Community Chat

[gloriajean]

I re-registered again a couple or three days ago - still getting calls on my cell, and his. There's one what calls often, says no caller ID, I did answer today and told them I'm on the no call list and please take me off their list. They said they will. My husband's cell, Rachel called again - she's still not retired!! Can't talk back, it's always a recording. Just before a call from Texas and New York came which I didn't answer. They should have the no call list by now. It's so annoying. Anyone else?

[insomniac]

I haven't updated this in a long time. What's the number to call?

[gloriajean]

I googled that one - the topic - and re-registered on line there.

That should work, shouldn't it?

[tansy]

The DNC list has turned into a joke. I rarely get calls on my cell though.

[gloriajean]

We don't have a landline for years, and my cell has the old landline No. but my husband gets them too on his call, not as much as I do though. So it's a joke?

I thought at first it used to work for me. And I thought calls that ignored that could be reported somewhere. Right or wrong?

[tansy]

On 5/13/2014 gloriajean said:

We don't have a landline for years, and my cell has the old landline No. but my husband gets them too on his call, not as much as I do though. So it's a joke?

I thought at first it used to work for me. And I thought calls that ignored that could be reported somewhere. Right or wrong?

What I meant by joke is that the telemarketers are ignoring the do-not-call laws and finding sneaky ways to skirt the laws.

[KathyPet]

if a telemarketer has no fear of being caught and punished for violating the Do Not Call Registry then they will continue to ignore the registry. Only law abiding companies abide by the list. The enforcement effort is a joke. The FTC can't locate and shut these boiler room telemarketing firms down because the companies are always three steps ahead of the government investigators. The Do Not Call Registry is just another useless, feel good government program that costs us tax money and accomplishes nothing. Honest, law abiding marketing firms abide by it but many illegitimate companies just don't care because they know they won't get caught.

[september]

That Rachel is so annoying. It seems she calls everyone. What really annoys me, is all the calls we get for our son, who hasn't lived here since 2005.

[ShowMe]

I continually get calls from "Bankcard Services"....... Have even waited for them to transfer me to someone so I could talk to a human.....when I did, I told the young man that I was going to report them to the state attorney general.....he said Ooookkkkk......then hung up. Then another time I did the same thing and told them I was an attorney.....they hung up again. Now, I just pick the phone up after the first ring and then put it back down and it disconnects. Their recording always says the same thing......this is your last chance.....etc.......

I too have had the New York call.

And yes, I am also on the Do Not Call list.......

[Kachina624]

The Do Not Call Registry is for life. You only have to register once. There is no enforcement so the calls continue unabated. I don't get many because I have a recording on my phone that says I don't accept sales calls. The few that continue regardless are always from New York. I never answer the phone if I don't recognize the number.