Wednesday, September 26, 2007

WHAT THE SAM HILL is up with me getting sales/soliciting calls on my cell phone the past couple weeks? I thought I was on a national do not call registry? Does it expire? Did the law change?

These assholes are calling and killing my minutes on my phone. OMG - I'm going to start bawling them out. I've always used restraint when people call my home phone, but I'm not on a ticking meter with my effing home phone. I'm furious.

Anyone know the answer to this?

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are you on the Texas Do Not Call as well? My guess is these are computer dialed. I get them occasionally on my home phone even though I'm on both lists. And I usually either just hang up or lay the phone down and let 'em blather for a while. So far my cell hasn't been hit. If it does, I may get the name of the company and file a complaint.

Barbara Bruederlin said...

I suppose you could always do what I did, which is get rid of your cell phone. Works great for me! But I don't imagine it would for everybody.

charlotte g said...

This is probably too simplistic, but it was Matt who alerted me several months ago you had to be on the DNC seperately for cell phones. Also, I hear, they've decided we have to reup DNC after five years, but that's irrelevant now. What infuriates me is that of the few calls I do get, I have deliberately made effort to trace back to the company and have found that somehow, they have sidestepped this so you cannot reach anyone at the company. You get some message saying that number is not in service. I suppose the only recourse is the BBB. Which don't work so good. Atty Gen? Naw, they're too backed up. But yes, it is infuriating. Be sure to share any nefarius solution you come up with.

DBA Dude said...

At least on this side of the pond if someone rings you on your cell they pay the cost!

I never answer any of my phones if the number is withheld or I do not recognise the number - but then I do not have to advertise my numbers.

Christina RN LMT said...

Sorry, no clue.

Any such calls we get on our cell phones seem to be for whoever had the number previously.

It's super-annoying when the call that's eating up your minutes isn't even for YOU!

Mauser*Girl said...

I'm sorry I don't have any good advice for you.

I know that even if you're on the DNC, there are some entities that are still allowed to call you - charities, anyone you've ever dealt with (like your old phone company trying to sell you new service), etc.

There are also "automated" calls where it just dials random numbers and you really can't stop those until you get a person on the other end and tell them in no uncertain terms to take you off their call list ASAP.

Beyond that - if you don't know who's calling you (number shows as unavailable or isn't in your phone's "address book"), just don't answer it. That way it costs you nothing and if it was a valid call, they'll leave a message.

Liz said...

Call the cell company and have them remove the calls from your bill. It worked for me - I'm on Cingular (well, I guess it's the DeathStar now, but at any rate)...

Lin said...

I heard that the national Do Not Call program was expiring but that you could re-up.
Pestering a cell phone is as bad as using up YOUR fax paper for SPAM ... maggots!

g bro said...

La P,

I just ran my numbers on donotcall.gov and they all came back as registered until 2011.

G

fuzzbert_1999@yahoo.com said...

I think the list are only good for 5 years, you need to go to https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx and do it again!

FHB said...

Hell, has it been five years? Go get 'em!

LBJ said...

If I don't recognize the number I answer the phone in very bad Scottish Gaelic - usually saying the only expressions I know. . like

"Cò an caora sin còmhla riut a chunnaic mi an-raoir?"(Who was that sheep I saw you with last night?)

"Cha b'e sin caora, 'se sin mo chèile a bha innte!" (That was no sheep, that was my spouse!_

"Chan eil fhios agam." (I don't know.)

"Tha mi ag iarraidh briosgaid!" (I want a cookie!)

Telemarketers get immediately confused and hang up. (If they're from Newfoundland I might be in trouble though). My friends laugh and hang on.