I asked for a business card. All they had was the estimate form thing. It had a Co name and 888 number only. No adress. I asked where they came from. They said Los Angeles. WooHoo. They came a long way!!!
There were 2 young guys W/ Russian accents. The guy with the paperwork had a GI Joe Kung Fu grip on that paperwork. He was not about to let go.
I managed to get it out of his hands and advise him that they were in violation of the do not call list and Calif civil code 1770. The dude paniced and they got the sheet back out of my hands. F!@#. Almost brawled with the guy!! but i let it go...
Oh well. Maybe next time they'll come from Ventura or Riverside.
Wouldn't it be funny if it were the same dudes.
And next time - The paperwork goes IN THE POCKET!!! Damn Me.
SCREW WITH THESE PEOPLE.
The government won't do crap. The Do Not Call list doesn't work!
Sales recording by DeAnn for a carpet cleaning service. The recording requested that you push #1 on the phone if you would like to hear more. I pushed the number and DeAnn answered. I asked that she remove my phone number from her database. She hung up on me. I called the phone number displayed on my caller ID, but received a busy tone.
In California, a long-standing state law requires that prerecorded messages be introduced with a “live” speaker before the recorded message can be played; however, compliance with this law has been nil.
California Civil Code 1770 states that the following unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result or which results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer are unlawful:
(22) (A) Disseminating an unsolicited prerecorded message by telephone without an unrecorded, natural voice first informing the person answering the telephone of the name of the caller or the organization being represented, and either the address or the telephone number of the caller, and without obtaining the consent of that person to listen to the prerecorded message.
Yet, consumer complaints to both PRC and UCAN indicate that this California law is flagrantly violated by telemarketers who use prerecorded messages. In considering whether to create an exemption so that companies can contact customers with EBRs using prerecorded messages, the Commission needs to take into consideration tactics historically employed by those in the direct marketing industry to avoid telemarketing laws.