Comments on: Do Not Call Me http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/ Ranting and Raving Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Barry http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-210780 Barry Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:12 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-210780 Google for the name of the organization that called or for their phone number if you got it with *69 or caller ID and you may find discussion about it, even if the number is fake (numbers appearing on caller id can be faked by various means and it's recently become easier). There's a website where people post about these calls and you may find the number of the telemarketing company that placed the call on behalf of the organization. You can call the telemarketer and get yourself off of all the lists they have you on, sometimes. There's a real NYC agency that investigates these police organizations. Keep track of how often the organization calls and whether they hang up without saying anything and whatever else they do that may be illegal so you have something juicy to report aside from just being annoyed. I think I found that agency through the NY Police Dept. website, which advises not to donate to those organizations because of the small amount that actually goes to any cause. By the way, I need a non-Verizon/Optimum Online/Speakeasy ISP too. Please let me know if you found one. Google for the name of the organization that called or for their phone number if you got it with *69 or caller ID and you may find discussion about it, even if the number is fake (numbers appearing on caller id can be faked by various means and it’s recently become easier). There’s a website where people post about these calls and you may find the number of the telemarketing company that placed the call on behalf of the organization. You can call the telemarketer and get yourself off of all the lists they have you on, sometimes.

There’s a real NYC agency that investigates these police organizations. Keep track of how often the organization calls and whether they hang up without saying anything and whatever else they do that may be illegal so you have something juicy to report aside from just being annoyed. I think I found that agency through the NY Police Dept. website, which advises not to donate to those organizations because of the small amount that actually goes to any cause.

By the way, I need a non-Verizon/Optimum Online/Speakeasy ISP too. Please let me know if you found one.

]]> By: John http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-197723 John Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:44:20 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-197723 Buy a whistle. Buy a whistle.

]]> By: John Cowan http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-196479 John Cowan Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:36:22 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/economics/2007/11/24/do-not-call-me/#comment-196479 Scummy they may or may not be, but non-profit they definitely are, and therefore exempt from the DNC rules. Scummy they may or may not be, but non-profit they definitely are, and therefore exempt from the DNC rules.

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