Ot Do Not Call

[rie'smom]

My dad sent this message to me. I figured since this is the Budget Board it could save us all alot of money.


Or go to www.donotcall.gov to register all your phones at once.




JUST A REMINDER....31 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 your cell phone : 888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years.
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 or more for 411 / information calls when they don't have to.

When you need to use the 411 / information option, simply dial 1 800 FREE 411 or 1 800 373 3411 without incurring a charge at all except for the minutes required to make the call.

This is information people don't mind receiving, let people know

 

[mantaz]

Thank you for the reminder. I had my house phone done when the registry started and am now adding our cell phones to the list!

Angela

 

[granmanh603]

A question why do they need your email address? When I signed up my house phone awhile back I don't remember having to do that. Why would they possibly need that?

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Thanks I finally registered all our phone numbers.

 

[imsayin]

According to this, the cell phone telemarketing is an urban legend:
scroll down to read about cell phones

 

[foxfire]

Read this before getting too worried. It's one of those urban legends things that goes around by email and gets people upset.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

This is part of what is in the Snopes report -
There is a grain of truth in the message making it believable, but it's wrong on two counts: Not all cell phone numbers will be listed in the national directory planned for 2006. And telemarketers will not have access to the directory. It is illegal for marketers using auto-dialers — and most do — to call wireless phone numbers.

Here's the truth:

A national directory will be compiled, but numbers will be included on an opt-in basis. If a cell phone subscriber does nothing, the number will not be listed. When the directory is ready, it will be available only as part of the existing 411 directory service, accessed by calling in and asking for a specific number. It will not be published in a book or on the Internet. And it will not be sold to telemarketers.

Cell phone subscribers can list their numbers on the do-not-call registry if they choose, but there is no deadline to get on the list, as the e-mail messages now circulating suggest

 

[rflorek]

A question why do they need your email address? When I signed up my house phone awhile back I don't remember having to do that. Why would they possibly need that?

When I registered my house phone on the government's website, it asked me for an email address. A few minutes after registering, I received an email confirmation showing the phone number and the registration date/time.