Comments on: Do Not Call List – Remember To Resubscribe

By: The Lawyer

The Lawyer — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:02:20 +0000

Nice Site.I will be visiting more often as you have done a good job.

By: David

David — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:32:33 +0000

Matt, you sound like a con artist. I never EVER speak to telemarketers, except to give them a piece of my mind. They are the scum of the earth when they interrupt me when I’m having dinner with offers of double-glazing, conservatories or the like. To those of like mind, if you get one that asks to speak to the property owner, just say “Hang on, I’ll go and get him”. Leave the phone off the hook and don’t come back. They’re paying, after all.

By: Will Light

Will Light — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:10:27 +0000

Our system in the UK does not work – I get just as much junk telemarketing stuff down my phone line as I did before I registered with the Telephone Preference Service. I think the law only can be enforced in the UK – so the telemarketers simply call from abroad – or use scam pre-recorded messages trying to get you to call back a number which charges you huge amounts per minute. This is a regular scam – I get maybe two of these per week.

Will Light

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:49:23 +0000

Here is an idea – get magic jack. Better yet, pick a long distance number and nobody will ever call you unless they really need to get a hold of you. I’ve got it and it works like a charm!

By: dhka

dhka — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:32:07 +0000

Hi Jason,
You ask : ‘…and besides that, who actually buys anything from an unsolicited call ?’
Come on man, you should know better than that. Who do you think pays for all those people envolved ? Get real.

By: Preston

Preston — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:57:05 +0000

Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Read more about it at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm.

By: Denny

Denny — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:29:30 +0000

By: Kenwood

Kenwood — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:34:56 +0000

The National-Do-Not-Call registery site states that registration is permanent. Do not re-register.

By: Jason Faulkner

Jason Faulkner — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:34:16 +0000

Well, I guess I have been resubscribing for nothing… Thanks for the correction.
It takes so little time to do that I never bothered reading the ‘fine print’ after first signing up several years ago.

By: David

David — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:19:18 +0000

I’m in the UK and we have a similar thing called the Telephone Preference Service:
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/
However, it does’t seem to stop calls originating from outside of the country, some of which are pre-recorded sales pitches – mostly (dare I say) with American accents! Wonder where THEY come from?
I have to say that my phone goes straight down the second I hear an obvious recorded voice. I really don’t know why they bother. Does anybody actually buy anything from these infuriating intrusions? The old cliche here is cold-calling double-glazing salespeople. I knew someone who used to live on a moored river barge and regularly got calls like that from random dialling. He had great fun with them, asking whether they could install it on port-holes!