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What in the hell good is a phone you don't answer? Do yourself a favor and get rid of it

I tried that -- credit card companies would have cancelled my cards. Require a fixed land line, won't accept a cell or business number.

Another problem we have (not related to your comments) is overseas calls from relatives that show up on Caller-ID like any nuisance call. Can't distinquish them. And it is very difficult to get people from another culture to do something like leave their name or enter a PIN code -- they will just hang up.

I think you're too friendly with your cards. I changed my number a couple years ago, never told any of them, and haven't been hassled.

Caller-ID has always struck me as the worst answer for the puzzle, now you're paying extra to not get harrassed by somebody that shouldn't be bothering you in the first place. Then you add ID blocking into the mix and it's a wierd parable of the cold war.

The telemarketers should have been more responsive to people wanting off the list. I think they're going to come out of this in better shape than they went in. Basically the list is made of people that wouldn't buy from them anyway, this should increase their sales percentage and decrease their labor costs. Problem is they've always had this mentality that it's all about the number of calls they make, that's why they didn't want to take anybody off the list. Bad thinking led to backlash.