Comments on: Mom Vs. Telemarketers

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:54:55 +0000

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By: Marilyn Johnson

Marilyn Johnson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:36:51 +0000

The Do Not Call List may help, but not a great deal. Charities, politicians, companies you’ve done business with, etc. can make their calls anyway. CallerID is great, but many organizations will call daily until they get through.

I recently reported calls I got from Sweepstakes Mar (I suppose “Mar” was “Maryland”–too long for CallerID). Sweepstakes calls are all scams, as far as I know. They either get people to send money to pay taxes or shipping on worthless prizes won or get enough information to steal identity. Something’s fishy when you haven’t entered any contests and wind up “winning.” Got a nice boiler-plate letter from the FCC after I complained, stating that no law had been broken.

Whenever I get this type of call, I Google the number and see what others have written about it and include my own experience.

Maybe that fax machine isn’t such a bad idea.

By: Trina

Trina — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:17:00 +0000

Um… has she not heard of the Do Not Call List? No electronics purchases required!

By: K

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:55:54 +0000

Hmmm…I like it when telemarketers call…I tell them that I died.

By: H

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:17:07 +0000

haha this is hilarious. My mom might possibly try this. Hi mom!

By: ccm

ccm — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:18:57 +0000

Oh, Lord. This is exactly the sort of thing my mom would do!

By: Hil

Hil — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:03:31 +0000

This is hilarious. You COULD cut out a step or two and just fax her “turn me off, your child wants to call you.”

By: Solace

Solace — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:00:26 +0000

Uh oh…I guess someone forgot to tell mom that you can get “spam” faxes, too! Telemarketers can hear the fax machine and if they are determined enough, can simply send a fax instead. Ick!

By: SallySweet

SallySweet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:01:14 +0000

Hah! My dad and stepmom had one of those thing you plug your phone into that’s supposed to stop telemarketers from ringing through. It may have worked, but every time they answered the phone it made a horrible beeping noise. I think the best deterrent (besides a no call list) is caller ID.

By: Emily Bennis

Emily Bennis — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:46:31 +0000

Love to know if Mom thought that up, or if it was an idea from the Salesman’s pitch!