KNOW THE LIMITATIONS OF THE DO NOT CALL REGISTRY BY GOING TO THIS WEB SITE https://www.privacyrights.org/telemarketing-how-have-quiet-evening-home.
THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY ONLY COVERS LEGITIMATE TELEMARKETERS AND NOT ALL SOLICITATION CALLS ARE COVERED BY IT. The following type of calls are EXEMPT from the DNC Registry:
• CHARITIES
• SURVEY RESEARCHERS (So those telemarketers who ask you to complete a survey but then try to sell you something by the end of the call are LEGAL)
• INFORMATIONAL CALLS
• POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
• COMPANIES TO WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN WRITTEN CONSENT TO REMAIN ON THEIR CALLING LIST
• COMPANIES (OR A COMPANY’S AFFILIATES) WITH WHICH YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP (EBR)
“A company with which a consumer has an established business relationship may call for up to 18 months after the consumer’s last purchase or last delivery, or last payment, unless the consumer asks the company not to call again. In that case, the company must honor the request not to call. If the company calls again, it may be subject to a fine of up to $40,000.
If a consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to a company, the company can call for three months. Once again, if the consumer makes a specific request to that company not to call, the company may not call, even if it has an established business relationship with the consumer.”
This web site thoroughly covers the Do Not Call provisions and regulations: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-cent ... -provisions-tsr.
The DNC is just a list. A list of people who do not want to be called by telemarketers. Not a machine that automatically smashes them when your number is dialed. It was designed so that you could register and legitimate businesses could and would check the list for people who wished not to be contacted by legitimate business callers. To expect the criminals to observe the list and not call is like expecting bank robbers to not rob banks with a “No Robbing” sign on the door. One has to use a little common sense in understanding that most all of the posts here are complaining about the scammers and those who criminally use your telephone to trick you out of your money regardless of the DNC. They are going to continue calling you tomorrow and the next day whether the DNC exists or not. However, look at all of the post and see how many complain because Walmart or Target has called trying to sell them something over the phone. They all complain about thieves, bottom feeders, scumbags, etc. No list in the world is going to give anyone the total immunity that people think they will get with the DNC registry. Look at all of the companies whom could legitimately dial your number and telemarket you if your name was not on the list, and yet the thousands who could...do not....As far as the DNC list actually increasing the unwanted calls rather than decreasing them, not on my phone it hasn't. All I get are those thieves, scammers, huxters, IRS impersonators, and Rachel that we talk about in these posts.
Typical of the modern telemarketing calls to hang up after a short ring. I think the phony logic is that upon your calling back to inquire why they called, they pitch their product freely without legal consequence because you called them. Hence they allegedly did not violate the federal DO NOT CALL registry listing. It is weak logic for pathetic people.
KNOW THE LIMITATIONS OF THE DO NOT CALL REGISTRY BY GOING TO THIS WEB SITE https://www.privacyrights.org/telemarketing-how-have-quiet-evening-home.
THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY ONLY COVERS LEGITIMATE TELEMARKETERS AND NOT ALL SOLICITATION CALLS ARE COVERED BY IT. The following type of calls are EXEMPT from the DNC Registry:
• CHARITIES
• SURVEY RESEARCHERS (So those telemarketers who ask you to complete a survey but then try to sell you something by the end of the call are LEGAL)
• INFORMATIONAL CALLS
• POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
• COMPANIES TO WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN WRITTEN CONSENT TO REMAIN ON THEIR CALLING LIST
• COMPANIES (OR A COMPANY’S AFFILIATES) WITH WHICH YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP (EBR)
“A company with which a consumer has an established business relationship may call for up to 18 months after the consumer’s last purchase or last delivery, or last payment, unless the consumer asks the company not to call again. In that case, the company must honor the request not to call. If the company calls again, it may be subject to a fine of up to $40,000.
If a consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to a company, the company can call for three months. Once again, if the consumer makes a specific request to that company not to call, the company may not call, even if it has an established business relationship with the consumer.”
This web site thoroughly covers the Do Not Call provisions and regulations: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-cent ... -provisions-tsr.
