Does the "DO NOT CALL REGISTER" work for you??

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It sure does not work for me. :mad: Hate those calls. I never answer after looking at the caller ID but still the dang phone rings till the answering machine turns on. Most all of them hang up but there is one that leaves a long stupid message. :mad:

Any advise would be appreciated short of cutting the land line. Heck, I'm starting to get cell sales calls!
 
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I registered when the program first came out. No issues.
Several places where you getting problem calls from, and the bulk would be on-line..purchases, registrations that require it, etc.. Before putting your private information out, check the privacy policy at the site.

Do a Google search of the site and look for negative reports. Selling personal information is a lot more prevalent than I.D. theft, unfortunately.

Check with your provider, or the maker of the phone and see if you have a blocking option.
 
The problem with the list is many callers are using an automated system that waits for a voice from your end before it connects to a person. I believe some systems dial numbers in sequence until they detect an answer, then the system compares that number with the no-call list. The results are calls from anonymous callers which break the connection. The basic problem is the Feds have little interest in enforcing the list and solicitation Cos. figure ways to work the gray areas of the law or just harass you with calls they do not complete.
 
The only problem is that you can't block the political and charity calls or calls from any business you have EVER done business with. I got caller ID - now I just don't pick up about 90% of the calls I get.
 
It has substantially reduced the sales call and I file an on line complaint when I get one.
 
At first it worked very well. I have noticed lately that some are not complying with it. I usually do not answer my land line but lately with all the Political (which are allowed) I pick it up and hang up, otherwise I still have to listen to the garbage on the answer machine.

If it is a sales call I will tell them I am on the list and if you call again I will file a a complaint.
 
As one poster states, some charitable organizations and places you have a business connection with can still bug you. When I see an 800 number, or "private caller" on my ID, I just pick up the phone and immediately hang it back up so I don't have to listen to it ring.
 
Rachel, from card services, is persistent. Nice voice, but prerecorded and nobody live ever comes on the line.

I have had to remind a few about the law, but only the honest folk pay any attention to the law so I figure I don't have to be polite to anybody calling that I don't know. Politicians don't mind being called names, and most charities use professional services to call.
 
It has worked fine for me on both land line and cell. Charities and polling are usually far between but with the political season on us, the polling is picking up, especially the push pollers who are part of some campaign or other pretending to be legitimate.

I file on anyone that seems to be a PIA. Usually no second calls.
 
When the telemarketers call my house, I just hand my 2 year old the phone and he gives them an earfull. Strangely I never see the same called ID more than once. If that doesn't work, I have a deer grunt call nearby that does. I always wanted to see the person on the other end of the phone when they hear it. A friend of mine called a fax number and recorded the awful sound it makes, and he replays that from time to time.
 
I have been on the no call list since it started and even renewed the #'s again later.
Stops most of the calls other than political calls and maybe people I have done business or purchases.
I just let the recorder pickup and they never leave messages.
Lots of telemarketers I guess, probably calling several at one time and just hoping for an answer.
They don't get it here.
 
The DNC registry used to work for me, and now it doesn't.

Some new phones come with call blocking features. I have a fairly cheap Panasonic wireless set that lets me store up to 20 (or is it 40?) numbers that will not be allowed to ring through. The irritating aspect is that the phone will ring once before the number blocking feature kicks in, so I don't get complete relief from unwanted rings. But at least I can stop them from ringing four times before I ignore them. Since I live in a zip code that televultures target, there are lots of opportunities to dash their hopes.

There are add-on call management devices you can buy that will do the same thing if your phone doesn't have the feature.
 
Rachel, from card services, is persistent.
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So Rachel is still calling you also. I'm so sick and tired of her calls. Now that the election season is up and running I'm starting to get calls from one of the two major political parties I donated a small amount of money to several years ago. With repeat sales calls I now use an Air horn to discourage a third call back.
 
I'm currently learning the same consultative selling skills these folks are suppose to use. I think thier instructors don't do a very good job. I'm going to start trying to sell random stuff in my house to them, or maybe even see if they might need a real job!
 
Just a heads-up, Congress is considering measures to end some of the restrictions on cell phones. Someday soon it might not just be your land line that's receiving these types of calls.
 
Rule3 said:
At first it worked very well. I have noticed lately that some are not complying with it. I usually do not answer my land line but lately with all the Political (which are allowed) I pick it up and hang up, otherwise I still have to listen to the garbage on the answer machine.

If it is a sales call I will tell them I am on the list and if you call again I will file a a complaint.
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IMHO, the "do not call list" is a failure.
Many of these automated calls are made from call centers outside CONUS and I have often gotten repeated calls from the same ones often five or six times a day. When you speak to a live operator and advise them, you get laughed at, told to buy the product and they'll stop calling, or an "I'm out to make money and don't care about the law".

I worked at a building that had a tenant with a massive phone bank (boiler room)...the owner told his telemarketers that their job was to (and I quote) "Make me money by seperating grandma and grandpa of theirs by any means you can..." After the this 'don't call list" got established, it was still business as usual for this telemarketer company.
 
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