Bob

but if your already a customer, it won't work...

Giantaxe

Indeed. Neither will it work for charities (whose calls now get very short shrift from me) and politicians (ditto).

sarahlou145

Excellent, thanks, ive just registered our number, thinking about it that guy hasnt called today yet!! Reminds me of the annoying call i used to get in England everyday at 2pm saying 'this is your captain calling' and some supposed cruise i had one, when it stopped calling i started to miss his piratey voice each day!!

sarahlou145

he is calling from another telephone provider, not our one

Bob

then once the donot call thing filters down he should stop or face a fine, but if the company is related to another company who you do have business with etc, they might get around it.

The register does wonders for lowering the number of calls though

meauxna

Bob to English translation:

"but if your already a customer, it won't work..." = If you are a customer of the business calling you (ie it's your bank, or your florist etc), registering on the Do Not Call list will not stop them from calling you. And, charities & political parties are also not prohibited.

Registering gets results, and fast. And then I make a religious habit out of reporting the weasels who call anyway. You can report them on the DNC website, I think. I used to have it bookmarked but the calls have stopped again lately.

cpe111

I save up unsolicited mail and every so often swap the contents around the prepaid envelopes I've aquired and then mail them all off.

I figure that it keeps sorters in a job and is good for USPS.

If we all did this then USPS might have to employ more people to keep up with the increased volumes. Think of it as a sort of economic stimulus activity.

SarahG

My husband is always threatening to put pizza menus in those envelopes and mail them off. When we get sales/marketing calls he keeps saying "hello" over and over again to make them think he can't here them. I think he enjoys doing it a bit too much!

chartreuse

I like cheese...

SarahG

I am so going to have to tell hubby about that! He'll be jumping for the phone each time it rings now!

sarahlou145

I so want that guy to call me now so i can do that!!

In england i used to swap all the junk mail around and mail it back to various people in the prepaid envelopes too

Michael

It takes about a month for them to get a new "Do Not Call" list so you are not supposed to report them until about 45 days have passed.

Also about 5 years down the line, you will start getting calls again. You need to reregister every 5 years or your number falls off the list.

Bob

Add a brick to the envelope so they have to pay excess postage

ChasUK

All I'm going to say is this.
Some others who emigrated might/possibly/could/will understand this, and I couldN'T care less if some think I'm out of order. I have my reasons.

I pwn3d Capitol One when I emigrated.

"what's in MY wallet?". ............. Lot's and lots.

meauxna

Intriguing.
And what were you doing up in the middle of the night ciphering us?


Hope you did 'em good.