atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums General General Telephone & Systems Information Questions about telemarketers and bill collectors.

James,I don't think it would be in-appropriate to give us an idea of the cost of an hour or two of 'retribution calls'. Esp if you put it in Phone Booth or Installers. OR hey, why not the For Sale thread! John C.

Hawk82, for Ed's sake I hope you are incorrect.

I love the vehicle warranty people:

"This is an important message! Your vehicle's warranty is about to expire, blah blah blah...

{operator comes on line}

"May I have your name?"

~~ "No."

*operator hangs up on me*

Either this scam is getting old or my repeated bluntness has resulted in an internal DNC memo for our phone number.

Jack

Actually because of the overly rampant abuse of call centers using programs like the vehicle warranty thing the FTC has made all non-human answered cold-calling illegal come september.

So, expect it to get worse before it gets better as everyone attempts to "cash-in" before they are forced to find a different business model.

As far as a retribution dialing it's not a service I really plan to offer. As far as money goes it cost me about $100 in long distance fee's and 3 hours of my time. 2-hours of it was spent laughing.

So this was time well spent. :toast:

Mike

Sooooo, would you charge for the laughing time? Or would that be a "Fringe Benefit" of your job? Then again that might be considered a "Taxable Benefit".
:rofl:

Is it possible that someone stole your identity...

Wow, ya think some poor guy stole Ed's identity? :scratch:

-Hal

If they did, then they are quickly finding out that the joke is on them!

The laughing was a fringe benefit.

Hmmm, you know $100 seems QUITE reasonable. There've been times I would have been up for $200!
You and me both, Ed. John C.

According to www.donotcall.gov

"Your registration will not expire. Telephone numbers placed on the National Do Not Call Registry will remain on it permanently due to the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Read more about it at https://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/04/dncfyi.shtm"

Therefore, if you were previously registered on the Do Not Call list, you still are.

Registrations of active numbers never expired, since the listings were made permanent prior to the expiration of any listings. Numbers that have been disconnected or reassigned are purged from the list.

Any telemarketing calls from companies that you do not have a business relationship with, or have not requested contact from, are illegal, with the usual exceptions for non-profits and political bottom-feeders.