You can avoid telemarketing calls by signing up on the "Do Not Call Registry." By law, telemarketers for profit (apparently does not affect charity calls) cannot call numbers on the registry.
I signed up many years ago and got almost immediate relief from about three or four telemarketing calls per day. Just recently, I started getting telemarketing calls again. The first "Do-Not-Call Act" limited registration to five years. After that, phone numbers become available to telemarketers again. I registered my home phone again today. Thanks to the "Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007," registered numbers are on the list permanently. So you will need to re-register to make it permanent. It's very easy to do. Just visit the link noted above.
Post Script: These are the useful things that politicians can do for the citizenry.
4 comments:
Thank you for the info. I too registered when it first came out, and I couldn't figure out why I was getting calls again. I'll definately sign up again
I did it for my vonagae account number, even though, we never get marketing calls from it. Thanks.
This time around cell phone numbers are also going to be released to telemarketers. I also registered my cell phones.
Thank you, thank you! I went to the link immediately.
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