I despise telemarketers...

wbarnhill

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I got one of those "Your car warranty is about to expire!" calls. Kinda funny since I haven't even had my MINI for a year. Once I started asking about the company they worked for, they hung up on me. The number they called from is a residential line in New Hampshire. It's busy every time I try to call back.

I'm half tempted to give them a bunch of false information to string them along next time they call (as they're bound to)... I wonder if there's any law against that...

Anyone else had to deal with these scumbags?
 
I thought you could get on the no call registry and be done with it. Haven't been bothered since we did that a few years ago. Except for all the political crap.
 
steingar said:
I thought you could get on the no call registry and be done with it. Haven't been bothered since we did that a few years ago. Except for all the political crap.
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These companies are openly breaking the law. Verizon's already sued one of them for falsifying caller IDs when they call.
 
wbarnhill said:
I'm half tempted to give them a bunch of false information to string them along next time they call (as they're bound to)... I wonder if there's any law against that...
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I did that once with a credit card company...went through the whole process, and at the end they said "Now, I have to read you the terms and conditions..." and on for several minutes of reading the fine print followed by "Now I need you to indicate that you accept the terms & conditions" and I answered "No, I don't like those. Sorry, bye."
 
steingar said:
I thought you could get on the no call registry and be done with it. Haven't been bothered since we did that a few years ago. Except for all the political crap.
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Well, not quite. Everyone claims to be conducting a survey or to have some 'existing relationship' with permission.

I really don't pay for the phone lines I have to receive unwanted calls. I try to make that point and ask them to remove me from their list before I disconnect them politely.

Best,

Dave
 
wbarnhill said:
I got one of those "Your car warranty is about to expire!" calls. Kinda funny since I haven't even had my MINI for a year. Once I started asking about the company they worked for, they hung up on me. The number they called from is a residential line in New Hampshire. It's busy every time I try to call back.

I'm half tempted to give them a bunch of false information to string them along next time they call (as they're bound to)... I wonder if there's any law against that...

Anyone else had to deal with these scumbags?
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I was getting those, too. If you push 2 during the message, it's supposed to drop you off their list. It seems to have worked, I haven't gotten a call in about a week.


Trapper John
 
I get the U.S. mailed version of the "Car Warranty About to Expire. The scam(?) is that for those who fall for the "deal," in order to get something repaired under said "Warranty" you may have to drive to a state or two away from where you live. It's likely that no auto dealership(or service facility) in your area is aligned with the "Deal."

HR
 
This site is supposed to give you info about a number if that helps. Before you take a call with a strange area code, might be worth a check to avoid those huge charges from off-shore.
http://800notes.com/

Best,

Dave
 
I tell them "You are calling me on my cell phone, but you can call back my home number and ask for William at area code 864..."


:D :D :D
 
I applied to the State of Texas for a Sales Tax & Use Permit. I'm now getting calls for merchant card systems, etc. A couple were offering me a "free" computer to help use their services.
 
wbarnhill said:
I got one of those "Your car warranty is about to expire!" calls. Kinda funny since I haven't even had my MINI for a year. Once I started asking about the company they worked for, they hung up on me. The number they called from is a residential line in New Hampshire. It's busy every time I try to call back.

I'm half tempted to give them a bunch of false information to string them along next time they call (as they're bound to)... I wonder if there's any law against that...

Anyone else had to deal with these scumbags?
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I've been hit four times in the past month, twice on each car. Both are well out of warranty (Subie with 135k, Acura with 130k, both greater than 5 years old). I just chuckle and hang up.

Cheers,

-Andrew
 
astanley said:
I've been hit four times in the past month, twice on each car. Both are well out of warranty (Subie with 135k, Acura with 130k, both greater than 5 years old). I just chuckle and hang up.
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Maybe I should ask them how much it is to renew the warranty on my 1910 Willys.
 
tonycondon said:
they've been calling a lot lately.
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Somehow they have both my wife's and my cellphone numbers.

I've been telling them I sold the car. They all say politely that they will take me off the list but it doesn't stop the calls. :mad3:

-Skip
 
If caller ID sez "Out Of Area" I pick up and hang up. Done.
 
The "Do Not Call" takes 30 days before it becomes effective.

These ***holes get the list *as soon* as you're on it, and bombard you with calls during the 30 day period.

I've recently put 2 cellphones on the list - and they followed that exact scenario.
 
I only get the Indian telemarketers that try to sell me vicoden and xanax. I did the whole do not call thing, but they still call. I find those calls entertaining, they are fun to mess with!! :D
 
pookies said:
I only get the Indian telemarketers that try to sell me vicoden and xanax. I did the whole do not call thing, but they still call. I find those calls entertaining, they are fun to mess with!! :D
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Record one if you get a chance, I'm sure it'd be great to listen to. :rofl:
 
flyersfan31 said:
If caller ID sez "Out Of Area" I pick up and hang up. Done.
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The problem is, most of them aren't "out of area" any more. They use real numbers.

