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Telemarketers see devastating effect with national 'do-not-call' list
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| June 28, 2003
| Hilary Roxe
Posted on 06/28/2003 2:00:41 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:10:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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BOSTON (AP) To many consumers, calls from telemarketers are unwanted intrusions. But for the industry, those calls are their lifeblood and many of them were predicting that a new national do-not-call list would have a devastating effect on business.
Keith A. Fotta, president and CEO of Norwood, Mass.-based Gryphon Networks, which developed a technology to help telemarketing companies avoid calling homes that have registered, said the Federal Trade Commission's new rules which impose penalties on companies that call people on the list could be ''absolutely devastating.''
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To: Hugin
I'm plagued by calls from Disney World.
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posted on
06/28/2003 2:37:30 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: SamAdams76
You mean these people might have to find honest work... You know, it is (for the most part)honest work. Disabled,elderly and other "unemployable" people have found work, rather than welfare, by becoming telemarketers.It's a few bad apples that have ruined it for everyone. I feel bad for the honest, hard working people that will now be unable find a job, and I think this whole thing may end up backfiring; not just in the amount of tax dollars that are going to be used to support these people, but in other ways; like the increase we'll see in the number of door-to-door sales people knocking at dinner time.
But,like I said, it's the bad ones that brought this on and it's a shame.
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posted on
06/28/2003 2:39:22 AM PDT
by
PaulJ
To: tdadams
I'm not doing that. I now keep my cell phone number and email address out of circulation and out of databases as much as I possibly can.
Good food for thought... Do you know how often the public will be able to sign up for the do not call list each year? I'll be glad to hold off registering our cell #'s as long as I can add them later if the telemarketers start hounding us.
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posted on
06/28/2003 2:40:37 AM PDT
by
demkicker
((I wanna kick some commie butt))
To: sarcasm
Previous posts have said that there are exceptions to the Do Not Call list. One exception is for companies who say that they have "previous relationships" with the customer. So, I'm wondering:
Does this mean that if a clerk asks for your phone number when you make a purchase, you then have a previous relationship?
Remember, in any event, that they CANNOT insist that you give them your phone number.
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posted on
06/28/2003 2:40:47 AM PDT
by
kitkat
To: sarcasm
Sstop it, tlelmarketers have been a royal pain in the butt for a long time. I don't care if they go belly up. It would be fair payback for the annoyance they've caused.
To: kitkat
I always give the clerks a phony telephone number.
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posted on
06/28/2003 2:43:02 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: defeat_the_dem_igods
I registered with the Tennessee No Call registry and the telemarketing harrassment has come to a dead stop.
What a relief.
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:12:34 AM PDT
by
zarf
(fuggetaboutit)
To: sarcasm
a new national do-not-call list would have a devastating effect on business. Now that is what I call GOOD NEWS!
To: demkicker
I would imagine you can add a number to the list at any time. It's not like a 401k where you can only sign up four times a year.
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:32:33 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: kitkat
Does this mean that if a clerk asks for your phone number when you make a purchase, you then have a previous relationship? I'm still more than slightly amuzed any time a cashier asks, "Can I have you telephone number?" and I bluntly say "No". Without exception, it always throws them off.
If I feel like being a smart ass, I'll reply, "I'm flattered, but I'm dating someone."
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:34:50 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: tdadams
I would imagine you can add a number to the list at any time. It's not like a 401k where you can only sign up four times a year.
Cute, but since the law goes into effect Oct 1st, I doubt the telemarketers will get new lists each day thereafter of new folks signing up. I'm sure there will be some sort of deadline, or designated times of the year one can sign up.
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:46:54 AM PDT
by
demkicker
((I wanna kick some commie butt))
To: Hugin
If you go to the website to register your number, you'll find that the don't call list doesn't apply to everyone, some are exempted...like long distance phone companies!! You'll never be rid of their calls...credit card companies, too!!
Muahahahahahaha...
there are tons of exemptions, and they seem to be the companies that do the most telemarketing anyway.
one way to take care of it on your own is to simply hang up if you hear dead air.
several telemarketers use a system that automatically dials. when someone answers, the call gets dumped to a person. thats why you've sometimes notice a lag before someone repsonds when its a telemarketing call.
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:54:50 AM PDT
by
KneelBeforeZod
(If God hadn't meant for them to be sheared, he wouldn't have made them sheep.)
To: demkicker
I wasn't trying to be cute. I was answering based on my knowledge of the similar law in my state.
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posted on
06/28/2003 3:57:31 AM PDT
by
tdadams
To: backhoe
Finally got my confirmation:
REGISTRATION COMPLETE
You have registered the following telephone number in the National Do Not Call Registry:
xxx-xxx-xxxx
This registration will be effective until
6/29/2008.
Please print a copy of this page for your records.
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posted on
06/28/2003 4:01:44 AM PDT
by
sarcasm
(Tancredo 2004)
To: sarcasm
I always give the clerks a phony telephone number. Radio Shack used to demand an address and phone number.
One day I had an inspiration. I have an overseas address on my passport.
"OK, Here. 011-44-4895-#####"
"But.But. There are not enough SPACES on the form!"
"Well, let's try the address, then.."
Serves them right. The clerks expression said "This program encountered a fatal error and will close".
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posted on
06/28/2003 4:05:06 AM PDT
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: tdadams
So your state has a daily ongoing sign up opportunity? That's remarkable.
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posted on
06/28/2003 4:12:48 AM PDT
by
demkicker
((I wanna kick some commie butt))
To: backhoe
Link-- ( signed up already... they brought it on themselves...)-- You got that right. It was bad enough they called at dinner and were just plain annoying, then they got tricky and blocked caller ID, went to computer dialing, etc.
Let 'em suffer. (besides the USPS needs the business)
I just registered, got right through
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posted on
06/28/2003 4:17:57 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
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To: demkicker
Yes, you can go online and register with the do not call list anytime.
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posted on
06/28/2003 4:22:52 AM PDT
by
tdadams
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