07-17-2013, 01:27 PM
Sumpter250 Wrote:The government's " Do Not Call List " is a sad, sad, joke.Amen Brother!
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07-17-2013, 01:27 PM
Sumpter250 Wrote:The government's " Do Not Call List " is a sad, sad, joke.Amen Brother! ![]()
Ed
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07-17-2013, 01:39 PM
My feeling is that the DNC list was effective for a few years, until they realized 1) they are unlikely to ever get caught and prosecuted; 2) there are loopholes.
I'm thinking that one loophole may be when you sign up for something or order something, such as the shoppers card at your local supermarket. Somewhere in the fine print you may be authorizing them to call you for solicitation or research purposes, or authorizing them to give your phone number to someone else.
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07-17-2013, 01:54 PM
nachoman Wrote:My feeling is that the DNC list was effective for a few years, until they realized 1) they are unlikely to ever get caught and prosecuted; 2) there are loopholes. The loophole is that you automatically give any business that you've done business with, or have contacted for any reason, the right to call you, unless you tell them not to. No fine printed needed, although it may be there just as a protection. It's an "opt-out" world rather than an "opt-in" one. But as you say, once they realized that there's no one enforcing the law, they went wild. Others that don't have to ask you are:
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07-17-2013, 02:30 PM
Remember this: It is not rude to just hang up. You didn't ask them to call.
Charlie
07-18-2013, 07:50 AM
Charlie B Wrote:Remember this: It is not rude to just hang up. You didn't ask them to call. And, for the same reason, it's not "rude" to unleash a string of "intensely horrid profanity". if they are going to "open the book", they deserve whatever is "written on the pages". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe if they could know that I was retired U.S. Navy, they would think twice before calling. ![]()
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07-18-2013, 08:15 AM
Sumpter250 Wrote:And, for the same reason, it's not "rude" to unleash a string of "intensely horrid profanity". if they are going to "open the book", they deserve whatever is "written on the pages". One day I got a call from "Rachel" and just waited until instructed to "press 1". I did and when the guy came on the line I politely, (well, kinda sorta ![]() ![]() Another time I did tell the woman that responded to "press 1" that we had an illness in the house (we did) and the calls were very disturbing. She said she'd take care of it and the Rachel calls stopped for a while, but started up again a few months later. At least we had peace for a little while... ![]()
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
07-21-2013, 04:43 AM
Easy,I push one then after a live person answers I blast them with supposed Bigfoot howls and yelps for several minutes. I don't think they can hang up because they never call back.
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