OT Telemarketers

Instar · #1 November 4th, 2003, 10:40 PM

I was being harassed by Cloud Visa (4 calls in 2 days even after I said "Not interested"). So I gave in....

And gave them fake info. Apparently, all their data in the database was wrong. I happily provided the "correct" data (I live close to the Whitehouse, 1400 PA ave).
I hope they stop calling, I even had a fake phone number to give.

I can see how what I did was wrong, but come on, they were breaking the law! Sure, they will waste their money on a completely nonexistant person, but my time is more valuable than to have it wasted by annoying as hell telemarketers. I just wanted it to stop.
Anyhow, I guess even with fake data I can get approved for a visa card.

PvK · #2 November 4th, 2003, 11:14 PM

Nah, what you're doing was right!

PvK

Suicide Junkie · #3 November 4th, 2003, 11:21 PM

Ooh, fake info, get a fake credit card, and then take a cash advance of fake money!
You can then use that to help the Nigerian guy get all those millions of dollars out of the country! With that kind of money, think of all the enlargements you could have done!

My goodness, think of the spammariffic possibilities!

Parasite · #4 November 4th, 2003, 11:51 PM

Tell them to put you on their "Do not Call" list. Write down the company name and date time person info. If they call you back in a year they are liable for penalties and fines.

[edit:] Don't just say "Not Interested"

I have not been called back after doing this, so I don't know they really will pay you or not. It even worked for a SnailMail spam, but a little over a year later I got another letter that my (nonexistant) wife wanted the floors redone.

[ November 04, 2003, 21:51: Message edited by: Parasite ]

Instar · #5 November 5th, 2003, 01:31 AM

Heh, my problem was not laughing. That and the girls across the hall thought it was a riot so the one had to listen in.

Atrocities · #6 November 5th, 2003, 02:20 AM

The "Do not call list" is being widely ignored by companies such as AT&T. They will challenge the legality of the law in court and if they loose they will appeal the decision and drag it out for years. In the mean time they will keep making calls. Ultimately when they do loose, they will negocate a settlement for one percent of what it is they owe in fines.

In time many other companies will follow AT&T's example and begin to ignor the list entirely.

The one thing the list does not protect you from is collections. Those blood sucking MthrFkers will use the list, sold to them by the US Government, to hunt down any dead beat they can and begin calling them.

Also my phone compnay just charged me $5.00 fee for placing my number on the no call list. I have filed a complaint with the Attorney Generals Office over that.

PvK · #7 November 5th, 2003, 03:18 AM

AT&T was in the local news Last night - they're gettin' sued, and supposedly claim that they try their best to use the do not call lists.

PvK

Erax · #8 November 5th, 2003, 03:53 PM

I just screen my calls. When I do pick up the phone and it's a telemarketer, I tell them I'm happy with my current newspaper subscription / auto insurance / credit card.

We've had some trouble with telemarketers at work, but it's fallen off lately. Someone must have threatened to tell the Big Boss about it.

Parasite · #9 November 5th, 2003, 04:29 PM

Each company has a "Do Not Call" list for that company. They must call you, and then you must say "Don't call me again (

please

)". This also works for charities you don't want to support and others. It is not the Texas or the National list.

primitive · #10 November 5th, 2003, 04:39 PM

Just some info on no-call lists. We have had a similar system going over here for about 5 years. It took some time to start working, but after a while its all good stuff.

The bloodsucking telemarketing companies

, will soon learn that it is not economic to pester people on the no-call list. They do track their sales, and will probably have to make 10 times as many calls per sale with the no-callers as with other people. As soon as they realise this, the no-call list will go from being an enemy to an important sales tool. To bad each company need to learn this for themselves though, instead of trusting experience learned the hard way elsewhere.

I love the no-call list. I have not had a telemarketer call me in 3-4 years

BTW:
We even got an option to block beggars (charities). That is still not working 100 % though, but its getting longer and longer between calls.