Just received a call. I pressed 1 and waited to speak to someone. I asked the name of the company and was tld National Energy Coalition. The recording never states the name. That is in direct volation of the FCC rules and regulations as follows:
" All artificial or prerecorded telephone messages must state, at the beginning, the identity of the business, individual, or other entity that is responsible for initiating the call. If a business is responsible for initiating the call, the name under which the entity is registered to conduct business with the State Corporation Commission (or comparable regulatory authority) must be stated. In addition, the FCC’s rules prohibit the use of autodialers in a way that ties up two or more lines of a multi-line business at the same time. During or after the message, the caller must give the telephone number (other than that of the autodialer or prerecorded message player that placed the call) of the business, other entity, or individual that made the call so that you can call during regular business hours to ask that the company no longer call you. The number provided may not be a 900 number or any other number for which charges exceed local or long distance charges."
I asked who they were contracted by and was told that there were many. I asked her to give me just 2 and she promptly hung up on me.
National Energy Coalition calls several times a day with an automated system - say they are contracted by Florida Power and Light to conduct free energy audits. Someone named "Jasmine" eventually came on the line to try to schedule an appointment. She would not surrender a manager's name, a phone number, or a location of the business. Told me a representative would be in my area in a few days. When I insisted on a phone number, she hung up on me. Jerks.
We keep receiving calls and this time I pressed 1 and got an operator. She, when questioned, identified her company as National Energy Coalition. I complained about the many calls received, but I am sure to no avail. We are on a nocall listing, which means nothing to them. Hopefully they will be located and properly fined and closed.
We are getting 2 calls per night for the last 5 nights on each of our numbers fro this National Energy Coalition. I pushed "1" and spoke to a person both times tonight. They claim they are only appointment setters and not telemarketers. I specifically asked them for their call back number as "I wanted to think about it." They refused and claimed they were not telemarketers and not selling anything but I could get $3700 free from the government. I asked them how that was possible as my understanding is that in order to get the $3700, you had to buy something. They said, well maybe, but that is what the inspector does, he'll tell you everything. I also asked them for their website. She said they have no web presence. I asked them if they were part of the National Save Energy Coalition, which does have a registered website. She said no, they are an independant company contracted by a wind company to call. I asked them if they are legally registered to do business in this state and they hung up.