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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:52 PM Original message |
Is anybody else getting slammed by telemarketers? I'm on the DO NOT CALL list, |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. All the time,on landline and cell,and both are on DNC list. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Me, too! Cell phone AND landline. My husband gets them on his cell, too. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Last week I got about 15 missed calls on my cell. I googled |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. There's no enforcement. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not exactly slammed, but more than usual since |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Those two are presumably non-profit charitable organizations, |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. One place I was getting lots of calls from.. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I was getting "The Disabled Veterans Association will be in your neighborhood collecting |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. Funny timing on this post, as we just got a call from... |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Only from banks or companies that I do/have done business with. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. You're lucky. I'm getting them from insurance, real estate, time share, |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think the DNC lists may actually expire after a year or two. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. I get called many times by "Catherines" |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, the calls have increased in the last couple of weeks for us too. nt |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. I finally reported two numbers yesterday |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. I called the Indiana Attorney General after receiving multiple calls from a telemarketer. |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The NC atty. generals office said they needed names and addresses, as well as telephone |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Does that tell you something about how much money they must make |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Lots of folks must buy into it... |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. i've been on the DNC list for years...i get calls constantly...luckily our phone can block them |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. When was the last time you updated your number on the list. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm on the no call list too and frankly I think they use |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I think they use the DNC list for that purpose, too. That's how they know someone lives there, no? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Nothing. Zero. Ziltch. I only get calls from people I know or have contacted. n/t |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-15-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. We used to get them all the time. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. just today! |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
27. That's got to be one of the worst jobs ever... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. You have to call all the charities you do business with and get them not to trade your name too. |
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