Members SA Rios Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 A friend just emailed this to me so I thought I'd pass it around. JUST A REMINDER.... Starting February 1, 2006, all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale calls. YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS.... To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone: 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years. HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS OR GO TO: www.donotcall.gov http://www.donotcall.gov/ The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication to others. Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication other than to the person or entity named above is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately delete it from your system.
Members 78pbass Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Thanks! Confirmed: truehttp://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/donotcall.asp
Members bassplayer7770 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by 78pbass Thanks!Confirmed: truehttp://www.snopes.com/inboxer/pending/donotcall.asp http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp FYI, this info was just updated yesterday.
Members SimsburyKid Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 ah you just saved me from annoyances. I have a cordless phone in my room with an answering machine and litterally 99% of the calls we get are telemarketers. I always get the same phone call at like 9 am while Im sleeping and they always leave a message. The annoying part is that my answering machine beeps every 5 seconds or so and it just ANNOYS THE {censored} OUT OF ME and I can't get back to sleep unless I get up and delete the message. It's not a loud beep it's just one of those things that just pierces into your brain and you just want to shoot somebody. I don't know if I can get rid of the beep option. But anyway if telemarketers start calling my cell I'll be hearing "666! THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST! HELL AND FIRE WAS BORN TO BE RELEASED!" AAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL day. And no I will not shut off the ringer cause I hate that. Plus I need to hear it if I have a delivery to make. Thank you for the number.
Members Mudbass Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Cool, thanks for reminding me to register my new cell #.
Members syciprider Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Line these telemarketers up to the right of the lawyers. I'll go get my AR.
Members venturawest Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 yep, i can personally vouch for the DNC for home and cell numbers. has cut down from 3-5 calls/day to maybe 1x/month.
Members Mudbass Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by venturawest yep, i can personally vouch for the DNC for home and cell numbers. has cut down from 3-5 calls/day to maybe 1x/month. You said it brother. My home phone used to ring off the hook every night, all night. The worst offenders were MCI and the LA Times. Since the Do not Call List I get no junk calls, zero, zip, nichts, nada, nuthin...cept maybe for the occasional nuisance call from the Republican party trying to tell me how to vote.
Members Emprov Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 SA Rios, you rock! I had heard about this a while ago but just plain forgot. Done.
Members Banta Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Stupid crap! It didn't work from my number. It insisted twice that "the number did not match the number I was calling from." They need to get the bugs out of their system. (The link worked fine, though.)
Members Mudbass Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by Banta Stupid crap! It didn't work from my number. It insisted twice that "the number did not match the number I was calling from." They need to get the bugs out of their system. (The link worked fine, though.) Do you have your phone service set to block outgoing caller ID?
Members Banta Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by Mudbass Do you have your phone service set to block outgoing caller ID? Nope.
Members Mudbass Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by Banta Nope. OK, I'm clueless then.
Members johnny6644 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 from the government website: What Phone Numbers Can I Register? "10. Can I register my cell phone on the National Do Not Call Registry? Yes, you may place your personal cell phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry. The registry has accepted cell phone numbers since it opened for registrations in June 2003. There is no deadline to register a home or cell phone number on the Registry. You may have received an email telling you that your cell phone is about to be assaulted by telemarketing calls as a result of a new cell phone number database; however, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. FCC regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers. Automated dialers are standard in the industry, so most telemarketers don
Members lug Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by Mudbass ...cept maybe for the occasional nuisance call from the Republican party trying to tell me how to vote. Just tell them you know Lug and he has ALREADY told you how to vote. That will get you off the Do Call list.
Members bassplayer7770 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by lug Just tell them you know Lug and he has ALREADY told you how to vote. That will get you off the Do Call list. But what if you're annoying him about it on an Internets forum?
Members lug Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by bassplayer7770 But what if you're annoying him about it on an Internets forum? If I'm guilty of being annoying and punished for up to two years jail time, then certainly you should get the death penalty for those shirts.
Members bassplayer7770 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by lug If I'm guilty of being annoying and punished for up to two years jail time, then certainly you should get the death penalty for those shirts. I won't even comment about your kissy pics and mp3s....
Members lug Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by bassplayer7770 I won't even comment about your kissy pics and mp3s.... Those are beyond the control of any one country or even planet for that matter.
Members bbl Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by SA Rios JUST A REMINDER.... Starting February 1, 2006, all cell phone numbersarebeing released to telemarketing companies and you will start toreceivesale calls. Not true per Snopes. Read the full article linked by bassplayer7770 (3rd post).
Members SA Rios Posted January 9, 2006 Author Members Posted January 9, 2006 Snopes says it so it must be true:rolleyes:
Members bassplayer7770 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Is there an example where Snopes hasn't been correct? That's a serious question...
Members johnny6644 Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by SA Rios Snopes says it so it must be true:rolleyes: read my post from the government website... they say it's not true also
Members bbl Posted January 9, 2006 Members Posted January 9, 2006 Originally posted by SA Rios Snopes says it so it must be true:rolleyes: Can't face the fact that you're passing along bad information? I'll trust Snopes, and you trust your friend's chain email. Deal?
Members SA Rios Posted January 9, 2006 Author Members Posted January 9, 2006 what difference does it make weather its true or not? It takes one min to do, so your covered either way.
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