Registration on the US National Do Not Call Registry is permanant. When the law passed it was for 5 years. That law has been changed.Now registration is permanant. Some telemarketers and all scammers chose to break the law and ignore the list.
Yes, there are alot of ways you can accidentally give someone permission to call you even if you are on the list. Your creditors can call you. Charities, even fake ones, can call you. Politicians can call you. Polsters can call you.
With all do respect Mike, you sound like an educated man, but you are incorrect in a few points you stated. The utility companies in deregulated states are the ones that actually send out literature 4 times a year as required by the Public Utilities Commission. It's just a 4x6" insert stating that we as a utility company are no longer able to "supply" your electricity only deliver it. It also states you have the option of choosing from any one of these suppliers or we will do it for you. Furthermore, when they do it for you, you are actually charged an additional fee for this "customer charge" on your bill. The utility companies have to purchase your electricity already from one of these suppliers every month and do so on a "variable" rate...basically whatever the market has to offer. Sometimes they can guarantee a generation rate for a few months and its known as your SOS or standard offer service. Most suppliers offer 2 different options, a really appealing and low introductory rate, which after the 1, 2, or 3 month introductory period goes on to become a variable rate, which will fluctuate month to month. You really are at the mercy of the supplier at that point; the better companies will keep you considerably lower than the utility rates, and obviously the worse suppliers won't. There is no commitment or fees for terminating service for a variable rate(most of the time). The other option is a "fixed" rate, which if it's a good rate is always in your best interest. Instead of selling your electricity each month to the utility they look at your typical usage and purchase your electricity upfront in a
ione to three year block at a wholesale price. They pass the savings onto your utility who in turn passes it on to you. I enroll nothing but medium to large businesses and know for a fact that I save several people considerable amounts of money. As in any sales job there are always representatives and entire companies with questionable practices. I'm a broker that works with 36 of the licensed and approved suppliers and do the shopping for my customers. I have several customers I have retained since when certain states were deregulated more than 10 years ago and have saved some of them in the amount of millions of dollars, so I'm just a little bit frustrated when somebody claims my job is a fraud. Feel free to contact me with any questions if you are interested (855)330-3580 ext 209...Ray Taylor (People's Choice Energy)
P.S. Seeing as this is my workplace if anybody is just calling to complain about a bad experience, I ask you not to call. I guarantee anybody calling in without a supplier a savings of at least 20% and with a supplier at least 10% due to the fact that I most likely have a better relationship with that supplier from the amount of business I have brought them.