has the Do Not Call List been eliminated or changed?

[gary1955]

I went from multiple calls per day to maybe a few per week when the Do Not Call List was started.

now it seems like before there was a DNCL, maybe worse. there are days when the number of calls is in the high teens.

and cell phones used to be off limits, now they seem to be fair game for the telemarketers.

 

[Iya]

I went from multiple calls per day to maybe a few per week when the Do Not Call List was started.

now it seems like before there was a DNCL, maybe worse. there are days when the number of calls is in the high teens.

and cell phones used to be off limits, now they seem to be fair game for the telemarketers.

https://www.nomorobo.com/ It will save your sanity.

 

[cabanafrau]

It exists. It's merely ineffective as a solution to the point it may as well be non existent.

 

[longboard55]

I get ten calls a day wanting to help me with my google listing. It gets old. The numbers alwayd change so they are hard to block

 

[rwdavis2]

It's being ignored.

 

[fhtpdw20]

I finally recorded message to say all calls are being screened. Start talking and if I hear you I will pick up or leave a message and I will call back. I turned off the ringer as well. I suspect that the Do Not Call list is out of date. When it started in the late 90's/early 2000's, I don't think we had the robocall to the extent that it is today.

 

[scrapquitler]

I went from multiple calls per day to maybe a few per week when the Do Not Call List was started.

now it seems like before there was a DNCL, maybe worse. there are days when the number of calls is in the high teens.

and cell phones used to be off limits, now they seem to be fair game for the telemarketers.

Most of the telemarking type calls I get are the scammy ones, and the scammers who are doing illegal things aren't worried about the pesky do not call list.

 

[tex1989]

They have decided to ignore the Do Not Call lists for a couple of reasons. First, a lot of robo calls make a recorded pitch and ask you to press 1 to talk to someone. When you press "1" and say I am on the do not call list they respond "you called me, I did not call you!" (You pushed "1"). Secondly the ability to mask numbers mean that the number they call you from is not the real number and they ghost other peoples numbers. Many times the number is close to your own so you may think you know it. Finally it happens so often anymore and is so difficult to investigate the authorities can't keep up.

Although I will add that I got an e-mail last year about an award in a class action lawsuit against a caller offering free cruises. It gave you a web site to check and see if your number had been called. I checked and my cell and my daughters cell had been called several times, so I registered. I got an e-mail last week that said to collect anything I would need to provide evidence of the call. Now mind you this happened like four years ago. Short of keeping the detail from every cell phone bill from the last ten years who would actually have that information?

 

[Colleen27]

Rules are only as good as their enforcement, and on this there really isn't any. Just look at what is going on with the cruise settlement thing... Lawyers for the defendant-company are demanding additional proof from members of the settlement class, so even though the courts ruled against the company most of the people who received the calls won't see a dime because no one keeps call logs that long.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

https://www.nomorobo.com/ It will save your sanity.

I agree! We registered our landline with nomorobo.com a couple of years ago. Any incoming call that was initiated by a computer will ring once, then get cut off. We also have our phone through Comcast, so we can see the numbers of incoming calls on the TV screen. If a call rings more than once, we check the number on the TV or the phone to see if we recognize it. If not, the answering machine kicks in. I also like that T-Mobile gives a "Scam Likely" warning on incoming calls on my cell. I either ignore them or cut them off.

 

[mnrose]

I agree with others that enforcement of the "do not call" list only applies to companies who are legit. I still put my numbers on it (only cell these days). As for my cell phone, I only answer calls I recognize. If I don't recognize the call, I ignore it. 99% of the time, they don't leave a message, which means it was a junk call. If I do happen to answer, and it's a call I don't wish to receive, I block the number (the beauty of a cell phone) so at least I get no more calls from that number.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

The do not call list doesn't even work for legit companies either. If a company has a relationship with you, the do not call list does not apply and it doesn't take much for a company to be able to claim a "relationship." If they have a relationship with any company you have done business with, then they in turn have a relationship with you.

 

[low-key]

Its now called the just call once in a while list

 

[clori]

also like that T-Mobile gives a "Scam Likely" warning on incoming calls on my cell. I either ignore them or cut them off.

It is helpful but not perfect. My daughter was surprised to get a call that came up scam likely (the first time she saw that). It turned out to be her school saying no school the next day due to a snow storm.

 

[MillauFr]

I never answer the phone unless it is someone I know. The rest of them can leave a message.

 

[Disney Ron]

https://www.nomorobo.com/ It will save your sanity.

Thanks for this Iya. I just set it up.

 

[Iya]

Thanks for this Iya. I just set it up.

You may find it hard to get used to at first, since most of us are so programmed to answer the phone immediately. Now, I don't even bother moving if the phone rings. lol If it rings more than once, I check caller ID (or the TV if it's on) and decide if I want to answer or not.

 

[GreatLakes]

My solution is our home phone has the ringer turned off as it is only for emergencies and as a backup for when my wife or I work from home and I only answer calls I recognize on my cell phone. If it is something important I will get the voicemail (as a transcript and actual voice) and call them back. I also just hang up on people if it is a solicitation. I am not even nice any more.

Same goes with my work phone. I get a lot of unsolicited calls. If the number isn't internal or in my contact list I let it go to voicemail and call back if I want to.

 

[tvguy]

IMHO enforcement isn't an issue. The exemptions are problem.
My wife donated money to a Cancer Charity (NOT the American Cancer Society) that used a private fundraiser.
That private fundraiser has 5,000 clients. Under do not call her "relationship" is with the private fundraiser not the charity, and if you EVER do business or contact you are agreeing to accept calls from all their customers and all their customers affiliates. So her donation opened us up to 5,000+ organizations.
But even charities that don't have private fundraisers are ALWAYS exempt from do not call. As as ALL political groups.

Do not call would only work if it meant do not call without any exceptions.

 

[lynxstch]

https://www.nomorobo.com/ It will save your sanity.

Wish I could. But our cable company (who we have our landline through) isn't one that they support yet