The Do Not Call List - A Post by Guest Blogger John Richardson.
One of our readers had an unfortunate experience with the do not call list and brought it to my attention here on the blog. He asked if I would write about the do not call list, but instead I wanted to get his point of view, so I asked him to write the do not call list post. Here is what John wanted everyone to know about the do not call list.
The Do Not Call List - What You Need to Know
Last year was a bad year for my family. A Family member was diagnosed with breast cancer and was facing surgery and a long period of recovery. On the day of the initial surgery, I waited for the phone call with news concerning the outcome.
Finally the phone rang. A voice on the other end asked me to stand by for an important message concerning my family. My heart sank, I assumed it was a hospital representative but no it was Tuwanna Franklin wanting to get a better interest rate on my credit card for me.
I can’t say what I could have done to Tuwanna at that moment . . . I had this vision of my hands around Her throat and her eyes bulging out, but no . . . I quickly realized that it wasn’t Tuwanna’s fault. It was the owner of the credit Services company that should be taken to account for this insult to me and my family.
It was also the fault of a cynical congress that passes “Swiss cheese” laws and then underfunds the agency responsible for enforcing them. So, congress passed a law that created the “no call list”. Great! Nobody can call trying to solicit except Religious organizations, politicians, and people that have contacted you in the past!
Well what the hell kind of law is that? Its a law that was created by a congress that is beholden to the moral majority and business interests. It was the congress who doesn’t give a damn about your privacy.
The FTC is charged with enforcing this law,that’s a farce. If you receive an illegal call you must ” file a complaint”. A complaint that you write and then flush down your toilet has a better chance of being acted upon by the FTC.
Now comes a new tactic to circumvent the law . . . Your phone rings, a voice asks you to please press 1 for an important message or 2 to hang up. If you press one and ask the party to identify themselves (as stipulated in the law) they hang up.
Star 69 will give you their number. When you call that number the telephone company announces that number is not recallable. Is that a conspiracy or what. I have decided to track these people down. I have enlisted the local police dept. to request a subpoena which will require the phone company to cough up the information.
I suggest to anyone that has been annoyed by unwanted phone interuptions to do the same. The telephone company won’t cooperate until they are forced to, after all they have a vested interest in preserving this lucrative source of revenue, they are a business.
Now is the time to contact your congressional representative and threaten to vote their ass out into the street , I know I will. JR
Thank you John. I appreciate your post to the blog and for you bringing this topic up for discussion and to warn people about it. I think the suggestion that people write their congressman about it is a good one.
This is the link to email your congressman. Just choose your state on the left if you do not know their name.
