[ambrose]

It has gotten to the point where I no longer answer my home telephone. I screen via voice mail first, then return the call.

[non-anonymous]

Same here. I gotta laugh when all I hear on the machine is the last half of a pre-recorded sales pitch, devoid of phone number and company name.

There's all this whining from telemarketing companies, but I'll bet their clients would be happy. You'd think a company in a competitive market would want more information about its potential customer base (like who they are in the first place), not less.

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

But, from what I've been reading, the registry doesn't apply to non-profit and political organizations, which account for the majority of my unwanted, dinner-time interruptions.

[tdadams]

It has gotten to the point where I no longer answer my home telephone.

It has gotten to the point where I no longer have a home telephone.

[GailA]

We do the same thing, our message on our answering machine is "IF you are a telemarketeer please REMOVE us from your list." In about 30 days our calls went from 4 & 5 a day to about 4 or 5 a month, then down to about 1 or 2 a month. We get a 'spat' of 1 or 2 new callers every month or two but those only last about a week.

[TexasCajun]

It has gotten to the point where I no longer answer my home telephone.

You are not alone. If we don't recogize a number we don't pick up. I have a "Zapper" and am now on the Texas Do-Not-Call list, but I still get calls.

I usually ask the caller, "Are you so F@$%ing stupid, this is the only job you can get?

I suggest you get your ass back to school Moron! Click!"