'flakey714@aol.com (Ken)
On Oct 5, 10:26 am, "Tom J" <tomn...@earthlink.net> wrote:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/02/dnccellphones.shtm
From the Federal trade commission. This should clear up the false email
and newsgroup postings about telemarketers calling cell phones.
Tom J
Recently updated the land line # with the "don't call me" list as the
block will expire next year.
Time sure goes by fast!'

REPLY:

Too bad they dont have something to prevent daily Internet Stalkers from
trying to cause dissension because they wish to pretend that God isnt.

You can't beat the American Lung Assn for being quick on the draw.

My phone was connected about 20 minutes when I got a call from them.

The number is still on the "do not call" list.
LZ

You might want to _read_ the material before claiming it is false.  the
FTC  page tom cited says:
 "In addition, it is not necessary to register cell phone numbers on
  the DNC Registry to be protected from most telemarketing calls to
  cell phones."

The FTC _is_, in fact a *MUCH*MORE*RELIABLE* source than Snopes, on such
matters.  They are, after all the agency that makes and enforces  the
actual rules.

 I added my cell phone to the list, it helped (I've stopped receiving
almost all telemarket calls)

Those calls are worth a minimum of $500 each to you, if you can find out _who_
the calling company is.  

Wife and I both have cell numbers.  Same numbers for 8-9 years or
more.  I have had 4-5 calls from companies we have had prior dealings
with.  No others,... ever.

roamer

If I'm not mistaken the ruling only says that they can't use an
automatic dialer to call cell phones.  And charities are not required
to use the do not call list.  

I wonder why. I mean, seriously. I've had cell phones since '87 (same
number all that time, in fact), and I've never had a single
telemarketing call on one. I put my number on the "Do not call" list,
but that was only a couple of years ago.

Or worse.

A few years ago I had a brief look at the inside of a firm that did
contract "charity" telemarketing. (I was doing computer work for them.)
What a racket.

Their current project was to promote a small one-day "circus" that was
coming through town and being sponsored by some local fraternal
organization.

Their workers would call businesses, saying "I'm down here at the local
[organization], and we're trying to help underprivileged children."
They'd give their spiel and persuade them (with some pressure) to donate
enough money for a certain number of circus tickets to be given to
"underprivileged children." The firm would agree, and they would
immediately dispatch a "delivery person" to go and pick up the check
(before they changed their mind, probably).

They actually did mail a stack of free tickets to every "underprivileged
children's" agency they could find, in the name of the sponsoring
organization. But few of the agencies were able to use them for whatever
reason (including, I would imagine, simple logistics).

Didn't matter to the circus folks, I imagine. The seats were bought and
paid for, whether or not anybody sat in them. The owner of the
contracting firm kept a significant percentage of the take, for
"administrative expenses." (She turned out to be a real sleazeball in
dealing with me, too, but that's another story.)

The thing that impressed me the most (negatively, that is) was the
quality of the characters they had doing the calling from their "boiler
room." Most of them looked like they had been "rode hard and put up wet"
and this was the final step before permanent unemployment and
homelessness. I'm glad they were working and earning money, but that's
about all I can say. They were some rough-looking people -- what they
had in common was that they had great phone voices and they could read
and follow a script.

The callers of course had no connection at all to the organization they
were "representing" -- although the carefully scripted tone of the call
was that they she/he was an actual member of the group and just helping
out by making a few phone calls.

And the company they worked for had no relationship with the charity
either, other than a contract to raise a certain amount of money for
them by using the charity's name in whatever scheme she could make work
under the circumstances.

Sure, the organizations in deals like this get some money they wouldn't
have had otherwise, but I don't think they realize how many people they
piss off in the process. Especially if they're calling people on their
cell phones.

GB in NC