Turn the Tables on those pesky telemarketers
No matter what you will get some of those telemarking calls even if you ar eon the do not call list. If you own a business they are exempt from the do not call list. So many of these companies use auto dialers and such. In fact there are times when they will call and nobody is on the other end. This might be a way their system will test if there is anyone at your number. I google every one of these numbers from the caller ID. I have found all sorts of scammers and some info about each since there are websites that log these calls. You can find all sorts of good info on the guys calling you. Of course you can always let an answering machine screen all of your calls. These people always have urgent info for you.
Tags: do not call list, telemarketers
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February 19, 2009 at 6:01 pm
I even got calls from those on my cell phone. Should that not be something where I can fight back legally and get them to pay me for the hassle?
It has gotten so bad with automated call centers that I get 30 new messages on my answering machine a day, all trash. I think I will just get rid of my landline alltogether and only use my mobile phone in the future, it’s just not worth the hassle anymore.
The only alternative I see would be an answering machine with a whitelist feature: You enter the phone numbers that are allowed to call through and leave a message, everything else gets blocked or ends up in a separate answering machine bin with no ringer disturbing the peace of the house.
My t-mobile/google G1 phone allows me to set individual contacts to go straight to voicemail, thats pretty cool too