Comments on: Remove do not call list exemption for political campaigns

By: Sage

Sage — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:26:12 +0000

My sister got some calls for her son from military recruiters. She informed them in no uncertain terms to not call again as her son wasn’t cannon fodder. It really pissed her off that they called him when he was just 16 years old.

By: timesr

timesr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:12:30 +0000

@Sage,

Military recruiters are also exempt from the do not call list. A friend with a teenage son was getting calls as early as seven in the morning and as late as eleven at night. She asked them not to call and was told they weren’t calling her, they were calling her son. She told them the phone was hers, not her son’s.

Her son had already told them he wasn’t interested.

By: Sage

Sage — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:11:54 +0000

Good idea. I’ve told some of them I’m unemployed (which is true) and they just ask if I could donate a lesser amount.

By: Wizcon

Wizcon — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:10:33 +0000

@Sage, Tell them you are on welfare. Ask them for a job.
Worked for me before the donot call list.

By: Sage

Sage — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:07:17 +0000

LOL….that was weird.

I’m so sick of getting these calls. I don’t like the ones from charitable organizations either, especially when they don’t take no for an answer and I end up hanging up on them.

By: Wizcon

Wizcon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:00:10 +0000

I got my first telemarket call in years the other day. When I answered, some guy was yelling “quick! write this number down” so I did. Turned in that number and the one he called from.’
Eliminating that exemption would eliminate the stupid robocalls. I am for it.