7/25 I've been on the National DoNotCall Registry for over a
year. I get a telemarketing call from T-Mobile, which I
have no relation with. As I understand it, they could be
fined $11,000 for that call. So why would they be calling
me? What are they thinking? Presumably, I'm not the only
one on the donotcall list that they are calling and there
will be numerous complaints.
\_ Because they bought your phone number from someone like a
credit card company who sold them your name and number as
a "bussiness contact" that you missed the little check box
to check to opt out of.
\_ Supposing that's the case, how would I determine which
credit card it is? In any case, I don't think this is the
case, because the woman who called didn't even know who she
was calling for. She only knew the number she was calling.
\_ I have tried to track the down my contact info several times
and gave up because most telemarketers either don't keep
that information or are not willing to give it to you.
I assume, this is because there are no laws that require
them to disclose this information. Maybe it is time to start
writing letters to your representatives about it. BTW, once
I have added myself to the do not call registry, I have stopped
being harassed by phone, but there still lots spam coming by
snail mail.
\_ Pansy liberal, always trying to get big government involved
in your problems.
\_ The woman who called you is some minimum wage slave who
knows nothing, and if she did know anything is probably
under orders to be as unhelpful as possible when it comes
to finding this shit out. Good luck figuring it out. I
bet it you wrote a threatening letter to the right people
you'd get an answer, the trick is figuring out who the
right people are.
\_ Somewhere in here there must be room to say the do-not-call
list has something to do with the US being a totalitarian state.
I can't figure out how but I know it can be done.
\_ Go to the donotcall web page and file a report. I don't think
they'll go after individual violations, but rather they will go
after a company that gets enough complaints against.
\_ Yeah, I already filed a complaint with them before I
even posted anything on here. -op |