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The New "Do Not Call List"
Has anyone found they are getting more calls from telemarketers?
Thousands call to complain about do-not-call list
Last Updated: Thursday, November 27, 2008 | 3:41 PM ET
CBC News
Thousands of Canadians have called the CRTC to complain about its newly launched do-not-call list, with some saying they are receiving more calls than ever after having registered with the service.
"People are receiving calls who have not received calls in the past," said CRTC spokeswoman Lynne Fancy. "That's currently under investigation."
Bill Bowman, who runs a home computer repair business in Selkirk, Man., said telemarketers are calling his cellphone for the first time. He said he is also receiving more calls to his landline than he did before registering.
"The calls have been more frequent, more aggravating, because we felt that there would be some reduction," he said.
Even more aggravating, they're from companies whose numbers are blocked, so there's no way to try to track them, said Bowman.
The do-not-call list allows Canadians to add their phone numbers
I have no filter …
adding your number to a list accessible to all telemarketers if you weren't already getting calls FTL
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Bahahaha! told ya so.
:-)
Actually I have noticed a huge drop. It has been remarkably pleasant.
i haven't noticed any more calls than normal, I'm assuming it will take a bit to kick in anyways. how would the gov allow telemarketers access to a DNC list? doesn't make sense.
i haven't noticed any more calls than normal, I'm assuming it will take a bit to kick in anyways. how would the gov allow telemarketers access to a DNC list? doesn't make sense.
telemarketers have 30 days from when you add your number to the list to abide by the rules.
the government gave bell canada the contract to keep the list and bell sells the list to telemarketers . they have to buy a new list every 29 days to ensure they are not calling anyone whose number has been on it for more than 30 days
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Another update on the so-called "Do Not Call" registry:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/01/23/donotcall.html
Registered with the do-not-call list? Expect more calls, says consumer watchdog
Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2009 | 10:42 AM PT
By Sharon Oosthoek, CBC News
Canada's highly touted do-not-call list is having the opposite effect, leading to more telemarketer calls, says the Consumers' Association of Canada.
"It's a travesty," president Bruce Cran said Friday. "Here we have all these people thinking they were getting rid of incoming phone calls. Anyone who is registered should suspect their phone number is being broadcast to the four winds."
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission launched the registry in September to great fanfare, promising that those who registered would see a drop in unwanted calls soliciting goods and service. Millions of Canadians have registered their names, home phone numbers and in some cases their cellphone numbers.
The problem, said Cran, is that the CRTC sells the registry list online. "In Toronto, you can get 600,000 names for $50," he said.
Telemarketers are required to subscribe to the list, paying an annual fee that depends on how often they chose to download updates. Those who violate the list by calling registrants may be fined up to $15,000 per call.
Chilliwack, B.C., real estate consultant Jim Stocco said he suspects the "avalanche of calls" he and his wife have been fielding lately is a result of having registered with the do-not-call list.
Before registering, Stocco had managed to bring unwanted phone solicitations down to about one a week by calling back telemarketers and asking them to take his phone number off their list.
"This do-not-call registry has made things worse. We now get five or six calls a day," he said. "We both work at home and have clients across North America so we will answer calls. It has been a major irritant."
Stocco said when he tries to call telemarketers back to ask that his number be taken off their list, he gets a voice mailbox that does not accept messages.
Glenn Thibeault, NDP critic for consumer protection, wrote to the federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart on Jan. 16 urging her to investigate.
"When the service is not only ineffective but assists in worsening the problem, Canadians have a right to be concerned, " he said.
A spokesperson for the commissioner said Friday that she was aware of the problem before being contacted by Thibeault.
"We are concerned as well," said Heather Ormerod. "We are in contact with the CRTC and trying to gather relevant information to see how to proceed."
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you can always make more money but you can never make more time.
I think it's called work for a reason. Or else they probably would have called it fun-time at the fun factory.
Bahahaha! i hate being right!
I dont know why you guys just dont pick up the phone (ask who it is if you dont have caller id or if it says Private number), and tell them to fuck off. its worked better than anything for me. you have to be rude to them and they will leave you the fuck alone.
anus
"Thank you for supporting charity/organization X in the past. Can you support us again? How would $200 be?"
I've gotten a few of these lately, and I've never heard of the organization or charity.
I now just interrupt the, tell them "I will not be supporting you, please take me off your list" and then immediately hang up. Unfortunately there is no other way as saying no is usually not an acceptable answer.
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I totally stopped getting them since switching to a cellphone main line.
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I have gotten almost no calls since signing up. Seems to be working great for me. It actually took me a while to realize the phone wasn't ringing every night at dinner.
Same with me. I can't think of a single telemarketing call in the past 2 months.
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