Author Topic: Do not call my cell phone!! (Read 4462 times)

BigMike · « **on:** Sep 22, 2006, 10:11:28 AM »

Hey guys, I don't know if this is real or not, so here I go spreading it around

I got this from my sister, and my sources say that she only mails me the good stuff

JUST A REMINDER....19 days from today, 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 you cell phone: 888-382-1222.
This 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: http://www.donotcall.gov. Might save you a few bucks!

So has anyone heard about that? I checked http://www.donotcall.gov and it looks legit.

boggerunner · « **Reply #1 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 10:14:10 AM »

ive had telemarketers call my cell, but its a company cell so i just hang up, not to worried about my minutes

CTENG in KS · « **Reply #2 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 10:16:05 AM »

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/business/a/cell_directory.htm

IronClad · « **Reply #3 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 10:21:28 AM »

doin it.. just because i get about 3 or 4 calls a day from scumbag telemarketers hope it works.. im getting sick of it

CTENG in KS · « **Reply #4 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 10:22:32 AM »

Little more reading reveals that this is a total myth, telemarketers will not be getting all the cell phone numbers, it remains illegal for them to call cellphone numbers.

mudmaster · « **Reply #5 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 11:15:40 AM »

All cell phones have caller id. Don't know who is calling, don't answer!

Duffil · « **Reply #6 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:05:00 PM »

Quote from: CTENG in KS on Sep 22, 2006, 10:22:32 AM

Little more reading reveals that this is a total myth, telemarketers will not be getting all the cell phone numbers, it remains illegal for them to call cellphone numbers.

Illegal or not, I get telemarketers on my cell.

Quote from: mudmaster on Sep 22, 2006, 11:15:40 AM

All cell phones have caller id. Don't know who is calling, don't answer!

It's usually easy to tell, all the telemarketers that have called me show up as a FIVE digit phone number, ie, 44268.

BigMike · « **Reply #7 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:05:21 PM »

Quote from: mudmaster on Sep 22, 2006, 11:15:40 AM

All cell phones have caller id. Don't know who is calling, don't answer!

'nough said

motorider228 · « **Reply #8 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:07:54 PM »

haha i normally don't answer my phone to most the people in my phone book so i sure as hell don't answer my phone to random numbers calling.

Cheesemaker · « **Reply #9 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:11:36 PM »

The Donotcall.gov thing works. I've registered all my phones and haven't gotten any telemarketers, except the ones that you have accounts with, ie. sprint/embarq, at/t, gas companies, creditcard companies. But you have to tell them not to call unless there is unusual activity! Sprint used to call me every week with special offers, and I was if you can't send it too me for me to read, then don't call! My cell phone on the other hand has been horrorible! They gave oregon two area codes awhile back, well, The Dalles/Hood River area is basically the split between the two codes and they gave one town a new prefix cause they were running out of numbers! So, alot of people try calling LRH Paving and forget which side of town they are on! And guess what! I get the calls if they are calling from an 503 area code, when they are trying to call a 541 area code! Which we have the same phone number. And to top it all off, my caller id box on the front of my cell phone died! So, I can't see who's calling!

So, if I'm in a good mood I'll really mess them up BAD!!!! Like on guy called to say he'll be late for work and I said OK, I'll let the boss know! Or I'll take orders for 5 or 100 yards of asphalt also! I've called the company and told them the problem and don't seem to be worried about it! So, screw them!

olivedrab85 · « **Reply #10 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:28:35 PM »

Haha thats messed up but funny.

IronClad · « **Reply #11 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 02:43:54 PM »

Quote from: mudmaster on Sep 22, 2006, 11:15:40 AM

All cell phones have caller id. Don't know who is calling, don't answer!

Considering i use my phone for buisness aswell as personal My number is out there a bit so i get calls on parts and quotes. So i cant just not answer. and its really annoying when they call so much and you are trying to do somthing or are in the middle of talking to a customer.

sloyota · « **Reply #12 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 03:32:24 PM »

i get weird numbers from Texas and Florida. my cell phone tells me which state the numbers are from,and there always in spanish.the first couple got me,now i dont answer.

