[SEL] OT...Cold Calls....telephone problems

[mullt at att.net]

In Missouri, it is the state attorney general who pursues violators of the no call list. He has been very aggressive in going after them. It has been very effective, we rarely get telemarketing calls. If we do get them, we can tell the caller to put us on their no call list. If they call again, we can complain to the attorney general. If they get enough complaints, they will file a suit against the telemarketer.

When we do get a telemarketing call, if I tell them we are on the no call list, they usually apologize and quickly end the call.

Tom in St. Louis


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From: Judge Tommy Turner <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
> Bill,
>     Direct TV just had to make a $5,000,000 settlement for violating the 
> Do Not Call provisions.  I don't know who enforces the law in your state 
> but here in KY its the Attorney General.  He's done a good job of going 
> after violators.  How do you handle someone calling trying to sell an 
> engine......
> 
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
> 
> 
> >Here I'd use caller ID and if they don't let their ID come through, I'd
> >not answer it.
> >
> >It's a major problem and the "do not call" lists don't work worth a hoot
> >either as the caller say "it's their right to free speech to be able to
> >call anyone for any reason". One time the fellow argued and said "I'm not
> >soliciting or selling anything, we are just offering these great deals".
> >What a moron.
> >
> >And as far as their "right" to call me - BUNK - to me it's like
> >trespassing if I don't want them on my line.
> >
> >Automated calls are supposed to be illegal in Iowa, but they come anyway.
> >Those are the ones where there never is a real person, a computer calls
> >and when it detects a pickup, it plays a message. Even the political
> >parties use those here.
> >You have a heck of a time catching them or tracing them and they know it.
> >
> >Bill
> >Runnells, Iowa
> >
> >  
> >
> >>This is something that i am now experiencing but from what i read is
> >>something that the US and the UK have had for some time.
> >>The phone rings and because you have the answer phone connected and the
> >>message kicks in after 6 rings you rush to the phone and if you are in the
> >>bloody workshop it is even worse ,i.e. you trip over something!
> >>Anyway when you pick up the phone and say ''hello '' there is no answer,
> >>not
> >>even the bloody man from Bombay or Calcutta as has been the case[ my
> >>solution to the latter is to ask if they can help me with my pet elephant
> >>Abdullah ,he has gone off his food].
> >>Seems these unanswered calls are " Cold Calls, computer generated and used
> >>by call centres.Anyone got any good ideas of how to combat this problem?
> >>Peter Ogborne
> >>Little Grove ,Albany
> >>West Australia
> >>''Heart of the Rainbow Coast ''
> >>jopeter at omninet.net.au
> >>
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