Re: Do-Not-Call Works!

On 29 Nov 2003 02:08:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marianne) wrote:

>>SBC/PacBell (my phone service, god rot them) called me twice after the
>>do-not-call list was effective so I turned them in.  I just got a
>>notification dated November 26 that my service had been changed: 
>>"Customer requests no sales calls"
>>
>>No idea whether it was my screams at the second phonedroid or the
>>complaint that did the trick, but SOMETHING worked right.  One point for
>>our side.
>>
>>I'd really like to hear about the $11,000 fine except for the fact that
>>I'd have to pay my share of it :-(
>>
>>-- 
>>Cheers,
>>Bev
>
>
>If you have a "business relationship" then they can call.  Thats how lots of
>places will get around this
>
>Marianne in Scranton PA
>


No, Marianne - if you request that they not call you *EVEN IF YOU HAVE
A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP* they must not call you.

Q: My number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. After I bought
something from a company, a telemarketer representing that
organization called me. Is this a violation?

 
A: No. Even if you put your number on the National Do Not Call
Registry, a company with which you have an established business
relationship may call you for up to 18 months after your last purchase
or delivery from it, or your last payment to it, unless you ask the
company not to call again. (In that case, the company must honor your
request not to call. If they subsequently call you again, they may be
subject to a fine of up to $11,000.) Also, if you make an inquiry to a
company or submit an application to it, for three months afterwards
the company can call you. If you make a specific request to that
company not to call you, however, then the company may not call you,
even if you have an established business relationship with that
company.

If you do not want to put your number on the national registry, you
can still prohibit individual telemarketers, one by one, from calling
by asking them to put you on their company’s do not call list.