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Posted by Mary on October 9, 2009, 11:39 am
I have been getting a spate of telephone calls soliciting me for work-
at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
the prohibition. So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
"report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! Now I am keeping
notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
them all to the feds. A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
it takes!
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 9, 2009, 2:07 pm
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> I have been getting a spate of telephone calls soliciting me for work-
> at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
> I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
> pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
> the prohibition. =A0So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
> confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
> "report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! =A0Now I am keeping
> notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
> them all to the feds. =A0A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
> it takes!
I don't recall the details since it was DW who took care of it, but we
had
been on the list since its inception, and learned by accident (I think
we
may also have begun getting calls again) that you have to re-register
every so many years. Then we had to put up with it again for the 30-
day
(or however long it was) grace period again... It might be worth
checking into.
Doc
PS - Every time we get a call from an "exemption", we still give 'em
hell.
"We didn't agree to or get any say in these exemptions, so as far as
we're concerned, there AREN'T any! Why would we want to be bothered
by
you if we don't want to be bothered by anybody else?" etc., etc. We
vowed
to vote *against* any politicians/political calls, and they all
stopped calling.
We take all information about the "exemptions" just like any other
violator,
and assure them we'll vote against/not do business, or whatever other
prtessure we can bring to bear. Funny, but it seems to be working.
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Posted by Pauline on October 9, 2009, 4:00 pm
Not True Doc. The do not call list does not expire. See
https://www.donotcall.gov/ for more information. I think originally it was
only supposed to be good for 5 years, but thankfully, that was changed a few
years ago.
Pauline
Northern California
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> I have been getting a spate of telephone calls soliciting me for work-
> at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
> I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
> pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
> the prohibition. So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
> confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
> "report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! Now I am keeping
> notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
> them all to the feds. A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
> it takes!
I don't recall the details since it was DW who took care of it, but we
had
been on the list since its inception, and learned by accident (I think
we
may also have begun getting calls again) that you have to re-register
every so many years. Then we had to put up with it again for the 30-
day
(or however long it was) grace period again... It might be worth
checking into.
Doc
PS - Every time we get a call from an "exemption", we still give 'em
hell.
"We didn't agree to or get any say in these exemptions, so as far as
we're concerned, there AREN'T any! Why would we want to be bothered
by
you if we don't want to be bothered by anybody else?" etc., etc. We
vowed
to vote *against* any politicians/political calls, and they all
stopped calling.
We take all information about the "exemptions" just like any other
violator,
and assure them we'll vote against/not do business, or whatever other
prtessure we can bring to bear. Funny, but it seems to be working.
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Posted by Pauline on October 9, 2009, 4:00 pm
Not True Doc. The do not call list does not expire. See
https://www.donotcall.gov/ for more information. I think originally it was
only supposed to be good for 5 years, but thankfully, that was changed a few
years ago.
Pauline
Northern California
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> I have been getting a spate of telephone calls soliciting me for work-
> at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
> I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
> pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
> the prohibition. So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
> confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
> "report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! Now I am keeping
> notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
> them all to the feds. A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
> it takes!
I don't recall the details since it was DW who took care of it, but we
had
been on the list since its inception, and learned by accident (I think
we
may also have begun getting calls again) that you have to re-register
every so many years. Then we had to put up with it again for the 30-
day
(or however long it was) grace period again... It might be worth
checking into.
Doc
PS - Every time we get a call from an "exemption", we still give 'em
hell.
"We didn't agree to or get any say in these exemptions, so as far as
we're concerned, there AREN'T any! Why would we want to be bothered
by
you if we don't want to be bothered by anybody else?" etc., etc. We
vowed
to vote *against* any politicians/political calls, and they all
stopped calling.
We take all information about the "exemptions" just like any other
violator,
and assure them we'll vote against/not do business, or whatever other
prtessure we can bring to bear. Funny, but it seems to be working.
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 12, 2009, 10:36 am
True Pauline. It has changed. You don't have to re-register anymore
- the law/rule was changed, but we did have to once. We have the
documentation on file.
Doc
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> Not True Doc. =A0The do not call list does not expire. =A0Seehttps://www.=
donotcall.gov/for more information. =A0I think originally it was
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> only supposed to be good for 5 years, but thankfully, that was changed a =
few
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> years ago.
> Pauline
> Northern California
a11b-ac37-465f-bb64-25cabda6dbd8@d10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
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> > I have been getting a spate of telephone calls soliciting me for work-
> > at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
> > I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
> > pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
> > the prohibition. So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
> > confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
> > "report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! Now I am keeping
> > notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
> > them all to the feds. A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
> > it takes!
> I don't recall the details since it was DW who took care of it, but we
> had
> been on the list since its inception, and learned by accident (I think
> we
> may also have begun getting calls again) that you have to re-register
> every so many years. =A0Then we had to put up with it again for the 30-
> day
> (or however long it was) grace period again... =A0It might be worth
> checking into.
> Doc
> PS - Every time we get a call from an "exemption", we still give 'em
> hell.
> "We didn't agree to or get any say in these exemptions, so as far as
> we're concerned, there AREN'T any! =A0Why would we want to be bothered
> by
> you if we don't want to be bothered by anybody else?" etc., etc. =A0We
> vowed
> to vote *against* any politicians/political calls, and they all
> stopped calling.
> We take all information about the "exemptions" just like any other
> violator,
> and assure them we'll vote against/not do business, or whatever other
> prtessure we can bring to bear. =A0Funny, but it seems to be working.
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> at-home, credit cards, insurance, and even male-enhancement products.
> I have been on the national Do Not Call list since 2003 and have a non-
> pub phone, and none of the calls have been from anybody exempted from
> the prohibition. =A0So -- I went to the official Do Not Call web site,
> confirmed that I am still on the list, and found a very nice little
> "report the bad guys" form to fill out and send! =A0Now I am keeping
> notes about those calls (caller ID gives the numbers) and reporting
> them all to the feds. =A0A pencil and scrap of paper by the phone is all
> it takes!