Problem is, you have to find them, and you have to sue them in their home town, not yours. You might me able to recoop your costs of the flight out there, though. Bigger problem is that most of these people are not legitimate telemarketers. They are scam artists with spoofed numbers, so it's much more difficult to track them down and sue them or get them arrested.
9-22-09 11:48 Caller Id: Merchant SVC from 214-624-5721 I posted this on another forum as well -
this Biotch asked for the owner. When told I could take a message she stated that she'd just call back tomorrow. I said there would be no need as I'd ask the same question before putting a call through. She said she this call was for the owner, I said do you even know the owners name? stammer studder umm oh aaa so I said WHO ARE YOU - she said she was the owners merchant account, so I asked and who might that be. APEX she said. That is NOT the merchant service the company I work for uses. She said she'd call back tomorrow and injected some other snide nasty remarks - another caller I won't have to answer.
Purchase an inexpensive FAX machine and install it on your incoming line. The instructions will tell you how to manually activate the FAX machine which will start the long s-c-r-e-a-c-h-i-n-g of an incoming FAX. Very annoying and very helpful in stopping annoying calls.
Calls seem endless,these idiots are continually calling,even after I blocked them, The last time they asked for an owner or manager,I told him they were all dead, and that I was a serial killer and asked him WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?----They still call
I just received a phone call from this number. There was a man singing Michael Jackson's "you are not alone" really loud and obnoxiously when i answered. I said "HELLO?" and he goes "HELLOOOO??" so i asked what he needed and he BURPED before he began to ask me for the Owner. I told him he was not here, he rudely asked "WELL WHEN WILL HE BE THERE?"... i told him he's always in and out of meetings and he said he'd try back later. I hung up. What a great way to ruin my Friday. Someone HAS to stop these people. I placed our business on the do not call registry and we still get atleast 10 calls a day!
They have called twice over the last week. If I din't recognize the number, I don't answer; transfer them to voice mail. Oddly enough, they don't leave a message! Coinsidering gettin an air horn, and next time answer it with that. Maybe then they'll stop calling?