I work with this stuff every day, so I know some things to share with you all.
Just some information about the U.S. National Do Not Call Registry. The biggest misconception is that once you sign up for the registry that all phone solicitation calls will cease and that is not the case.
First, it takes a while from the date of registration for your phone number to be added to the list.
Second, there are some groups and businesses who do not have to follow the do not call lists as follows:
1. Political calls are permitted (notice how the politicians made sure these could continue).
2. Non-profit organization calls are permitted
3. If you already have an existing business relationship with any type of company (insurance, bank accounts, credit cards, utilities, stores, or any other type of customer relationship), they are permitted. (The only exception is if you request to be removed from each company's individual customer contact list separately, which does not always make sense if you are already a customer)
Plus, wireless phones are a newer issue for do not call registry, which means you can get calls on those phone numbers.
Also, automatic dialing systems start with a number and automatically keep rolling to the next number sequentially and do not always dial a specific person.
Overseas systems do not always adhere to the same lists we do in the U.S.
And, yes, these people are just doing a job and not intentionally trying to annoy people. It is easy to just say thank you for calling but I am not interested.
Plus, when people gripe that "why is it they always call when I am eating?" How in the world would an electronic dialing system know exactly what time somebody is eating?
Just some information about the U.S. National Do Not Call Registry. The biggest misconception is that once you sign up for the registry that all phone solicitation calls will cease and that is not the case.
First, it takes a while from the date of registration for your phone number to be added to the list.
Second, there are some groups and businesses who do not have to follow the do not call lists as follows:
1. Political calls are permitted (notice how the politicians made sure these could continue).
2. Non-profit organization calls are permitted
3. If you already have an existing business relationship with any type of company (insurance, bank accounts, credit cards, utilities, stores, or any other type of customer relationship), they are permitted. (The only exception is if you request to be removed from each company's individual customer contact list separately, which does not always make sense if you are already a customer)
Plus, wireless phones are a newer issue for do not call registry, which means you can get calls on those phone numbers.
Also, automatic dialing systems start with a number and automatically keep rolling to the next number sequentially and do not always dial a specific person.
Overseas systems do not always adhere to the same lists we do in the U.S.
And, yes, these people are just doing a job and not intentionally trying to annoy people. It is easy to just say thank you for calling but I am not interested.
Plus, when people gripe that "why is it they always call when I am eating?" How in the world would an electronic dialing system know exactly what time somebody is eating?
