Re: [vox] [OT] telemarketing calls

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@MAPSdirac.org>]

ok, everyone has convinced me --- i'm putting privacy manager back on my
line.

i was getting *less* than 1 junk call per month with the privacy
manager.  and when i did get one, i necessarily knew their phone number.
it was empowering.

i seem to averaging 4 a day.   maybe joel is right -- sbc sells your
phone number if you get rid of privacy manager.   :)

3 bucks per month is worth not getting these calls.  i'd gladly pay it.

pete


begin Joel Baumert <kender@geeksource.net> 
> Arrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!!! I hate these the most especially when they 
> call at 8:45pm after Isaac is sleeping.  The most recent one 
> required that you listen to a 10 minute spiel and call another
> number and listen to a 5 minute spiel before you could leave
> a message for someone to call back.  I asked to be placed on their
> do not call list and the person on the other end seemed shocked 
> that I would want that.
> 
> I think that along with the national do not call list there should
> be a rule about these automated message... Something like if the
> callee presses # then you are automatically placed on their no
> call list.  
> 
> F*cking bastards... Nothing makes me more mad than dead air or 
> a recorded marketing message.  I wouldn't care as much if I 
> didn't run to the phone so Isaac wouldn't wake up.  I'm getting
> to the point where I want to put a block on my phone for anyone
> who does not have a caller id number.
> 
> Joel
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 01:05:09PM -0800, Robert G. Scofield wrote:
> > On Monday 17 February 2003 11:59 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > in an effort to reduce my phone bill, i got rid of the privacy manager
> > > yesterday.
> > >
> > > last night i received 3 telemarketing calls from 2 different companies.
> > > today i've received 2 calls from different companies, and it's not even
> > > noon time.
> > >
> > > i'm curious -- am i receiving more than my fair share of telephone spam?
> > > or does the world really put up with this amount of junk phone calls?
> > >
> > > how many telemarketing calls are people getting per day to their
> > > residential lines?
> > 
> > What you have sounds just about right.  Lately I'm getting recordings; not 
> > even a live person.  What's worse, I've even gotten recordings asking me to 
> > pick a menu; "Press (1) for ...
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
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