Stop telemarketers from calling youl

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-06-27 11:11am

Cell phone or land line in the US. Go to this web site and fill out the electronic form.

http://www.governmentguide.com/consumer ... keters.adp

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2003-06-27 12:11pm

Good thing telemarketing is illegal here

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-06-27 12:18pm

Dahak wrote:Good thing telemarketing is illegal here

It should be here too but they always whine about it being part of their right to free speach.

They may have the right to say what they want but they don't have the right to make me listen to them in my house.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-27 12:20pm

Dahak wrote:Good thing telemarketing is illegal here

lucky bastard... i get a call like every six minutes from telemarketers

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-27 12:37pm

thecreech wrote:
Dahak wrote:Good thing telemarketing is illegal here
lucky bastard... i get a call like every six minutes from telemarketers

Who did you give your phone number too? That's just like crazy.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-27 12:54pm

neoolong wrote:
thecreech wrote:
Dahak wrote:Good thing telemarketing is illegal here
lucky bastard... i get a call like every six minutes from telemarketers
Who did you give your phone number too? That's just like crazy.

Ok I was exaggerating(sp) but i have had the same phone# for the past 7 years so everyone has it one way or another. I get a call from a telemarketer at least 2 times a day

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-27 01:08pm

I figured you were exaggerating. But not that much.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-06-27 01:37pm

Okay, who's the stupid asshole who Slashdotted that server!?

Code: Select all

The Operation Timed Out when attempting to contact www.donotcall.gov.

EDIT: Much better! Ironically I got in through the Slashdot link LOL

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-06-27 03:07pm

My main defence involves being online constantly. I've already registered on my state do not call list, I assume this currently overloaded link is to the national version?

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-27 03:27pm

neoolong wrote:I figured you were exaggerating. But not that much.

See i have a good way of dealing with them. I know when its a telemarketer because they can't pronounce my last name. So i mess with them. When they mis pronounce it i just tell them no one lives at my phone# with that name (hey its true) or i just hang up. Sometimes i just put the phone down and let them ramble on with what ever they are selling it takes them along time to figure out there is no one one the line

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-27 03:28pm

Really popular.

1000 signups a second.

Kintaro · Post by **Kintaro** » 2003-06-27 03:44pm

Umm, it says that there is no data after I put in the numbers and e-mail address when I click submit. Very bad. Did anyone else have this problem?

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » 2003-06-27 04:31pm

Just do something like this:

TELEMARKETER: <Insert salesman drivel here>

YOU: Sorry, I'm busy right, why don't you give me your home number so I can call you back later.

TELEMARKETER: We're not really supposed to do that...

YOU: Oh, I guess you don't really want me bothering you at home.

TELEMARKETER: Yeah...

YOU: Well now you know how I feel.

Then hang up.

Well it worked like that on Seinfeld at least...

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-06-27 04:35pm

observer_20000 wrote:Just do something like this:

TELEMARKETER: <Insert salesman drivel here>

YOU: Sorry, I'm busy right, why don't you give me your home number so I can call you back later.

TELEMARKETER: We're not really supposed to do that...

YOU: Oh, I guess you don't really want me bothering you at home.

TELEMARKETER: Yeah...

YOU: Well now you know how I feel.

Then hang up.

Well it worked like that on Seinfeld at least...

I just stay silent and wait till they hang up. It's funny as hell

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-06-27 04:42pm

AOL put this link out on people's start up pages this morning so I'm not surprised that it's getting overloaded. Most of us stay up late, give it another try then if it doesn't look like it's working.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2003-06-27 05:18pm

observer_20000 wrote: SNIP:D

he has done that a couple of times. I can't bring myself to do that stuff because i would end up laughing to hard on the phone. I have no poker face when it comes to phone pranks

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-06-27 06:53pm

A lot of the time, the people that are actually making the calls aren't really bad people. Calling is hard.

Though I have no problem with doing it to those that don't even make an effort to do their jobs with a cheerful voice.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-06-27 11:19pm

If you use a service like hotmail or yahoo, be sure to check your junk mail folder as your provider may flag their confirmation e-mail as spam.

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Stop telemarketers from calling youl

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