Quick Guide to Stopping Telemarketers
I have posted some info before on this in a rant earlier, but I thought maybe I should post a more concise guide to stopping calls from telemarketers.
1. Get on the National DNC
2. Don't ever enter contests to win vacations or cars. (Like those cars they have on malls where you put your info down on a sheet then slip it in the window.)
3. Get an unlisted number.
4. Tell your phone company to never sell your number.
5. When telemarketers call take down info on the call center they are calling from then say "Put me on your Do Not Call list, and by the way I am on the National DNC. Be polite, as if you act extremely angry the caller, who already has a lot of information about you, may exact revenge.
6. After a second call from the same call center ask the caller to speak with a supervisor. When speaking with the supervisor tell them that you are on the national DNC and that you have already told a caller from this call center to put you on the DNC list for that call center. Tell them you want to be removed from all calling lists, including Not Interested lists and Wrong Number Lists. Get that supervisor's name, caller number, and direct number to supervisors at the call center.
7. If you are called a 3rd time repeat step 6 and tell them you have already done all of this and that the next time they call you that you will be reporting them at the very least. Remain polite, or at least don't insult them. This isn't the fault of any worker there, it is the fault of bad computer systems and automatic dialing programs which rarely operate correctly.
8. If the same call center calls you a 4th time go ahead, report them, but only report the names of the supervisors, not the callers that made initial contact. The callers have no control over what happens after they classify your call as a "Do Not Call." Most likely the supervisors you spoke to earlier will no longer be working there, since the turn over rate is extremely high at call centers. If all else fails ask to speak with the owner or president of the call center or ask for his name, as he is the one ultimately responsible for the initial call and for the failures of your number to removed from calling lists after that point.
These small call centers can bring in over 2 million dollars a year and the presidents and managment are the only ones responsible for mismanagement of numbers or for the bad computer systems used. The only way a caller will ever fail to classify the call to you as "Do Not Call" is if you insult the caller or are extremely rude, or they may be new.
1. Get on the National DNC
2. Don't ever enter contests to win vacations or cars. (Like those cars they have on malls where you put your info down on a sheet then slip it in the window.)
3. Get an unlisted number.
4. Tell your phone company to never sell your number.
5. When telemarketers call take down info on the call center they are calling from then say "Put me on your Do Not Call list, and by the way I am on the National DNC. Be polite, as if you act extremely angry the caller, who already has a lot of information about you, may exact revenge.
6. After a second call from the same call center ask the caller to speak with a supervisor. When speaking with the supervisor tell them that you are on the national DNC and that you have already told a caller from this call center to put you on the DNC list for that call center. Tell them you want to be removed from all calling lists, including Not Interested lists and Wrong Number Lists. Get that supervisor's name, caller number, and direct number to supervisors at the call center.
7. If you are called a 3rd time repeat step 6 and tell them you have already done all of this and that the next time they call you that you will be reporting them at the very least. Remain polite, or at least don't insult them. This isn't the fault of any worker there, it is the fault of bad computer systems and automatic dialing programs which rarely operate correctly.
8. If the same call center calls you a 4th time go ahead, report them, but only report the names of the supervisors, not the callers that made initial contact. The callers have no control over what happens after they classify your call as a "Do Not Call." Most likely the supervisors you spoke to earlier will no longer be working there, since the turn over rate is extremely high at call centers. If all else fails ask to speak with the owner or president of the call center or ask for his name, as he is the one ultimately responsible for the initial call and for the failures of your number to removed from calling lists after that point.
These small call centers can bring in over 2 million dollars a year and the presidents and managment are the only ones responsible for mismanagement of numbers or for the bad computer systems used. The only way a caller will ever fail to classify the call to you as "Do Not Call" is if you insult the caller or are extremely rude, or they may be new.
posted by Wakim at 5:59 AM
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