Telemarketer's

I got my phone numbers listed on the National Do Not Call List. It is free and it removes your telephone number from the computer generated lists that they have. I don't get ANY telemarketers. If they do call they face a $10,000 fine. The address is: www.ftc.gov/donotcall I think that it is only good in the US, but for the people of the U.S. it's great, I don't spend so much time grabbing and answering nuisance calls.

well first off let me tell you what you can do. step 1 : tell the telemarketer to take them off of their list of people to call step 2 : if they continue to call then inform not only your phone company but remind the telemarketer of what you had said before, and also inform him that a lawsuit will be applied if they call again. step 3 : if none of the above worked ask for their manager when they call and get the requireed information and then start a lawsuit. but besides taht i mostly just slam the phone down after telling them where to go.

This is a frustrating business practice and there doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. One thing I do is look at my caller id whenever a call comes in. Most of the time telemarketers will be calling from an 800 number. Another thing I do is refuse to answer any calls that don't reveal themselves on my caller id. If the caller feels the need to hide his identity I have no intention of talking to them. Another thing is, if the first word out of their mouth is congratulations I just hang up the phone. I also hang up the phone if there is a hesitation on the other end after I've said hello because this means that a computer called my phone and was waiting for me to answer before connecting me to a telemarketer. Another thing I've started doing is never putting my real phone number on any forms I fill out online. Since I've quit that practice my telemarketers calls have decreased dramatically.