stopping cold callers

[Ken Gargett]

for aussies who want to get on the register to stop cold calling -

www.donotcall.gov.au

[zuma]

» for aussies who want to get on the register to stop cold calling - www.donotcall.gov.au

Thanks Ken for the heads up.

I had been looking forward to the "do not call" register. However, it is disappointing to find the following clarification on the register wesite:

Registering your telephone number on the Do Not Call Register will not stop all telemarketing calls to your number. There are some exemptions which enable certain public interest organisations to make telemarketing calls. Exempt organisations include charities, religious organisations and registered political parties. You can also still receive calls from market researchers.

Those that are exempt are my main problem... I generally have fun pulling-the-leg of the callers from Mumbai et al (their call stream has diminished considerably during 2007... maybe I have been black listed)

[Ken Gargett]

» » for aussies who want to get on the register to stop cold calling -

» www.donotcall.gov.au

»

» Thanks Ken for the heads up.

»

» I had been looking forward to the "do not call" register. However, it is

» disappointing to find the following clarification on the register wesite:

»

» Registering your telephone number on the Do Not Call Register will not

» stop all telemarketing calls to your number. There are some exemptions

» which enable certain public interest organisations to make telemarketing

» calls. Exempt organisations include charities, religious organisations and

» registered political parties. You can also still receive calls from market

» researchers.

and they will get the same tirade of abuse, or timewasting, depending on my mood, as those do to date.

[Ken Gargett]

two best ever cold call moments - one is a wonderful response by a bloke pretending to be police having just arrived on the scene and the phone owner having been murdered - i have the link somewhere and if i can find it, will post. the second when american writer dave barry published the number of the cold calling lobby group in washington dc and implored readers to ring in as often as they could, cold of course. so many did that the lobby group for cold callers had to complain about cold callers. priceless.

[habanablue]

» for aussies who want to get on the register to stop cold calling -

» www.donotcall.gov.au

apparently this went into melt down today with the number of people wanting to get on it. Nice to see hte pollies can still call us as 'they will be concerned with their constituents'!!!

[Ken Gargett]

» » for aussies who want to get on the register to stop cold calling -

» » www.donotcall.gov.au

»

» apparently this went into melt down today with the number of people

» wanting to get on it. Nice to see hte pollies can still call us as 'they

» will be concerned with their constituents'!!!

any pollie rings chez swamp, they will have their ears bleed. is there a lower form of life?