" i believe the "do not call list" gets sold to the solicitor companies" Well how else are the legitimate companies supposed to know which numbers to scrub off their call lists? Are they supposed to hire a clairvoyant to somehow glean those numbers? Since you are not on the list you are now getting calls from everyone. The legitimate companies are allowed to call you, and the criminals who never ever obey the law.
they wanted to sell me an alarm system. Told them I already had one, it's called a 12 gauge shot gun. Dead silence for about 10 seconds then they put me on the do not call list.