I tend to only answer people in my address book, and not plain numbers. If they are a real person and leave a message, then I'll call right back.
 
it was my understanding that you did not have to put
cellphones on the do-not-call list.
 
Bob Noel said:
it was my understanding that you did not have to put
cellphones on the do-not-call list.
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I think that has changed- my company sent out a memo suggesting we put our cell phones on the DNC list some months ago.
 
I just looked at the do-not-call registry website. Telemarketers are prohibited from used automated callers to call mobile phones. But we can still put cellphones on
the registry.

However, since some of the pondscum ignore the do-not-call registry (recorded messages to my homephone in violation of the law), I don't trust them to not call my cellphone. Putting the cell on the registry just serves to tell them of a valid cell number that they can legally call for 30 days.
 
wsuffa said:
The "Do Not Call" takes 30 days before it becomes effective.

These ***holes get the list *as soon* as you're on it, and bombard you with calls during the 30 day period.

I've recently put 2 cellphones on the list - and they followed that exact scenario.
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Calling a cellphone is illegal 30 days or not. They can't make you pay to listen to their garbage.

I remind, http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm has worked wonders for me. Yopu only get a letter in followup so it may be the "lion repellent" or "rainman" deal but in my case I never got a a second call when I had sleezeball collectors calling me several times a day.
 
mikea said:
Calling a cellphone is illegal 30 days or not. They can't make you pay to listen to their garbage.
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Doesn't stop 'em. I just got the car warranty call on my cell yesterday. When I pressed 2 to be taken off their list, they hung up on me before my finger was off the button. I bet I'm still on the list.

Old lists of numbers never die, either. I sold out of my business almost 7 years ago now, but I still have the same number. We ran the business on cell phones, and I still occasionally get calls wanting to sell the business something.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Doesn't stop 'em. I just got the car warranty call on my cell yesterday. When I pressed 2 to be taken off their list, they hung up on me before my finger was off the button. I bet I'm still on the list. ...
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You respond to spam, too? :nonod: You just told them your number was good.

Like I said these guys are not in the U.S. They're not going to drop any number.

I think my TeleZapper occasionally works on these guys.

I've gotten calls with "Warranty Service" in the Caller ID name. I took the phone off hook to zap 'em and it has worked.
 
mikea said:
Calling a cellphone is illegal 30 days or not. They can't make you pay to listen to their garbage.

I remind, http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm has worked wonders for me. Yopu only get a letter in followup so it may be the "lion repellent" or "rainman" deal but in my case I never got a a second call when I had sleezeball collectors calling me several times a day.
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The problem, Mike, is that with transportablilty it's darn hard to tell whether you're on a cell or not.
 
I can support that!
 
wsuffa said:
The problem, Mike, is that with transportablilty it's darn hard to tell whether you're on a cell or not.
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I thought transportability was only taking a cell number to a different carrier. Is it actually possible to get a former land-line number assigned to a cell phone? :dunno:
 
mikea said:
You respond to spam, too? :nonod: You just told them your number was good.
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You told them the number was good the moment you answered the phone.

Honestly--I've never received a telemarketer phone call in my entire life. Perhaps it's because I'm young--or perhaps its just because I've never used anything but cellphones.
 
wbarnhill said:
I got one of those "Your car warranty is about to expire!" calls. Kinda funny since I haven't even had my MINI for a year. Once I started asking about the company they worked for, they hung up on me. The number they called from is a residential line in New Hampshire. It's busy every time I try to call back.

I'm half tempted to give them a bunch of false information to string them along next time they call (as they're bound to)... I wonder if there's any law against that...

Anyone else had to deal with these scumbags?
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Are you on the no call list?

I just lay the phone down on the counter and walk away.
 
flyingcheesehead said:
I thought transportability was only taking a cell number to a different carrier. Is it actually possible to get a former land-line number assigned to a cell phone? :dunno:
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Yep, my mom did that. She relised when she did it that she was more likely to get telemarkers but She's had that number for 30 years are didn't want to just cancle it. More people then I have count have call up out of the past just to see if we were still at that number.
 
sba55 said:
Try this: http://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.html

An easy $500 for every call. And I bet that will make them stop.

-Felix
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If they wouldn't hang up the moment you start asking for their company name and address, then I would. They know they're violating the law, so the moment you bring anything like that up, they release the call.

And the caller ID referenced a residential phone number in New Hampshire that's always busy.
 
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