Judge Rules Against Do-Not-Call Registry

cnn.com ^ | 9/24/02 | cnn

[CaliGirlGodHelpMe]

I can relate to what you've been going through. But doesn't your TeleZapper work? We got one for my Dad, and it works fine. He almost never gets those computer-generated calls anymore, whereas before, he must have been on every "sucker" list in the world.

[CaliGirlGodHelpMe]

Ha ha, touche'! Well, all I can say is that our TeleZappers work so well, we didn't even bother getting on the Do-Not-Call list. And NO, I don't sell them on the phone for a living. [:^)

[FixitGuy]

The telemarketing industry is STUPID to not go along with the Do Not Call Registry!

It culls out lousy prospects like ME.

Obviously if a telemarketer calls me, they are wasting their time.

Better to move on to some brain dead idiot who is so lonely they will talk to anybody.

I've seen these people in front of a congressional committee whining about how they got taken for the THIRD time, "cause they thought they had just got the "deal of the century".

Amazingly, I got called out of the shower three times in two weeks.

[FixitGuy]

Hard to beleive the number of folks on this thread who agree with this judge.

C'mon people, the ones who opt not to be bothered have that right!

This is one of the very few things the government has gotten right.

You folks who don't value your privacy deserve to be harrassed!

[FixitGuy]

I've tried every trick in the book including *57 (call trace) but it costs $2.00 a call and you have to do it three times, call the police or the sheriff's dept. and report them.

It's a horrible hassle and doesn't accomplish much.

Lately I've been getting "dead line" calls which may be computer oriented calls (trying for a modem connedction) orr fax tries or automatic dailed calls which want to leave a 10 minute schpiel about a great trip to Orlando.

I can't begin to describe my anger level.

Hanging up is the only defense, but I had a guy from MCI call me back two more times just to tell me I was rude!

[sweetliberty]

"The obvious will of the people has once again been thwarted by one lone judge."

Wonder what court is going to make the call that the federal courts are over-stepping THEIR bounds. This isn't like something that is government imposed ON the people. We CHOOSE whether or not to be on this list. This plague of telemarketing leeches needs to stop!

[FixitGuy]

And do you believe that it costs two bucks a month to have an unlisted number????

[CDHart]

"Good grief, are we governed by a bunch of inept and confused simpletons or what?"

LOL! Yes, I'm afraid we are. They're far more interested in money and personal power than they are in supporting the Constitution. Problem is, I don't know what to do about it.

Claire Wolfe said (paraphrase) it's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b$%^&*(#s.

Carolyn

[FixitGuy]

"Claire Wolfe said (paraphrase) it's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b$%^&*(#s.

No wonder they're trying so hard to "get the guns".