D**n Telemarketers Calling on Cell Phone

No need to guess at this....

From the FTC Website:


Here's what you need to know about the National Do Not Call Registry program:

• FCC regulations prohibit telemarketers from using automated dialers to call cell phone numbers. Automated dialers are standard in the industry, so most telemarketers are barred from calling consumers on their cell phones without their consent.
• The federal government does not maintain a national cell phone registry. Personal cell phone users have always been able to add their numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry -- the same Registry consumers use to register their land lines -- either online at www.donotcall.gov or by calling toll-free 1-888-382-1222 from the telephone number they wish to register. Registrations become effective within 31 days of signing up and are active for five years. There is no cut-off date or deadline for registrations.
• Business-to-business calls are not covered under the Registry.

The problem here is that it was an automated voice message. So I have the choice of having by time stolen by them to get them to comply with the law ... or by me being irritated .

Something I always thought would work would be to have the telemarketing service charged enough to get them to change their ways when they call someone on the Do Not Call list, or a cell phone.

Marvin

I used to work for Capital One Credit Cards and this is the same thing that our supervisors would tell us to tell customers to do to stop us from calling them. Some people didn't want to do this and cursed us out... so they received another phone call about 2 minutes later lol.

and by the way, the call came from this phone number 602-246-1296. When I looked it up online, it came up in the telephone scams watchdog site called CALLERCENTER and it was being reported for scam. All i could say was "Wow!"

With all due respect to the originator of this thread I find it hard to believe that there is still any activity here. If you are so disturbed by calls to your cell phone than you can simply choose to not answer your phone if it's an unrecognized number. The simple reality is that more people than ever before are giving up land lines for cell phones and there's no way for any sales organization to tell the difference, nor should they have to.

Yes, I agreee there are bad and rude telemarketers as there are bad and rude people in every profession. To assume that every person that uses the phone as a sales tool falls into that category is small minded and in itself, a rude assumption.

Frankly, your complaint about telemarketing should be aimed at an audience that feels any attempt to conduct commerce should be questioned as to it's moral value and ability to contribute to the greater good. I suggest you may want to find some blogs or forums posted by the "occupy wallstreet" bunch.

The WF and particularly this Forum within it, serves a purpose for many who are facing the daily challenge of building a business. The "fear of the phone" is rampant among many of us and we look to this vehicle for methods, inspiration, and help to work past those fears. You can read the many threads in this forum where members have left their comfort zone and met levels of success they didn't expect because they received the information and motivation to use the phone.

Now this thread comes along and as a result, someone who may have been ready to pickup the phone and pursue his or her dream of operating their own business, now has second thoughts. Because a few people feel that a phone call is an "intrusion" into their life, you feel that it's your duty to set things right by creating this negative diatribe.

Sales is a profession that takes courage. Picking up the phone and calling a total stranger takes courage. I know that to many this is a statement that will never be accepted, but every great achievement in history took sales skills and the courage to present an idea.

We need to recognize that when who you refer to a "telemarketer" calls, it may very well be someone who took a deep breath, and with all the courage they could muster, dialed your number. Their goal is simply to share an idea, and give you the opportunity to say yes, no.

That person on the other end of the phone that you callously "played along with" to show how clever you are, is trying to pay their bills, feed their kids, pay their taxes, and they set an example that should be emulated, not disparaged.

To any who may be reading this thread because they are still wondering if using the phone is going to a viable way to get their business going and growing, it absolutely is! Don't let the nonsense in this thread prevent you from doing what you need to do in order to bring your product to market. If you stop what you're doing because someone "has their day ruined" by a phone call, than you are denying your product to someone who may need exactly what you're offering.

Remember that it's their day that you ruined....not yours!

Always remember that "hanging up" is a two way proposition.