on that list...i am certain telemarketing companies did. and who has exclusive rights to it? man o man.

if aint broke, and you dont have to give information to the government. dont fix it, and be all the better for it.

smooth · 12-09-2004, 02:54 PM

it's legit. but it won't shield you from annoying calls anymore.

while my experience has been similar to kjroh's in that the frequency of these calls has dropped significantly, when my wife was working for Dish Network she told me how they were getting around it:

establishing call centers in Canada and Mexico!

Fucking A! at what point do these people get the hint?

So that's legal loophole.
Pass the word, the only reason this thing got passed in the first place was due to consumer complaint to Congress over being scammed and shit. So now it's time to raise ruckus about how they are circumventing the law.

Politicians may be a lot of unsavory things, but they certaintly don't like to be punks.

-Ever- · 12-09-2004, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigoldalphamale

if aint broke, and you dont have to give information to the government. dont fix it, and be all the better for it.

I think I'll stick to that for now.

eribrav · 12-09-2004, 03:46 PM

We've had a Do Not Call list in New York for years already. I signed up the first day it became available. It's cut unsolicited calls by 99% in my case.

troit · 12-09-2004, 03:52 PM

I actually signed up for that about a year ago and it was amazing how quickly the sales calls ended.

Grasshopper Green · 12-09-2004, 06:07 PM

Yikes...didn't know it was only for five years and then its up in the air!!

I've still received calls from local companies (like DSL and cable TV) offerering their services, and credit card companies (ones I have card with) offering upgrades and such. This is still legal, isn't it?

Sugar&Spice · 12-09-2004, 06:15 PM

I registered as soon as it came out and haven't had a single call from a telemarketer. I have noticed that the number of people calling asking to do surveys has almost tripled and I receive many more calls asking for donations.

denim · 12-09-2004, 06:37 PM

I ask the surveyers how much they're paying for my time.

FngKestrel · 12-09-2004, 06:47 PM

It's more fun to run this counter script on telemarketers.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

santafe5000 · 12-09-2004, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Medusa99

Yikes...didn't know it was only for five years and then its up in the air!!

I've still received calls from local companies (like DSL and cable TV) offerering their services, and credit card companies (ones I have card with) offering upgrades and such. This is still legal, isn't it?

If you have had a recent relationship with the company, they are within their right's to continue to call you, unless you send them a letter asking them not to contact you. That was one of the ways to get around it.
Also, political org.'s and non profit's are also exempt.

lpj8 · 12-09-2004, 07:59 PM

I singed up when the Do not call list first was offered, and I've experienced a sharp decline in unsolicited telemarketers. So I'm pretty happy

alpo · 12-09-2004, 08:18 PM

I moved about 5 months ago and got a new phone number at that time. I signed up on the list right after getting off the phone with the phone company. It's been 5 months and I'm still getting a lot of calls from telemarketers. Thank god for caller ID.

Shirtninja · 12-10-2004, 08:44 PM

I too noticed a huge decline in calls. Pretty much the only calls I get any more are from the Texas state troopers. Maybe if they called on a day besides Sunday at 10am, I would be nice.

Psycho Dad · 12-10-2004, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by santafe5000

If you have had a recent relationship with the company, they are within their right's to continue to call you, unless you send them a letter asking them not to contact you. That was one of the ways to get around it.
Also, political org.'s and non profit's are also exempt.

You can also request that they put you on their own do not call list when and if they call.

Paq · 12-11-2004, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FngKestrel

It's more fun to run this counter script on telemarketers.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

I know...I actually miss a very few telemarketting calls....just for the release of aggravation i could get from just hanging up or telling them something...

i used to ask questions about like in that counter script and just keep them talking as they are generally on a calls per hour quota and if you slow them down too much, they'll get frustrated......

Grasshopper Green · 12-11-2004, 05:33 PM

That counter script was hilarious! I don't think I would ever use it though, I just don't have the patience. I usually just hang up immediately.

cyrnel · 12-12-2004, 09:09 AM

That script is good. I used to get lots of calls around dinner time & would do my amateur version. I'd keep cooking and maintain a very positive but slightly confused demeanor. "That sounds great, but could you repeat the part about..." My gf & I would compete, putting it on speaker phone to get the best chuckles. The marketers would almost always get disgusted and hang up before we had to shut things down.

After moving to Oregon I found a state do-not call list had been established. It was something like $15/yr to sign up! Luckily the national list came along the next year. It's made a big difference, almost eliminating our calls.

Slavakion · 12-12-2004, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FngKestrel

It's more fun to run this counter script on telemarketers.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

Heh, this is much better than a Do Not Call List. Or, for the poor man's version, just start counting, or reciting the alphabet. Or you could get them excited by pretending to be interested in their product, then putting them on hold indefinitely while you "go check on something".

aintyoboyfriend · 12-13-2004, 01:08 PM

I tried to get rid of all of the telemarketers. First we got caller Id and stopped answering calls that we didn't recognize. But then we still missed calls we would have taken, and the telemarketers would leave these cryptic messages that we had to erase to get to the real messages.

Then we tried that call block where you have to enter a code to get through, but they somehow found a way to get through anyway, and my friends could never remember the code.

I tried the do not call list, but you can still be solicited by companies you work with. SO I took the easy route. I cancelled the home service all together, and just use my cell phone for all of the calls. I don't get any telemarketers on the cell.

