Federal Do Not Call Program
:: Monday, March 31st, 2003 @ 1:47:35 pm
:: Tags: General
Cindy Yu just sent this to me:
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Pre-register for the national Do Not Call Program
Californians can now pre-register here for the nationwide Do Not Call list that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to launch this summer. California is joining in the national Do Not Call registry which is FREE to consumers. If you sign up today, you can stop unwanted telemarketing calls beginning in October under the nationwide program. We will deliver the pre-registered California telephone numbers to the FTC as soon as the federal agency is ready to receive them – most likely in July 2003.
Only California residential and mobile telephone numbers are eligible for this program. Business telephone numbers are excluded. Beginning October 2003, telemarketers must stop calling consumers whose telephone number is on the national Do Not Call list.
While most telemarketer calls will be prohibited, there are certain exceptions. For example, charities, and companies that have an established relationship with a consumer will still be allowed to make calls.
More info: http://nocall.doj.state.ca.us/
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you know…I actually WAS a telemarketer for about 3 days.
Worst…job…EVER
-E
yeah, we had a similar list created last year here in Texas, and it seems to work pretty well. The only down side is the amount of time that has to go by before your name is ‘active’ on the no-call list.
I joined some third-party one, which seems to work pretty well. You have to pay money, though.
I also tend to just change my number when the number of calls increase. :)
yeah, I had to pay some fee like $10 or something to get on the list. For those reading who are in Tejas, the web site is:
http://www.texasnocall.com
I’ve been drooling over this do no call list. Not only do we get a bunch of shit calls, but our number used to be for a small business, so we get residential AND small business-oriented spam calls.
I remember Bob Stevens as a telemarketer. I remember him wondering why people were so rude… ha.