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[Monday Morning Sportswriter]

Correct if this is wrong, but aren't cop calls not covered by Do Not Call, since it is benefitting a charity?

They're still allowed to call.

But I have to wonder if they subscribe to the list of people on the Do Not Call list, in order to get a whole bunch of new people for their database.

 

[slappy4428]

I noticed that we got more cop calls AFTER the do not call list signup.

We get a lot of calls now, actually. More than ever. Auto warranty companies, vinyl siding installation companies, timeshare companies. Thing is, I can't get a name or number.

I was getting that auto warranty recorded call on my mobile phone, which really pissed me off. So I waited for the human to come on, and said never to call me, and that they're screwed because they used a recording. I did some research and found the company it came from and reported them to the FCC. I got a letter from the FCC thanking me and saying they're on it.

That's why I never give my cell phone out to companies. Ever.
And cop calls are covered, since technically, it's a charity...

 

[OTD]

I noticed that we got more cop calls AFTER the do not call list signup.

We get a lot of calls now, actually. More than ever. Auto warranty companies, vinyl siding installation companies, timeshare companies. Thing is, I can't get a name or number.

I was getting that auto warranty recorded call on my mobile phone, which really pissed me off. So I waited for the human to come on, and said never to call me, and that they're screwed because they used a recording. I did some research and found the company it came from and reported them to the FCC. I got a letter from the FCC thanking me and saying they're on it.

That's why I never give my cell phone out to companies. Ever.
And cop calls are covered, since technically, it's a charity...

I didn't give out my number. They'd random dialed it. And kept dialing it after I answered it the first time and hung up without waiting through the whole spiel.

I NEVER give out my mobile number, and rarely my home number. Usually if I need to put down a phone number, I put one that I had in my last house. I sometimes feel bad for whomever got that number.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

And places like Kohl's or Best Buy, etc, that ask for phone numbers when you check out, I always say no to that too. If you give them your phone number, that's like giving permission for them to call you. They say they don't use it, but then why the hell would they want it.

If they really need a number, I'll give them my area code 867-5309.

Apparently others have too, because the cashier said please don't give fake numbers. :

 

[beanpole]

I hate getting asked for my phone number at check out. I just want my ****, I don't want to talk to them about it.

 

[John]

I salute you, sir. It's dicks of the world like you that make society tolerable for the rest of us.

And your name came up a couple of times this weekend during my trip to New Orleans.

For being a **** or being tolerable...

State softball is in two weekends and I've met both of your replacements... it's going to be a long weekend with those two, Biggins and the TV geekette from Huntsville who wants everyone to carry her equipment for het...

I feel for you, buddy. Our boy's doing great in NOLA.

 

[EmbassyRow]

Coast Guard youth auxiliary (quick, what movie is that from?).

 

[slappy4428]

I salute you, sir. It's dicks of the world like you that make society tolerable for the rest of us.

And your name came up a couple of times this weekend during my trip to New Orleans.

For being a **** or being tolerable...

State softball is in two weekends and I've met both of your replacements... it's going to be a long weekend with those two, Biggins and the TV geekette from Huntsville who wants everyone to carry her equipment for het...

I feel for you, buddy. Our boy's doing great in NOLA.

Good. Be sure both of you think of me sitting in the tower with Lambda Lambda Lambda...

 

[SoCalDude]

Dish Network called me 3-4 times a week. I begged them to stop. My wife put us on the Do Not Call list. Everything stopped for a while. Now they're starting again. Does the list expire? Do you have to renew it?
The worst one I get now is some asshole selling windows.
Riiiiinnnnng ...
Me: Hello?
Him: Good morning, are you interested in saving the environment?
Me: Uh, what?
Him: Are you interested in saving the environment? We have environment-saving windows and we're going to be in your neighborhood on Wednesday.
Me: It's not even 8 o'clock. It's too early for calls like this.
Him: It's never too early to save the environment.
Me: **** you.
Hang up.

