Do Not Call Registry Gets Glowing Reviews 276
coondoggie writes to tell us that in a recent report to Congress by the FTC, the National Do Not Call Registry got glowing reviews. They seem to be well established now with $21 million in fees in the bank, 22 successful court cases, and an almost 70% approval rating. "In 2007, a total of 6,242 entities paid fees totaling $21,602,003 for access to the National Registry. According to the FTC, telemarketers and sellers can access registered telephone numbers and pay the appropriate fee for that access, if any, through an Internet website dedicated to that purpose. The only information about consumers that companies receive from the National Registry is the registered telephone number. Since the Registry's inception, a total of 18,197 unique entities have paid fees for access to the National Registry. The total amount of fees paid by all entities since the inception of the National Registry through the end of 2007 is $80,629,778, the report stated."
Telemarketers access the DNC registry?? (Score:3, Funny)
I thought the goal of the registry was to exclude marketers from getting this info? So who gve the glowing reviews?
Re:Telemarketers access the DNC registry?? (Score:2, Funny)
How do you expect telemarketers to know who not to call if you do not *tell* them who not to call?
Re:Telemarketers access the DNC registry?? (Score:5, Funny)
If you don't have access to the list, how are you supposed to know who not to call?
Re:Not the end state (Score:4, Funny)
I have been using a personal cellphone as my primary contact number for the better part of a decade, and to date have only received two spam texts (when I was with Nextel, 6 years ago) and not a single unsolicited sales phonecall. About twice a year, someone dials a wrong number and gets me, to which I politely tell them that no, there is little chance that Joe Bob Jackson Seefus Jr. lives even NEAR me.
Simple solution to telemarketers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sorry but the DNC list is bullshit (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not the end state (Score:4, Funny)
A statement that is only technically correct. All of the telemarketing calls I get on my cellphone are recorded messages.
Re:Not the end state (Score:5, Funny)
No one bothers people on cell phones.
But people on cell phones bother everyone.
Re:Telemarketers access the DNC registry?? (Score:2, Funny)
I thought the goal of the registry was to exclude marketers from getting this info? So who gve the glowing reviews?
Well, think about it. How do you know if you are allowed to call someone, unless the list is actually published.
This is a clear violation of my rights to both privacy and sarcasm! Telemarketers should not be allowed to know that they are not allowed to call me and you, sir, need to take a deep breath before posting.
Re:Still too many loopholes (Score:3, Funny)
I have a cousin who actually LOVES to get telemarketing calls, though. He has found all kinds of creative ways to screw with them. He will try to keep them on the line as long as possible, encouraging them with lots of questions and feigned interest, only to tell them "No" at the end (time is money for telemarketers). He will ask them "Hey could you hang on just a minute?" then put the phone down and go watch TV. My personal favorite is when he responds to them with "EXCUSE ME, but I'm trying to masturbate here!"
And all over the world, poor schmucks who are paying their way through graduate school by working as telemarketers get great stories to tell their buddies at the pub.
He's doing them a service!
Re:Not the end state (Score:4, Funny)
If I had mod points, I'd mark this "redundant". Not the whole article, just the words "telemarketer" and "con-persons".
Re:Simple solution to telemarketers (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not the end state (Score:4, Funny)
Massachusetts Volunteer Firefighters Association
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I hope those bastards burn in hell
I suspect they've got a fighting chance at avoiding that particular fate...
Re:Don't get me wrong... (Score:3, Funny)
He explicitly used a sarcasm tag, oddly enough.
Re:Don't get me wrong... (Score:1, Funny)
1. Note the quotation marks around the phrase? Thet denotes that it is not my words; I am QUOTING.
2. Your use of the word "begins" is out of context
3. You forgot your <pedant> tag ;)
Re:Not the end state (Score:4, Funny)