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[Hugh Brown]

How does one go about getting the $500 from them when they are "slow" in
adding you to their don't call lists?

Hugh

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 09:15:57AM -0700, Carl.Wagner at Level3.com wrote:
> >I always hang up when someone calls and wants to do any sort of survey.  I get
> >enough
> >junk mail as it is.
> 
> The correct answer is "Please put me on your do not call list".  If they
> call you again in the next several years, you CAN get $500 from them.
> You should have heard MCI squirm when they called Evelyn said we had
> already asked them to put us on their list.
> 
> It's the only way the calls will stop.  We started doing it about 5 years
> ago, and it's gone from getting literally 5 or more calls a week down
> to maybe 5 calls a year.
> 
> Realize: The simple fact that you answer your phone is communicated among
> telemarketers.  If you answer a call from a telemarketer at 7pm, you're
> likely to get more calls from other telemarketers around 7pm.  Really.
> 
> Sean
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