"Me" posted on Sept 2007 research companies are exempt from the do not call list.
That's NOT true. Those companies will tell you the same thing, too. Look CLOSELY at the FTC code, and it does NOT say "research" companies are exempt. If you want to get specific - they'r soliciting for information. But in fact... government surveys and non-profit research are the ONLY exempt! I went head to head with a research CEO, and finally conceded I was correct.
Another unwanted call at dinnertime, of course. When else? The caller said something like, is this _ _ _- _ _ _ _ ? And I said, "don't know what you're selling, but this number is on the Do Not Call list". And I promptly hung up. I guess this person, company, whatever, doesn't respect the National Do Not Call list. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible!!
i wish there was someone in our federal govt using our tax dollars to clamp down on these unethical telemarketers who, when you ask to be taken off their list, hang up in your face, or who force you to waste your time listening to a long prerecorded advertising message before they give you the option to be removed from their call list. even then, you can't be sure if they're really doing it. or how about the aggressive ones who are trying to sell you a Sprint phone, and when you politely say, "please remove me from your call list," they argue with you and try to make you feel like a moron because you're turning down a free phone...
Recieved a call from 501-217-3296. No response on the line when I answered. I wonder how the telemarketing employees feel when they get a call like this disturbing them at home on a weekend afternoon? Like the nickname says, telemarketers need to get a real job and leave us alone...........
In my opinion the tatic that Flake Wilkerson uses is just another form of telemarketing. I mean they use survey tactics to promote a company even to the point of claiming they had been contacted first. If you are truly doing a survey then there should be no mention of having ties to the company they are representing. In other words they should only ask comparison questions seeking desirability of at least three companies. Also if they do make claims to be added to another type of DO NOT CALL list then they need to make good on it or be prosecuted for false advertisement & if for some reason that part of the system is malfunctioning then they need to provide a means to get back into their system to get on that list at a later date. Anything less is just proof the responsible entity is not as upstanding as they claim to be and just being as frivalous as normal telemarketers. It just goes to show that someone will always find a loophole to abuse the system to disrupt the lives of people trying to relax and live peaceably without the harrassment of public society.
I keep getting calls from 501-217-3296 so i called their headquarters and they said they were exempt from the national do not call list but that they would take me off their "do not call list". hopefully this will help. marketing people should be sent to an island where they are forced to hear ringing phones all day.