The DNC is just a list. A list of people who do not want to be called by telemarketers. Not a machine that automatically smashes them when your number is dialed. It was designed so that you could register and legitimate businesses could and would check the list for people who wished not to be contacted by legitimate business callers. To expect the criminals to observe the list and not call is like expecting bank robbers to not rob banks with a “No Robbing” sign on the door. One has to use a little common sense in understanding that most all of the posts here are complaining about the scammers and those who criminally use your telephone to trick you out of your money regardless of the DNC. They are going to continue calling you tomorrow and the next day whether the DNC exists or not. However, look at all of the post and see how many complain because Walmart or Target has called trying to sell them something over the phone. They all complain about thieves, bottom feeders, scumbags, etc. No list in the world is going to give anyone the total immunity that people think they will get with the DNC registry. Look at all of the companies whom could legitimately dial your number and telemarket you if your name was not on the list, and yet the thousands who could...do not....As far as the DNC list actually increasing the unwanted calls rather than decreasing them, not on my phone it hasn't. All I get are those thieves, scammers, huxters, IRS impersonators, and Rachel that we talk about in these posts.
If you are worried because some of the fraudsters who call you can recite part of your social security number, address or other personal information correctly then do what I did & put a FREEZE on all 3 of your credit reports. Just go to transunion.com, experian.com, & equifax.com. Look for "how to place a credit freeze" or similar phrase, click on it, & follow the instructions. It takes about 10 minutes per website. Two of the 3 sites allowed me to place a freeze FREE OF CHARGE & the one that did charge only cost a few dollars. It only takes a few minutes to suspend your credit freeze when you need to apply for credit (or you need to give someone access to your credit report, like a potential employer) & you can set the freeze to resume on the date of your choice (or not at all). While your credit freeze is active, your current creditors will be able to report your payments as usual but NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO (1) ACCESS YOUR REPORT OR (2) OPEN NEW CREDIT ACCOUNTS IN YOUR NAME if a credit check is required to open the new account. Your credit score won’t be effected. This is what credit ”locking” agencies that you see advertised on TV (the one that comes to mind has the initials LL) do for you but they charge you monthly. Why pay them to do what you can easily do for yourself? Just remember 2 things: (1) You want to place a credit FREEZE & NOT a fraud alert, & (2) Keep the password each credit agency gives you (or the ones you choose) when you place the freeze in a safe place because you will need them when you want to suspend this service. If you apply for credit really frequently, then a credit freeze may not be for you. But, if you are like me & only apply for credit occasionally, then a credit freeze can help prevent your identity from being stolen & used to open credit accounts in your name even if they have your complete social security number. I put a freeze on my children’s & grandparent’s credit reports to protect them.
KNOW THE LIMITATIONS OF THE DO NOT CALL REGISTRY BY GOING TO THIS WEB SITE https://www.privacyrights.org/telemarketing-how-have-quiet-evening-home.
THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY ONLY COVERS LEGITIMATE TELEMARKETERS AND NOT ALL SOLICITATION CALLS ARE COVERED BY IT. The following type of calls are EXEMPT from the DNC Registry:
• CHARITIES
• SURVEY RESEARCHERS (So those telemarketers who ask you to complete a survey but then try to sell you something by the end of the call are LEGAL)
• INFORMATIONAL CALLS
• POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
• COMPANIES TO WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN WRITTEN CONSENT TO REMAIN ON THEIR CALLING LIST
• COMPANIES (OR A COMPANY’S AFFILIATES) WITH WHICH YOU HAVE AN EXISTING BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP (EBR)
“A company with which a consumer has an established business relationship may call for up to 18 months after the consumer’s last purchase or last delivery, or last payment, unless the consumer asks the company not to call again. In that case, the company must honor the request not to call. If the company calls again, it may be subject to a fine of up to $40,000.
If a consumer makes an inquiry or submits an application to a company, the company can call for three months. Once again, if the consumer makes a specific request to that company not to call, the company may not call, even if it has an established business relationship with the consumer.”
The DNC is just a list. A list of people who do not want to be called by telemarketers. Not a machine that automatically smashes them when your number is dialed. It was designed so that you could register and legitimate businesses could and would check the list for people who wished not to be contacted by legitimate business callers. To expect the criminals to observe the list and not call is like expecting bank robbers to not rob banks with a “No Robbing” sign on the door. One has to use a little common sense in understanding that most all of the posts here are complaining about the scammers and those who criminally use your telephone to trick you out of your money regardless of the DNC. They are going to continue calling you tomorrow and the next day whether the DNC exists or not. However, look at all of the post and see how many complain because Walmart or Target has called trying to sell them something over the phone. They all complain about thieves, bottom feeders, scumbags, etc. No list in the world is going to give anyone the total immunity that people think they will get with the DNC registry. Look at all of the companies whom could legitimately dial your number and telemarket you if your name was not on the list, and yet the thousands who could...do not....As far as the DNC list actually increasing the unwanted calls rather than decreasing them, not on my phone it hasn't. All I get are those thieves, scammers, huxters, IRS impersonators, and Rachel that we talk about in these posts.