Posted on 11/07/2008 5:54:14 PM PST by indianbob
Business think tank, Direct Marketing Directions, has released their findings on the worldwide effect of ‘Do not call’ lists throughout the English-speaking world based on six months worth of research and interviews.
(Excerpt) Read more at corporatesalessolutions.com ...
Telemarketing companies going out of business does not fit my definition of a “problem”.
If a business or industry cannot survive without intruding on people who have made it clear they want to be left alone, it has no business existing.
The same is true for businesses that claim they cannot survive without illegal alien labor.
HRC would call them “undercapitalized businesses”.
They are parasites. Our land line gets many of these calls per day, we have been on do not call list for 3 years.
There is a $10,000 fine if they violate the list. There is information on how to sue them and collect damages.
I am seriously looking attempting to do this
To the telemarketers: tough, ya need a tissue? I got one that I’m not using.
There is a better way!
SUBSIDY! BAILOUT! You know, maybe those 2 AM infomercials get have their own Congressional bailout program. Then you really can make millions by telling others how easy it is to flip houses.
Now THAT’S funny!
I have been on the “do not call” list for years and yet I still get sales calls. Most aggressive telemarketers just ignore the list. I even get them at 8 in the am. When I mention that even if I were not on the list, they are required to call after 9am … I’m told that they can call as early as 8:30. When I bring to their attention that it is only a little after 8 am they just get snippety and hang up (only to call again after 9am).
If I attempt to complain at the “do not call” site, I get the scripted message that it takes many complaints to get an investigation started.
I will admit that the number of telemarketing calls are not what the used to be … they seem to be growing in number recently.
The article seems to present a fair and balanced view of the industry issues.
Nonsense.
I never in my lifetime bought anything because someone called my home at suppertime. In fact there were probally things that I might have wanted to buy that I did not because that had pissed me off so much.
My Being on the no call list does not cost these people one cent as they never would have gotten one from me. It does allow them to call someone else that is not on the list that might buy something from them.
We got caller ID and an answering machine. Great combo.
Before that I would get calls:
T: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Right Wing Assault?
me: Uh, just a minute, I’ll get Right for you.
me: “Hey, Right! Phone call for you. No, I don’t know who it is, but it sounds pretty important.”
Then I would stall for a minute or so and make noises as if I were trying to get someone to come to the phone. “Hey, Right! Are you coming? This guy’s waiting.”
Then I would call one of my toddlers over and quietly tell him to talk to my friend on the phone.
We dumped our land line over three years ago and have NEVER regretted it. My parents dumped theirs last year, mostly because they were dreading election season.
An industry that shouldn't exist.
Just as I long thought, the real cause of the recession! Case in point: Layoffs at my company this week (seriously), which sells million dollar software packages. If you evil conservatives had taken those supper time calls, many working class people in my workplace would still have jobs.
Lets repeal the income tax and put all the IRS people out of work as well. Then they could compete with telemarketers for real jobs.
HaHaHa! That’s excellent! LOL!
“The think tank estimates that over 100,000 jobs have been lost as a result of these initiatives and upwards of (USD) $10 billion has been removed from the economy.”
“Removed from the economy.” Such total economic illiteracy. If people aren’t getting paid the $10 billion for tele-harassing, the money is getting spent on SOMETHING ELSE!
But again I was shot down, the govt must regulate ATM fees as well. So much for conservatism.
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