BLACKDOG · « **Reply #13 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 05:15:45 PM »

Quote from: motorider228 on Sep 22, 2006, 02:07:54 PM

haha i normally don't answer my phone to most the people in my phone book so i sure as hell don't answer my phone to random numbers calling.

I figure if it is important, they'll leave a message. Then I can choose to call them back

*FFC* · « **Reply #14 on:** Sep 22, 2006, 11:45:30 PM »

My cell service doesn't accept calls that cost extra money. I have unlimited calls from or to anywhere

We'll see how it holds up

Lady Di · « **Reply #15 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 05:32:48 AM »

Quote from: BLACKDOG on Sep 22, 2006, 05:15:45 PM

I figure if it is important, they'll leave a message. Then I can choose to call them back

That's what I do. If I don't know the caller I don't answer it.

rlwjaw · « **Reply #16 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 07:20:36 AM »

My home phone is on the national DO NOT CALL list but politicians seeam to think they are above the law and continue to call with there automated campign calls and wake my wife who sleeps during the day and works as an er nurse at night. For those who insist on thinking that they are better than the rest of the world I activly campaign against them. Two of the political callers that think they are too good to follow the rules are Richard Pombo and Barbara Boxer. Please DO NOT vote for either one.
richard Wentworth

kneedownnate · « **Reply #17 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 09:04:42 AM »

Quote from: rlwjaw on Sep 23, 2006, 07:20:36 AM

My home phone is on the national DO NOT CALL list but politicians seeam to think they are above the law and continue to call with there automated campign calls and wake my wife who sleeps during the day and works as an er nurse at night. For those who insist on thinking that they are better than the rest of the world I activly campaign against them. Two of the political callers that think they are too good to follow the rules are Richard Pombo and Barbara Boxer. Please DO NOT vote for either one.
richard Wentworth

The only vote I would cast for barby boxer is whether to use a pine box or to dump the body beside the road. She doesn't deserve to breath our oxygen!

kneedownnate · « **Reply #18 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 09:08:56 AM »

I've been on the do not call list since I first heard about it, but I frequently get these messages that say, "hello, this is NOT a telemarketing call. We have important news/business to discuss with you, bla bla bla", yet they never mention my name or what they're calling about. What's funnier is that they want ME to call them, and there's not even an option to stay on the line and talk to somebody. I very rarely even answer my home phone since it's really only for internet, but once in a while I'll pick it up for the chance to bust a telemarketer.

rlwjaw · « **Reply #19 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 03:37:52 PM »

When telemarketing people call I keep them on the phone as long as posible. Time is money to them. When they call to do a survey I ask if they are going to send me a check. Of course they always say no so I ask them if they are getting paid. They of course say yes and then I suggest to them that they must think that they are more important than I am because they are getting paid but they arent willing to share in the benefits of the survey. There are other tactics I use also but the bottom line is when I get done with them they dont want to do telemarketing any longer.

cruzila · « **Reply #20 on:** Sep 23, 2006, 09:50:13 PM »

Hello, is so and so there? My wifes response. "Mom, someone wants to sell you something" long pause "I'm sorry, she says she's not home........"

*FFC* · « **Reply #21 on:** Sep 24, 2006, 03:31:07 PM »

Quote from: cruzila on Sep 23, 2006, 09:50:13 PM

Hello, is so and so there? My wifes response. "Mom, someone wants to sell you something" long pause "I'm sorry, she says she's not home........"

That's a good one

Rocksurfer · « **Reply #22 on:** Sep 26, 2006, 11:05:07 AM »

I always submit my cell phones to the do not call list.

*FFC* · « **Reply #23 on:** Sep 27, 2006, 05:41:12 PM »

I think I'm gonna call your cell just cuz you said not to

Lady Di · « **Reply #24 on:** Sep 27, 2006, 05:51:51 PM »

Thats why you can never reach him!

*FFC* · « **Reply #25 on:** Sep 27, 2006, 05:54:36 PM »

Quote from: MrsWillyMammoth on Sep 27, 2006, 05:51:51 PM

Thats why you can never reach him!

I don't usually try to

BigMike [OP]

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