Skip to comments.
Gadgets Get Sales Callers Through (Telemarketers find way around TeleZapper, Caller ID)
Charlotte Observer ^
| Fri, Feb. 28, 2003
| JIM KRANE
Posted on 02/28/2003 8:31:29 AM PST by Between the Lines
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
To: Between the Lines
Multiple post alert.
2
posted on
02/28/2003 8:34:04 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: Between the Lines
Multiple post alert.
3
posted on
02/28/2003 8:34:16 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: Between the Lines
Unbelievable....why can't these telemarketers realize that people are getting these blocking devices & signing up for these Do Not Call lists because they don't want to be bothered by them?
And now the telemarketers are trying to find ways to get around those blocking devices? Do they honestly think they will find a willing customer on the other end after all that?
To: Peace4EarthNow
The height of arrogance among telemarketers is that they are now having recordings call people up and giving sales pitches! They think we have nothing better to do with our time than to listen to a recorded message and WAIT for some salesman to take time out of his day for us?!!
To: Peace4EarthNow
Certainly not in our household! When we don't want to be bothered, we let the answering machine get the calls. Telemarketers hardly ever leave messages. I think we'll continue that policy. To my knowledge, there is no device that can force us to pick up the phone if we don't want to.
To: Peace4EarthNow
"Do they honestly think they will find a willing customer on the other end after all that?"Many of the people who rely on these devices to protect them are the type who can not say no to a salesman.
To: Between the Lines
The Federal Trade Commission has said its Do Not Call list will begin collecting names this summer and be in operation by the fall. Telemarketers who phone listed numbers can be fined up to $11,000 for each violation. oooooh, I can't wait!! Shame the 'victims' can't get a cut of that 11K.
To: Between the Lines
Does anyone know how to get on these "do not call" lists?
9
posted on
02/28/2003 8:49:05 AM PST
by
M. Peach
(eschew obsfucation)
To: Peace4EarthNow
Apparently it is working or they wouldn't keep going in the direction. If they weren't making money on it - it would stop...
10
posted on
02/28/2003 8:50:46 AM PST
by
M. Peach
(eschew obsfucation)
To: Between the Lines
"Many of the people who rely on these devices to protect them are the type who can not say no to a salesman."Nonsense. Most of us would just like to be free of these annoying calls. When my brother in law was in the hospital near death, we felt we had to run pick up the phone, even if it meant getting out of the shower, leaving the dinner to dry on the stove, or running indoors to get it--imagine our chagrine when it wasn't an update on his health, but another &*%$#@!! telemarketer.
They have NO right to intrude on my life as they try to do. It has nothing to do with "saying no." I have no trouble with saying that. I just shouldn't have to interrupt my life every time someone wants to sell aluminum siding to insurance.
To: Peace4EarthNow
Do they honestly think they will find a willing customer on the other end after all that?Yes. That's why they do it.
12
posted on
02/28/2003 8:54:59 AM PST
by
templar
To: MizSterious
They have NO right to intrude on my life as they try to do.You can put up a No Trespasing/No Soliciting sign on your gate or door, but your telephone is nearly defenseless.
13
posted on
02/28/2003 8:58:46 AM PST
by
templar
To: Between the Lines
Here's a letter I sent to my representative after reading this yesterday. Feel free to cut and paste and send to yours.
Representative ?,
I'm not sure where you stand on the telemarketing issues facing our state, but I thought you would be the best person to contact with my concerns.
There is quite a bit going on with telemarketing no-call lists right now, both at the state and federal level. I welcome the restrictions. In fact, I don't think they go far enough. But I'll take any protections I can get. Anyway, I hope you are on the side of the private citizen in this matter and suspect you are, given your background and other policy beliefs.
The reason I am writing is because a recent article I read (see below) reveals a side of the debate that I think must be addressed. Namely, the assertion of the telemarketing industry that they will not call those that don't want to be called. Really? If that is so, then why the unusually expensive outlay of money ($2700 per operator) for software that circumvents protections that private citizens have installed to rid themselves of calls.
If a citizen has gone to the trouble to pay $30 to $40 for a device that eliminates unwanted calls, wouldn't you think that that investment would be evidence enough to the telemarketers that the person doesn't want calls? It is, of course, and the telemarketers know it. But the arrogance of these individuals is astounding. Instead of taking a no for a no, they have gone to the trouble to develop methods of beating the protections installed by private citizens. As one individual in the article put it, this is an "arms race." Is that really how we want our home phone communications, and rights to privacy, to be characterized? As an arms race? Do I really have to go to war to have a decent family meal without interruptions?!
I know you are busy, but this is an issue that I think a majority of your constituents can identify with. And I bet that an overwhelming majority would favor anything you can do to help us out. Please give me back my peaceful dinners!
Thanks,
To: Between the Lines
Telemarketing advocates fear Do Not Call lists could devastate those revenues and the jobs that depend on them. Tough. One of the things we shout before hanging up is "GET A REAL JOB!"
Get a real job.
15
posted on
02/28/2003 9:09:35 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: Between the Lines
Here's a letter I sent to my representative after reading this yesterday. Feel free to cut and paste and send to yours.
Representative ?,
I'm not sure where you stand on the telemarketing issues facing our state, but I thought you would be the best person to contact with my concerns.
There is quite a bit going on with telemarketing no-call lists right now, both at the state and federal level. I welcome the restrictions. In fact, I don't think they go far enough. But I'll take any protections I can get. Anyway, I hope you are on the side of the private citizen in this matter and suspect you are, given your background and other policy beliefs.
The reason I am writing is because a recent article I read (see below) reveals a side of the debate that I think must be addressed. Namely, the assertion of the telemarketing industry that they will not call those that don't want to be called. Really? If that is so, then why the unusually expensive outlay of money ($2700 per operator) for software that circumvents protections that private citizens have installed to rid themselves of calls.
If a citizen has gone to the trouble to pay $30 to $40 for a device that eliminates unwanted calls, wouldn't you think that that investment would be evidence enough to the telemarketers that the person doesn't want calls? It is, of course, and the telemarketers know it. But the arrogance of these individuals is astounding. Instead of taking a no for a no, they have gone to the trouble to develop methods of beating the protections installed by private citizens. As one individual in the article put it, this is an "arms race." Is that really how we want our home phone communications, and rights to privacy, to be characterized? As an arms race? Do I really have to go to war to have a decent family meal without interruptions?!
I know you are busy, but this is an issue that I think a majority of your constituents can identify with. And I bet that an overwhelming majority would favor anything you can do to help us out. Please give me back my peaceful dinners!
Thanks,
To: Between the Lines
Telemarketing advocates fear Do Not Call lists could devastate those revenues and the jobs that depend on them. Tough. One of the things we shout before hanging up is "GET A REAL JOB!"
Get a real job.
17
posted on
02/28/2003 9:11:37 AM PST
by
Gorzaloon
(Contents may have settled during shipping, but this tagline contains the stated product weight.)
To: Between the Lines
If everybody got voicemail and a PVR we could drive these marketing scumbags out of business.
BUMP
18
posted on
02/28/2003 9:11:47 AM PST
by
tm22721
To: M. Peach
To to www.clarkhoward.com. He has a section there where you can register to have your name off telemarketing lists. I did so some time ago and almost never get a telemarketing call.
19
posted on
02/28/2003 9:12:24 AM PST
by
arjay
To: Between the Lines
If everybody got voicemail and a PVR we could drive these marketing scumbags out of business.
BUMP
20
posted on
02/28/2003 9:13:04 AM PST
by
tm22721
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-46 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson