I have received 5 phone calls from this number since I moved to Boston 3 weeks ago. I did answer the first 2 times. The first time the person that was on the other line could not control her laughter (I guess a coworker was funny) and she could not even get through all of her lines. Very unprofessional! I asked them to take me off the list both times, and I just received 2 more calls today! Also, I am already on the do not call national list - this is getting out of hand
Thanks for the tip - I hope that it works!
-The majority of people who get called after obtaining a new number don't realize that most new numbers are simply re-assigned numbers for people who dropped their service. It's the previous owner's information that is leading the call there, not so much rapid information gathering.
-9/10ths of calls are done through an automatic dialer that won't connect you to live a person until after you pick up and it'll recirculate your number back into the list to be called back at a later time if you don't answer. It's usually faster to answer the phone and ask nicely to be put on the no call list. Most of the time as long as you aren't rude you'll get put on the list.
-The international do not call list is very poorly maintained. Even after you've input your information- it took me about six months to get my name on the list properly.
It is indeed the Boston Globe. I get the Globe only on Sundays, and they keep calling me every few months to get me to switch to the weekly subscription, which I have assured them time and again I do not want. Since I do business with them (for my Sunday subscription), I cannot be placed on their no-call list. However, because of their incessant phone calls, I am considering canceling my subscription entirely.
On several occasions, the telemarketer has even had the gall to ask, "Can I ask why you do not want the paper delivered every day?" Notwithstanding the fact that I do not feel I need to explain myself to them, I do reply, "Because we read the paper online for the rest of the week, and I do not feel like having to recycle more newspaper than I do already."
They will keep calling daily, sometimes twice a day, until I answer, however. So I will have to answer eventually and tell them my tale for the upteenth time.