BadNick · 12-13-2004, 01:17 PM

I just registered our cell phone numbers too. Somebody I know sent me an email about cell phone number listings becoming public information or something like that, so if you don't put your cell phone on the do not call list, they can call. To make matters worse, with some cell phone accounts you can incur cost when they call you.

12-09-2004, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	National "Do Not Call List" I was forwarded this by a friend and I'm not sure if it's legit. Has anyone else heard anything about it? https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx Thanks for any info. -T __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--

12-09-2004, 01:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blackthorn Beware the Mad Irish Location: Wish I was on the N17...	It's legit and has been around for about 6 or 8 months now as I recall. There was a big "to do" over this. The telemarketers are obviously dead set against it. I've registered all of my numbers with it and noticed a significant drop in unsolicited solicitations. I say register if you haven't already done so. __________________ What are you willing to give up in order to get what you want?

12-09-2004, 02:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	it's legit. but it won't shield you from annoying calls anymore. while my experience has been similar to kjroh's in that the frequency of these calls has dropped significantly, when my wife was working for Dish Network she told me how they were getting around it: establishing call centers in Canada and Mexico! Fucking A! at what point do these people get the hint? So that's legal loophole. Pass the word, the only reason this thing got passed in the first place was due to consumer complaint to Congress over being scammed and shit. So now it's time to raise ruckus about how they are circumventing the law. Politicians may be a lot of unsavory things, but they certaintly don't like to be punks. __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman

12-09-2004, 03:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	I actually signed up for that about a year ago and it was amazing how quickly the sales calls ended. __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...

12-09-2004, 06:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
Sugar&Spice Psycho	I registered as soon as it came out and haven't had a single call from a telemarketer. I have noticed that the number of people calling asking to do surveys has almost tripled and I receive many more calls asking for donations. __________________ -Speak your mind even if your voice shakes

12-09-2004, 01:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigoldalphamale Loser	if this is something that has been around for 6 or 8 months now, then i must be all set, because i havent gotten a single call yet. i smell conspiracy though...the govt "agrees" to hide phone numbers from telemarketers for 5 years as long as you put your name & number on a list? right..and what happens to all the people that registered for this protection for the first 5 years after the 5 years is up? can you put a price on that list...i am certain telemarketing companies did. and who has exclusive rights to it? man o man. if aint broke, and you dont have to give information to the government. dont fix it, and be all the better for it.

12-09-2004, 03:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
eribrav Junkie Location: upstate NY	We've had a Do Not Call list in New York for years already. I signed up the first day it became available. It's cut unsolicited calls by 99% in my case.

12-09-2004, 06:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	Yikes...didn't know it was only for five years and then its up in the air!! I've still received calls from local companies (like DSL and cable TV) offerering their services, and credit card companies (ones I have card with) offering upgrades and such. This is still legal, isn't it?

12-09-2004, 06:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
denim Banned Location: Massachusetts, USA	I ask the surveyers how much they're paying for my time.

12-09-2004, 06:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
FngKestrel Junkie	It's more fun to run this counter script on telemarketers. http://www.xs4all.nl/~egbg/counterscript.html

12-09-2004, 07:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
lpj8 Crazy Location: U.S.A	I singed up when the Do not call list first was offered, and I've experienced a sharp decline in unsolicited telemarketers. So I'm pretty happy

12-09-2004, 08:18 PM	#14 (permalink)
alpo Tilted Location: Two skips to the left	I moved about 5 months ago and got a new phone number at that time. I signed up on the list right after getting off the phone with the phone company. It's been 5 months and I'm still getting a lot of calls from telemarketers. Thank god for caller ID.

12-10-2004, 08:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
Shirtninja Tilted Location: Texas	I too noticed a huge decline in calls. Pretty much the only calls I get any more are from the Texas state troopers. Maybe if they called on a day besides Sunday at 10am, I would be nice.

12-11-2004, 05:33 PM	#18 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	That counter script was hilarious! I don't think I would ever use it though, I just don't have the patience. I usually just hang up immediately.

12-12-2004, 09:09 AM	#19 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	That script is good. I used to get lots of calls around dinner time & would do my amateur version. I'd keep cooking and maintain a very positive but slightly confused demeanor. "That sounds great, but could you repeat the part about..." My gf & I would compete, putting it on speaker phone to get the best chuckles. The marketers would almost always get disgusted and hang up before we had to shut things down. After moving to Oregon I found a state do-not call list had been established. It was something like $15/yr to sign up! Luckily the national list came along the next year. It's made a big difference, almost eliminating our calls.

12-13-2004, 01:08 PM	#21 (permalink)
aintyoboyfriend Insane Location: Arlington, VA	I tried to get rid of all of the telemarketers. First we got caller Id and stopped answering calls that we didn't recognize. But then we still missed calls we would have taken, and the telemarketers would leave these cryptic messages that we had to erase to get to the real messages. Then we tried that call block where you have to enter a code to get through, but they somehow found a way to get through anyway, and my friends could never remember the code. I tried the do not call list, but you can still be solicited by companies you work with. SO I took the easy route. I cancelled the home service all together, and just use my cell phone for all of the calls. I don't get any telemarketers on the cell.

12-13-2004, 01:17 PM	#22 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	I just registered our cell phone numbers too. Somebody I know sent me an email about cell phone number listings becoming public information or something like that, so if you don't put your cell phone on the do not call list, they can call. To make matters worse, with some cell phone accounts you can incur cost when they call you.