 

[friend of a friend]

This is why the ringer on our land line is turned off.

If it's important, people leave a message.

And our friends know to call the cell phone.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

I salute you, sir. It's dicks of the world like you that make society tolerable for the rest of us.

And your name came up a couple of times this weekend during my trip to New Orleans.

For being a **** or being tolerable...

State softball is in two weekends and I've met both of your replacements... it's going to be a long weekend with those two, Biggins and the TV geekette from Huntsville who wants everyone to carry her equipment for het...

I feel for you, buddy. Our boy's doing great in NOLA.

Good. Be sure both of you think of me sitting in the tower with Lambda Lambda Lambda...

What about Omega Mu?

 

[slappy4428]

Dish Network called me 3-4 times a week. I begged them to stop. My wife put us on the Do Not Call list. Everything stopped for a while. Now they're starting again. Does the list expire? Do you have to renew it?
The worst one I get now is some asshole selling windows.
Riiiiinnnnng ...
Me: Hello?
Him: Good morning, are you interested in saving the environment?
Me: Uh, what?
Him: Are you interested in saving the environment? We have environment-saving windows and we're going to be in your neighborhood on Wednesday.
Me: It's not even 8 o'clock. It's too early for calls like this.
Him: It's never too early to save the environment.
Me: **** you.
Hang up.

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When they start the pitch, ask for the salesman's name and company. Then ask for his company's telephone number.
Then tell him, he just cost his company 10K so they might as well give you the windows free because it's going to cxost more than that because he's just been busted...

 

[Baron Scicluna]

And places like Kohl's or Best Buy, etc, that ask for phone numbers when you check out, I always say no to that too. If you give them your phone number, that's like giving permission for them to call you. They say they don't use it, but then why the hell would they want it.

If they really need a number, I'll give them my area code 867-5321.

Apparently others have too, because the cashier said please don't give fake numbers. :

I've always been tempted, if the cashier is a good-looking woman, to say that I'll only give my number if she would go out on a date with me, but I don't want to risk hitting on a 16-year-old.

Usually though, I just refuse to give it out.

 

[Pencil Dick]

Next time you get a call from the Sheriff's Benevolent Society or something similar, the first question you should ask is "How much of my donation actually goes to the beneficiaries, and not toward 'administrative' costs? Because if the answer's not '100 percent' there's no use continuing this call."

Most of the time they'll hang up.

 

[Dyno]

Next time you get a call from the Sheriff's Benevolent Society or something similar, the first question you should ask is "How much of my donation actually goes to the beneficiaries, and not toward 'administrative' costs? Because if the answer's not '100 percent' there's no use continuing this call."

Most of the time they'll hang up.

A local politician in the town my parents live in got caught up in a scandal when the organization he worked for/with/owned (can't remember which) was soliciting for the Police Benevolent Association and only something like 8% of the money actually went to the PBA.

Where I live, there was a big scam ring pretending to solicit for the fire and/or police depts. (especially right after 9/11). Lots of people got taken in.

 

[Football_Bat]

This is why the ringer on our land line is turned off.

If it's important, people leave a message.

And our friends know to call the cell phone.

If it wasn't for DSL, I wouldn't have a land line at all. As it is, I turn off all my ringers anyway. Those in the know can call my celly.

 

[friend of a friend]

This is why the ringer on our land line is turned off.

If it's important, people leave a message.

And our friends know to call the cell phone.

If it wasn't for DSL, I wouldn't have a land line at all. As it is, I turn off all my ringers anyway. Those in the know can call my celly.

yup.

 

[slappy4428]

I need my land line -- doubles as a fax line.

 

[BigSleeper]

In college, i used to enjoy toying with them. Had some porn-movie audio tracks on cassette and left the player by the phone. Whenever one would call, I would say that I was in the middle of something and would they mind holding while I finished up. Put the phone down, hit play and left the room. Don't know how long they listened.

 

[Tom Petty]

I need my land line -- doubles as a fax line.

what i wouldn't give to have the number.