Comment do not call lists (Score 1) 426
.. the biggest reason people don't get fined is because it's not reported to the FTC.
I work for a marketing company and we end up selling a lot of telemarketing data to the individual firms. We scrub each of those lists up against the state and national do not call lists before we give it to the companies.
Most of the phone calls you get are probably mom and pop organizations that are dialing out of the phone book because they're too ignorant to know better. Report them to the FTC. A huge fine is the easiest way to ensure they won't be calling you ever again.
If you're feeling too lazy to talk to the FTC, then just tell the person who calls you that you're on the do not call list, and I can guarantee they'll stop calling you.
The only people who have the right to call you are:
1) Companies with which you do business within a 9 month period (I think 9)
2) Non-Profit Orgs -- which will usually stop calling if you ask them to
3) Surveys -- if you don't want to take them, then don't. That's why they ask if you'd like to take one.
I work for a marketing company and we end up selling a lot of telemarketing data to the individual firms. We scrub each of those lists up against the state and national do not call lists before we give it to the companies.
Most of the phone calls you get are probably mom and pop organizations that are dialing out of the phone book because they're too ignorant to know better. Report them to the FTC. A huge fine is the easiest way to ensure they won't be calling you ever again.
If you're feeling too lazy to talk to the FTC, then just tell the person who calls you that you're on the do not call list, and I can guarantee they'll stop calling you.
The only people who have the right to call you are:
1) Companies with which you do business within a 9 month period (I think 9)
2) Non-Profit Orgs -- which will usually stop calling if you ask them to
3) Surveys -- if you don't want to take them, then don't. That's why they ask if you'd like to take one.
