jmcquown wrote:
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> There's a Do Not Call Registry for the U.S., can't speak for Europe or the
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There is one in Canada too and I am on it, but I still get calls. One
particular company was calling once a week with a computerized message
about someone in the house having entered a contest at a local mall for a
free vacation ... push 1 for further information. I used to hang up. After
several more calls I pushed 1 and asked why they are calling and said that
I was on the do not call register. No problem..... hold the line and you
can enter your number in our do not call registry. The next week they
called again. This time I blasted the woman for calling and told her to
take my name of their list. She refused because I wasn't polite. I beg your
pardon, but continuing to call me weekly after I have asked them to stop
and to take me off their list is not going to get them any sales. But when
she she once again refused to take my name off the list until I apologized
and talked nicely to her. So I screamed at her to go **** herself and
asked if that was nice enough to get the message.


The Canadian government recently proposed a new law for Do Not Call lists.
It is next to useless. It exempts politicians, charities, newspapers and
magazines, pollsters and companies with which you have had a business
relationship. That means that 99% of the telephone soliciting we get will
be exempt, so it really doesn't help much.