said by en102 :

i agree...
Don't sign up for a 'chance to win a car'. At the bottom of one of those 'free' chances, there's a disclaimer that states by doing so, we and any of our business partners (i.e. anyone that we can sell your info to) will be able to contract you, regardless of what's in the 'do not call registry'.
Its almost like having to set up a spam email on your pc. You have to setup a cheap VoIP phone to 'garbage collect' on these types of calls.

said by en102 :

I've filed at least 50 complaints through the system, and I still get calls from every thing from companies representing other companies that state 'its not being enforced' when I tell them I'm on the Do Not Call list, or 'have never heard of it' or 'I don't have that list'.
If I took every telemarketer that has called over the last couple of years to court, I'd never leave the court room.

said by SilverSurfer :

To which I'm guessing you and everyone else who still receive sales calls are most likely still getting them for 1 or 2 primary reasons:

1 - You have an "existing relationship" with the company, whose definition is pretty broad. All that is necessary is to say company XYZ has an existing with you is that you purchased something from the company and/or you spoke to them on the phone.

2 - You haven't learned not to give out the protected number. Personally, I guard my # as zealously as I guard my SSN. I can tell you exacly who has my number and they're either friends/family. I make it a policy to never, under any circumstances EVER disclose my # to a company even if they promise not to sell/trade it.

If you aren't protecting your do not call #, then it is inevitable that at some point, you're going to get a sales call. You have to be vigilant about protecting your data specifically because although the do not call list exists, money still buys loopholes in the law. And if you're a multibillion dollar corporate entity, you've purchased a few politicians to ensure those loopholes in the law exist. That is why the default for consumers is they are forced to jump through hoops in order to Opt Out.

said by Ahrenl :

It works, and your logic is laughable. "It doesn't work because it requires effort to enforce". I guess we don't have a working law in the country then.. (lets not get into that, okay?)

People who say it doesn't work, largely don't understand how it is supposed to work. Non-profits and survey's CAN still contact you. Business's that you've done business with CAN still contact you. All it's supposed to do is protect you from random spam calls. Which it does very well. I never get these any more.

said by AtomicZero :

I am responding to what you just said because he is not the only person that has said that, I've heard a bunch of other people say the same thing and even you are saying it...

said by en102 :

Ad-blocker plus, and disabling cookies (esp 3rd party) and clearing all cookies/cache should be the norm.

said by SilverSurfer :

The national do not call does in fact work. If you are on that list, and you are contacted by telemarketers, and you have expressly told them to remove you and expressly told them you are on the do not call list, then you can file a complaint at the state/federal level and also take them to small claims court for each infraction. If you're too lazy to do that, then you can't be helped. But don't trash the do not call list and make blanket statements that it "doesn't work."

said by en102 :

As the 'Do No Call' list doesn't work. Marketers still call, and you can file complaints. Until they actually set fines, there's no reason why companies would ever want to do this voluntary or otherwise. Data miners and other tracking companies are making too much money from this industry... why would they stop.
Ad-blocker plus, and disabling cookies (esp 3rd party) and clearing all cookies/cache should be the norm.