OT: Cell phone Do Not Call list
scrape
are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to
receive sale calls. You will be charged for these calls.
Call this number from your cell phone: 1-888-382-1222.
It is the national DO NOT CALL list.
It blocks your number for 5 years. You may also register online at
roost4u
call.
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Rick
2000KX250
1993KX250
1992XR100
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IdaSpode
wrote:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
David - 05 KTM 200EXC
djones<at>LSidaho.com
http://www.spodefest.net/rmd
scrape
wrote:
>> JUST A QUICK REMINDER...... In less than 31 days, cell phone numbers
>>are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to
>>receive sale calls. You will be charged for these calls.
>>
>>Call this number from your cell phone: 1-888-382-1222.
>>
>>It is the national DO NOT CALL list.
>>
>>It blocks your number for 5 years. You may also register online at
>>
>>www.donotcall.gov
>
>
>http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
That indicates that while the numbers won't be "released" to
telemarketers, they'll still be available. I still put mine and
everyone at work's phone on the list.
Putting my home number on the list cut down the sales calls from
~5-10/day to maybe 1/day.
Thanks for the pointer.
-keith
wrote:
F*'em - I only turn mine on when I'm gonna make a call, you guys walk
around with it on all the time??? :-) Hell, any-damn-body could call
you any-damn-time?? That's what a home-answering machine is for.
-k
zod...@yahoo.com
to only get the calls you want.
scrape
>F*'em - I only turn mine on when I'm gonna make a call, you guys walk
>around with it on all the time??? :-) Hell, any-damn-body could call
>you any-damn-time?? That's what a home-answering machine is for.
I never answer the home phone between 8a and 9p. The cell phone has
caller ID. And an Ignore button.
Mike W.
<scrapeN...@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>I never answer the home phone between 8a and 9p. The cell phone has
>caller ID. And an Ignore button.
What is the ignore button? Does it ignore them on future calls
too?
Mike
scrape
wrote:
>>I never answer the home phone between 8a and 9p. The cell phone has
>>caller ID. And an Ignore button.
>
>What is the ignore button? Does it ignore them on future calls
>too?
Nah. It's a cheap phone. I have to do it every time, but something
like that should be easy to build in.
Yosef - '02 200exc & '04 MTD 38 (my quad)
found then:
1. The cell phone directory is a deal where you have to choose to be
on it. If you don't contact the directory provider and tell them to
put your cell number in the directory, your number won't be there.
2. Even if you do put your number in the directory, the provider is
SAYING the list won't be provided to anyone. The only way to get your
cell number is SUPPOSEDLY that a person calls the directory and gives
your name asking for your cell number.
2. If you put your cell number on the do not call list, your cell
number is now on a list available to "charities," for them to call you.
Before I cancelled my land line, I noticed that the hated phone
solicitors were now calling on behalf of various "charities."
Therefore, DON'T PUT YOUR NUMBER ON THE "DO NOT CALL" UNLESS YOU'RE
HAPPY GETTING SOLICITED BY "CHARTITIES." Talk about a non-solution.
Sure can tell it's a government program.
I hope I never forget a call from a solicitor for a "Police/Fireman's"
charity fund, to benefit the children of these folks killed on the job.
The first time they called I asked what % of the donated money finds
its way to those kids (always an interesting question for these slime)
- they hung up on me. The second time, I hung up on them with them
yelling "what about the children???" in my ear.
3. Many (including mine, Verizon) call phone providers are choosing
not to participate at all in this project.
That's what I found when I chased this down...
-Yo
P.S. One of the reasons I'm now 100% cell is to avoid phone solicitors.
Craig Faison
> HAPPY GETTING SOLICITED BY "CHARTITIES."
Maybe being solicited by someone named "Chartities" wouldn't be so bad?
> P.S. One of the reasons I'm now 100% cell is to avoid phone solicitors.
FWIW, I haven't done anything and I've gotten 2 or 3 telemarketing calls
on my cell in the last week or so. Prior to this, I'd gotten none and I've
had the same number for more than 10 years.
Craig
Andy Mullins
I added my cell to the list in December. I didn't receive any phone
spammers before and don't get any now. My landline phone is about to
get dumped. The only calls I get on it are from telemarketers and a
crackhead chick I took out in October.
Andy Mullins
> caller ID. And an Ignore button.
Caller ID and the ignore button are the best features ever placed on a
phone. The feature I want is to be able to ignore all calls with an
exception list. There are 3 people I'm taking calls from now; my Dad,
my sister, and my girlfriend. Before last week the number of people
with my cell number was somewhat limited. My mom went into the hospital
last week and now everyone in the county has my number. Apparantly it's
the update hotline. Last Wednesday when the shit hit the fan with my
mom, I quit answering my phone altogether. In a timespan from about
noon to 5:00 I didn't answer 42 calls. I went from 2-3 voicemail
messages a week to 10-15 a day. The number I've had for 8 years will
likely change in the next couple of months and only necessary people
notified. I'm done ranting now.
Chris Buckley
I've often found that telemarketers will quickly hang up if you talk
dirty to them.
Dean H.
"Chris Buckley" wisely suggested:
>
>
> I've often found that telemarketers will quickly hang up if you talk
> dirty to them.
If you are in a family environment, just tell the telemarketer your pet has
caught fire and hang up.
I did the DNC on both land and cell lines. Methinx it worked.
-d
scrapeN...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
>I added my cell to the list in December. I didn't receive any phone
>spammers before and don't get any now. My landline phone is about to
>get dumped. The only calls I get on it are from telemarketers and a
>crackhead chick I took out in October.
What's she look like? Nice knobs?
scrapeN...@nc.rr.com
Hmmm. Might have to unblock my number to play that game.
-keith
wrote:
>> I never answer the home phone between 8a and 9p. The cell phone has
Hope your mom gets out ok.
-k
Andy Mullins
> What's she look like? Nice knobs?
Decent knobs but way too psycho. Besides, the chick I'm with now has
much nicer knobs and far less psychotic tendancies.
scrapeN...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
>
>> What's she look like? Nice knobs?
>
>Decent knobs but way too psycho. Besides, the chick I'm with now has
>much nicer knobs and far less psychotic tendancies.
Yeah, but the one you're with is taken.